, ▁" wh ose ▁sop rano ▁voice ▁is ▁as ▁beautiful ▁as ▁any ▁in ▁memory ". ▁She ▁was ▁l umin ous ▁in ▁Louise ▁and ▁Der ▁Ros enk aval ier , ▁ab ett ed ▁in ▁the ▁latter ▁by ▁g orge ous ▁singing ▁from ▁He idi ▁Grant ▁Mur phy ▁and ▁Anne ▁Sof ie ▁von ▁Ot ter . ▁Her ▁inclusion ▁in ▁a ▁se xt et ▁from ▁Don ▁Giovanni ▁made ▁her ▁the ▁only ▁solo ist ▁to ▁be ▁heard ▁more ▁than ▁twice . ▁ ▁Wagner ▁enthus iast s ▁would ▁und ou bt edly ▁be ▁encourag ed ▁by ▁the ▁Im m olation ▁Sc ene ▁from ▁G öt ter d äm mer ung ▁delivered ▁by ▁Jane ▁E ag len , ▁a ▁British ▁dram atic ▁sop rano ▁whose ▁recent ▁success ▁in ▁Wagner ▁in ▁Chicago ▁had ▁evidently ▁not ▁been ▁a ▁flash ▁in ▁the ▁pan . ▁She ▁was ▁worthy ▁to ▁share ▁a ▁b illing ▁with ▁Bir git ▁Nil sson . ▁On ▁the ▁last ▁occasion ▁on ▁which ▁Nil sson ▁had ▁appeared ▁at ▁the ▁Met , ▁in ▁its ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁Cent enn ial ▁G ala , ▁she ▁had ▁s ung ▁Is ol de ' s ▁N arr ative ▁and ▁Cur se . ▁In ▁the ▁Lev ine ▁g ala , ▁that ▁was ▁the ▁passage ▁offered ▁by ▁W altra ud ▁Me ier . ▁Her ▁performance ▁was ▁" th r illing ", ▁but ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁mez zo - s op rano ▁vent uring ▁into ▁sop rano ▁territory , ▁and ▁the ▁stress ▁evident ▁in ▁her ▁highest ▁notes ▁made ▁one ▁anxious ▁as ▁to ▁whether ▁she ▁was ▁purs