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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