Opera in 1 act
Libretto: Hugo Hofmannsthal
First performance: January 25, 1909, Dresden State Opera
Recorded: February 1980, this Metropolitan Opera production of Strauss's Elektra features James Levine conducting an all-star cast led by Leonie Rysanek and Birgit Nilsson
"With Nilsson's intense, overwhelming singing. . . it was a triumph for her…Leonie Rysanek is one of the few sopranos who can almost match Miss Nilsson note for note. . . Levine's work was superb"
-The New York Times
Bonus material: includes Nilsson singing "Isolde's Narrative and Curse" and a Swedish folksong, plus two radio interviews from different phases of the soprano's illustrious career |
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