In memoriam: Hildegard Behrens - tributes from the Metropolitan Opera

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In Memoriam: Hildegard Behrens

The Metropolitan Opera

Dedication to Hildegard Behrens: 2009 Elektra Opening Night Performance

The Metropolitan Opera dedicates the December 10, 2009 Opening Night performance of Richard Strauss' ELEKTRA to the legendary HILDEGARD BEHRENS for whom this production by Otto Schenk and Jürgen Rose was originally mounted. In 1994, her performance was telecast across the US on PBS to great acclaim:

"...a drop-dead performance that had the house standing, stomping and cheering from the moment the music stopped." - NY Newsday, 1994

Read MORE REVIEWS of Ms. Behrens'ELEKTRA, one of her signature roles.

Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius XM pays tribute to Behrens with the historic broadcast of a 1989 performance of Wagner’s Die Walküre

HILDEGARD BEHRENS: 1937-2009
Hildegard Behrens, one of the foremost dramatic sopranos of her generation, died on August 16, 2009, in Tokyo. She made her stage debut as the countess in Le Nozze di Figaro in her native Germany and was first heard at the Met in 1976 as Giorgetta in Puccini’s Il Tabarro. Acclaimed for her intense musicality and fearless dramatic commitment, she was particularly identified with Wagner’s Brünnhilde, a role she sang in the company’s historic first telecast and first audio recording of the complete Ring cycle. Her other roles at the Met include Isolde, Elektra, Tosca, Leonore in Fidelio, Marie in Wozzeck, and Elettra in the company premiere of Idomeneo. Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius XM pays tribute to Behrens with the historic broadcast of a 1989 performance of Wagner’s Die Walküre on 8/25 at 12 noon ET, 8/27 at 9 PM ET, and 8/30 at 9 AM ET.

http://www.sirius.com/metropolitanoperaradio

A Photo Gallery:
Remembering Hildegard Behrens: 1937-2009

Hildegard Behrens, one of the foremost Wagnerian sopranos of her generation, died on August 18, 2009. Over the course of her Met career, she was heard in 15 different roles with the company. Here's a photographic tribute.

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/photos/gallery.aspx?id=9388

News Flash:
Hildegard Behrens Dies at Age 72 August 18, 2009

The Met mourns the untimely death of Hildegard Behrens, who was among the foremost Wagnerian sopranos of her generation and a beloved colleague of our company. As Brünnhilde in the Met’s historic first telecast and first audio recording of the complete Ring cycle, she was the epitome of a singing actress, taking on the daunting role with intense musicality and total dramatic commitment. In all, she sang 15 roles at the Met, including Isolde, Elektra, the title roles in Fidelio and Tosca, Elettra in the company premiere of Mozart’s Idomeneo, and Giorgetta in Il Tabarro, her Met debut role in 1976. We offer our heartfelt condolences to her children, Sara and Philip, and her grandchildren Maria and Anthony.

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/news_flash.aspx

HILDEGARD BEHRENS: she makes music worth seeing!

PROFILE     PORTRAITS     PERFORMANCES     DISCOGRAPHY     AWARDS     QUOTES
BRÜNNHILDE     ELEKTRA      SALOME      FIDELIO     ISOLDE     MARIE     SENTA
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