You're both right! Miss Nilsson was notorious for this particular "party
trick". I believe I have read that she used it regularly as a vocal
warmup! Yikes!
Mark Montgomery
> >john oliver, director of the tanglewood festival chorus, once told me
> > he had attended a party where birgit nilsson sang one of the queen of
> > the night arias.
>
> Actually this took place following a performance of Die Walkure.
> Nilsson told director Karl Bohm that she could indeed sing the aria
> (I forget which one it was, but have the reference at home for anyone
> interested). Bohm sat down at the piano and she sang it spot on.
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