Happy 100th Birthday!!! December 9th 2015 !!!

semplicemente impressionante...

Though a valuable post, I have some problems with this video: 1) these pre-video opera 'films' rarely keep their sound quality and Elisabeth's voice doesn't sound right in this clip (this is no fault of Alidoro); and 2) von Karajan (who I adore) was notorious for his idiosyncratic interpretations and I find one must see his whole works to grasp them correctly. These problems aside, I like E.S. BECAUSE she has that indescribably odd voice AND such German German...

You're right! It's not a simple music.. Monologue isn't Casta Diva:-) I get your point.

Her voice is witchy and thin

Incomprehensible music?? Richard Strauss was a genius..