Hildegard Behrens: Her stage appearances

HER STAGE APPEARANCES
COMPOSER	TITLE/ROLE	SEASON / VENUE
Beethoven	Fidelio / Leonore	'97-'98: Vienna '95-'96: Berlin, Vienna; '92-'93: San Francisco, MET, Turin, Barcelona, Athens; '86-'87: Vienna - debut (Abbado); '85: Hamburg, Zurich '83-'84: MET; '82: Zurich '79: Chicago, NY- Carnegie Hall (concert /Georg Solti); '77-'78: Salzburg (Herbert von Karajan), Munich (Karl Böhm), MET (Karl Böhm) '76-'77: London - Covent Garden debut '75: Zurich Opera - role debut

Berg	Wozzeck / Marie	'98-'99: MET '95-'96: (concert) Cleveland, NY- Carnegie Hall (Christoph von Dohnanyi), Vienna; '86-'90: Vienna (Claudio Abbado) '83-'84: MET

Berio	Cronaca del luogo / The woman R	'99: Salzburg Festival (World Premiere) - opera created for the voice of Hildegard Behrens

Berlioz	Les Troyens / Cassandra	'93-'94: Athens (Orch. de Toulouse- Michel Plasson)

Dvorak	Rusalka / Rusalka	'70s: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt

Halevy	La Juive / Rachel (aria)	'01-02: Vienna (concert)
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Janacek	Katya Kabanova / Katya	'78: Edinburgh '76-'77: Prague

Janacek	The Makropoulos Case / Emilia Marty	'92-'93: Munich; Houston, Chicago, Covent Garden; '86-'87: Munich

Janacek	Jenufa / The Kostelnicka	'04-'05: Toulouse '03-'04: Philadelphia (recital - excerpt) '01: Salzburg Festival (Season Opener)

Kagel	Mitternachtsstük	'05-'06: Ruhr Triennale (Germany)

Lehar	Die lustige Witwe / Hanna Glawari	'02-'03: Munich (Gärtnerplatztheater) '01-'02: Munich (Gärtnerplatztheater) '99-'00: Munich (Gärtnerplatztheater)

Monteverdi	Lamento d' Arianna	'01-'02: Stuttgart, Neuss (Germany), Luxembourg; Ernstbrunn (Austria)

Mozart	Le nozze di Figaro / Countess	'70s: Osnabruck, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt

Mozart	Cosi fan tutte / Fiordiligi	'70s: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt

Mozart	Don Giovanni / Donna Anna	'83-'84: MET

Mozart	Idomeneo / Elettra	'90-'91: Tanglewood (concert); '82-'83: MET, Salzburg

Müller-Wieland (Jan(	Geheime Reise	''97-'98: Munich (concert - World Premiere)
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Puccini	Il Tabarro / Giorgetta	'76-'77: MET (debut)

Puccini	Tosca/Tosca	'90-'91: Vienna; '89-'90: London; '85-'86: Paris, MET

Schoenberg	Erwartung / Woman	'98-'99: London '97-'98: Munich '95-'96: Helsinki (concert)

Schumann	Frauenliebe und Leben	'00-'01: Birmingham '85-'86: (recital) - NY (Carnegie Hall), Chicago, Montreal

Shostakovich	Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk / Katerina Ismailova	'92-'93: Munich (Volker Schlendorf)

Shostakovich	Symphony No. 14 for soprano, bass and orchestra	'01-'02: Stuttgart, Neuss, Luxembourg
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Strauss	Ariadne auf Naxos / Ariadne	'79: Salzburg (Karl Bohm).

Strauss	Die Frau ohne Schatten / Empress	'80-'81: Paris

Strauss	Elektra / Elektra	'02-'03: Verona (Italy) '99-'00: Baden-Baden; Dresden '97-'98: Paris (concert); Trier '96-'97: Salzburg, Berlin, London; '95-'96: Munich, Buenos Aires, Salzburg (Lorin Maazel), Montpellier; '94-'95: Vienna; Linz '93-'94: Houston, MET (Otto Schenk / James Levine); '92-'93: MET, Athens (concert); '90-'91: Munich, Vienna (Kupfer /Abbado);'87-'88: Paris (Seiji Ozawa), Concert performances - Boston, Tanglewood, NY (Carnegie Hall), London, Pompeii and Agrigento (Bavarian State Opera / W. Sawallisch).

Strauss	Salome / Salome	'01-'02: Los Angeles (Final Scene- concert with LA Philharmonic) '97-'98: Los Angeles '96-'97: Houston; '95-'96: Vienna; '90-'91: MET (Lenhoff), Boston (concert-BSO/Ozawa); '76-'77: Salzburg-debut (Herbert von Karajan).

Strauss	Lieder / Opera Excerpts	'03-'04: Philadelphia (recital) '01-02: Athens Concert Hall First Decade Gala '99-'00: Boston (Season Opener) '98-'99: Oviedo (Spain), Salzburg (recitals) '97-'09: Rio de Janeiro (Gala concert) '95-'96: Carnegie Hall, NY (1996 recital)

Wagner	Der fliegende Hollander / Senta	'98-'99: Berlin '96-'97: Savonlinna Festival (Spain); '92-'93: MET; '88-'89: Savonlinna Festival (Finland) '78: Zurich

Wagner	Der Ring des Nibelungen (Die Walküre - Siegfried - Götterdämmerung) / Brünnhilde	'98 -'99: Berlin; Vienna; London/Birmingham (semi-staged) '96-'97: Berlin, MET (Otto Schenk /James Levine); '95-'96: Vienna; '94-'95: Berlin; '92-'93: Vienna (Adolph Dresen /Christoph von Dohnanyi); '89-'90: MET (Schenk /Levine); Munich (Nikolaus Lenhoff /Wolfgang Sawallisch); San Francisco; '83-'86: Bayreuth (Peter Hall /Georg Solti).

Wagner	Die Walküre / Siegliende	'83-'84: MET

Wagner	Die Walküre / Brünnhilde	'01-'02: Vienna '00-'01: Catania (Italy) '97 -'98: Barcelona (concert); '96-'97: MET; '95-'96: Vienna, Linz. '86-'87: MET

Wagner	Siegfried / Brünnhilde	'96-'97: Linz

Wagner	Götterdämmerung / Brünnhilde	'01-'02: Aarhus - Denmark (Immolation Scene-concert) '98-'99: Japan (concert tour with S. Ozawa) '97-'98: Buenos Aires '96-'97: MET; '95-'96: Vienna, Linz. '96-'97: Linz

Wagner	Lohengrin / Ortrud	'02-'03: Oslo (Role & Company debut)

Wagner	Lohengrin / Elsa	'70s: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt

Wagner	Parsifal / Kundry	'01-'02: Dresden '99-'00: Dresden '97-'98: Cologne (Concert) '95-'96: Cologne

Wagner	Tannhauser / Elizabeth	Düsseldorf, Frankfurt

Wagner	Tristan und Isolde / Isolde	'01-'02: Los Angeles (Liebestod - concert with LA Philharmonic) '98-'99: Munich; Turin (Act 2) '97-'98: Copenhagen '96-'97: Munich; '90-'91: Vienna, Munich; '83-'84: MET; '80-'81: Zurich, Munich (Sawallisch), concert (Leonard Bernstein).

Wagner	Lieder / Opera excerpts	'03-'04: Philadelphia, Oldenburg (recitals) '02-'03: Düsseldorf (Gala concert) '01-02: Athens Concert Hall First Decade Gala; Paris (concert) '99-'00: Indianapolis, Boston (Season Opener), Montpellier, New York Met Museum (recital) '98-'99: Nuremberg, Valencia, Linz, Madrid (concerts) '98-'99: Oviedo (Spain), Salzburg (recitals) '97-'98: Copenhagen (Sonning Prize Award Concert); Salzburg (concert); Rio de Janeiro (Gala concert)

Weber	Der Freischutz / Agathe	'90-'91: NY Opera Society; '70s: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt

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