Birgit Finnilä

Birgit Finnilä (born 20 January 1931) is a Swedish contralto opera singer.

Life

Finnilä was born in Sibbarp, Sweden into a musical family. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She made her operatic debut in Gothenburg in 1967. Though principally singing concert works, her operatic roles include parts in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Handel's Flavio, Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, and Wagner's Ring cycle.

Recordings

• Baroque and Romantic Vocal Music BIS-CD-127, singing Sea Pictures by Edward Elgar
• Dvorák/Fernström Big Ben 571-006 4 (861-006 2), singing Biblical Songs, Op. 99, by Antonín Dvořák