Birgit Nilsson — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Birgit Nilsson — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Birgit Nilsson

8 episodes

Chosen over the decades

8

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Andrea Newman
Beverly Sills
Birgit Nilsson
David Hockney
Montserrat Caballe
Oleg Gordievsky
Placido Domingo
Rt Hon David Mellor MP

Oleg Gordievsky
How a phone call to his wife made Oleg Gordievsky a double agent
Castaway · 10 February 2008Kirsty Young
Rt Hon David Mellor MP
How Margaret Thatcher told David Mellor he'd never make a living at the Chancery Bar
Castaway · 26 July 1992Sue Lawley

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Montserrat Caballe

Montserrat Caballe on why her father never played her records

Castaway · 10 October 1981Roy Plomley

Placido Domingo

23°17′S 136°05′W

Placido Domingo

Placido Domingo on the tape audition that led him to the Israel Opera

Castaway · 27 December 1980Roy Plomley

08°32′S 114°31′W

Andrea Newman

Andrea Newman on the joy of her first civil service payday

Castaway · 27 September 1980Roy Plomley

09°34′S 050°37′W

Beverly Sills

Beverly Sills on cutting up a costume to get it made silver

Castaway · 18 November 1972Roy Plomley

13°07′S 097°57′W

David Hockney

David Hockney on being asked if he had a private income at art school

Castaway · 5 February 1972Roy Plomley

23°13′S 087°17′W

Birgit Nilsson

Birgit Nilsson on learning a role in three days and bringing a half dozen handkerchiefs

Castaway · 27 May 1963Roy Plomley