V ~ LIVE! STRATOSPHERIC SOPRANO BEVERLY SILLS LIVE: ZERBINETTA'S ARIA - 1912 VERSION

STRATOSPHERIC SOPRANO BEVERLY SILLS LIVE: ARIA FROM ARIADNE AUF NAXOS BY RICHARD STRAUSS. ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 1912, THE ARIA WAS CONSIDERED TOO DIFFICULT SO STRAUSS REWROTE IT, HE REDUCED THE LENGTH AND TRANSPOSED IT DOWN ONE WHOLE STEP. TO MAKE IT A BETTER FIT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL VERSION, LEINSDORF REPORTEDLY CONVINCED SILLS THAT SHE COULD MASTER IT - THE REST IS HISTORY.