Nina Stemme

Swedish operatic soprano and hovsångare (royal court singer), born 11 May 1963 in Västerleds parish, Stockholm. Stemme is regarded by today's opera fans as our era's greatest Wagnerian soprano. In 2010, Michael Kimmelman wrote of one of Stemme's performances in Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre, "As for Brünnhilde, Nina Stemme sang gloriously. It's hard to recall anyone's sounding more commanding or at ease in the…