Hildegard Behrens (1941 - ) is a German soprano known for her wide repertory including Wagner, Weber, Mozart and Richard Strauss roles. For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Look up Soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In music, a soprano is a singer with a voice ranging approximately from the A below middle C to high C two octaves above middle C (i. ...
Behrens' to keep for the life of her career and to pass on to a successor of her choice.
HildegardBehrens, like Leonie Rysanek and Lotte Lehmann before her, achieved renown through her memorable interpretations of the most demanding roles in the operatic repertory, in particular the heroines of Wagner and Strauss.
HildegardBehrens continues to sing many of the roles that were Ms.
That HildegardBehrens was able to convey any of those ideas so fully, outside of their operatic context and without benefit of a full orchestra, is a sure sign of an extraordinary power to transport listeners to another realm.
Behrens' steely dramatic soprano destined her for the Wagner and Strauss repertory that made her a star in Munich, Vienna and Paris as well as New York.
Behrens sings three challenging operatic scenes in her Dec. 11 recital: Kostelnicka's aria from the second act of Janacek's Jenufa, Elektra's Monologue and Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene from Wagner's Götterdaämmerung.
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