Birgit Nilsson (Elektra) and Leonie Rysanek (Chrysothemis) sing the final Duet from Richard Strauss' ELEKTRA. This is a live recording of the Wiener Staatsoper's guest performance at the World Expo in Montreal 1967. Conductor: Karl Böhm
I saw these two great voices do these roles together at the Met on opening night...I never recovered..It's so nice to hear this..I never get tired of it....
Listen to hear Nilsson's bright, gleaming and powerful voice and also for Bohm's unbelievably conducting. I love Rysanek but here she scoops, slithers, slides and sings so horribly out of tune that my ears hurt from listening. La Nilsson is "the shit!"
