From Queen of the Night to Elektra: Opera Arias, Songs & Lieder

Featuring

Einar Ralf
Laila Elisabeth Andersson-Palme
Stig Westerberg
Jan Eyron
Sixten Ehrling
Britt-Marie Aruhn

Sylvia Lindenstrand
Sergiu Comissiona
Charles Farncombe
Kurt Bendix
Carlo Felice Cillario
Siegfried Köhler
Heinrich Hollreiser
Francesco Cristofoli
Leif Roar
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Stockholm Academic Male Chorus
Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester
Royal Swedish Orchestra
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Aarhus Symfoniorkester
Anonymous (Traditional)
Edvard Grieg
Guy d'Hardelot
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Ture Rangström
Richard Strauss
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
George Frideric Handel
Giacomo Puccini
Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Wagner
Alban Berg

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Performer Biography

Laila Andersson-Palme has written her memoirs, detailing her successful career, as well as personal challenges like a stroke she suffered in 2003.

Performer Biography

Laila Andersson-Palme, the singer on this album, was born in 1941 in a small village in Blekinge, Sweden, and discovered her passion for singing in a "forest of songs" near her home.

Performer Biography

At the age of seven, Laila Andersson-Palme began piano lessons, a skill that later proved very useful in studying her many opera roles.

Performer Biography

Laila Andersson-Palme was appointed Court Singer by the King of Sweden in 1985.

Performer Biography

Laila Andersson-Palme received a royal scholarship of 3,000 kronor during her studies at Bräkne-Hoby People's High School, which helped her pursue singing in Stockholm.