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Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65, TrV 234 / Act 2 : R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65, TrV 234 / Act 2 - Schlange, was hab ich (Live)
About This Song
About "Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65, TrV 234 / Act 2 : R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65, TrV 234 / Act 2 - Schlange, was hab ich (Live)" by Birgit Nilsson
Addressing the serpent, Nilsson's voice coils with fear and fascination. 'Schlange, was hab ich' is a whisper that grows into a cry of entrapment—the Strauss orchestra hisses and shimmers like scales in moonlight. The tension is mythic and intimate: a woman confronting the snake within her own desires, poison and promise intertwined.
