Hildegard Behrens
Born: 9th February 1937, Varel, Germany
Died: 18th August 2009, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality: German
HILDEGARD BEHRENS built her reputation singing the most demanding soprano roles in the operatic repertory. She is most renowned for her portrayals of the heroines of Wagner and Strauss. Indeed to many of today's audiences she is the greatest living Brünnhilde and the "most riveting Salome," the role that catapulted her to stardom and a brilliant operatic career. But she has not limited herself to German opera - her repertory includes roles as diverse as Puccini's Tosca, Berlioz' Cassandra and Janacek's Emilia Marty. Her operatic debut was as the Countess in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, and she debuted at the Metropolitan Opera as Giorgetta in Puccini's Il Tabarro.
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Strauss, R: Salome, Op. 54
Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Heljä Angervo (contralto), Kurt Rydl (bass), Wiesław Ochman (tenor), Helge von Bömches (bass), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Horst Nitsche (tenor), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Karl-Walter Böhm (tenor), David Knutson (tenor), Erich Kunz (baritone), Gerhard Unger (tenor), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Jules Bastin (bass), Martin Vantin (tenor), Dieter Ellenbeck (tenor), Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Special offer. Schubert: Das geistliche & weltliche Chorwerk | Sacred & Secular Choral Works
Helen Donath, Lucia Popp (sopranos), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Peter Schreier (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Building a Library, December 2015, Recommendation available in a collected edition
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Special offer. 100 Best Opera Classics
Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Edda Moser (soprano), Catherine Pierard (soprano), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Delia Wallis (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Maria Callas (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Beverley Sills (soprano), José Cura (tenor), Renata Scotto (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), José Carreras (tenor), Boris Christoff (bass), Mady Mesplé (soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), José van Dam (bass), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Alain Vanzo (tenor), Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), Régine Crespin (mezzo-soprano, soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano), Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Anja Silja (soprano), Jess Thomas (tenor), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Éva Marton (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Walter Berry (baritone), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Gabriella Tucci (soprano), James McCracken (tenor), Justino Díaz (baritone), Ghena Dimitrova (soprano), Janine Micheau (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Jules Bastin (bass), Jane Rhodes (mezzo-soprano), Denise Monteil (soprano), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Monique Linval (soprano), Gérard Souzay (baritone), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), James Morris (bass-baritone), Waltraud Meier (soprano), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Graziella Sciutti (soprano), Carol Vaness (soprano), Claudio Desderi (bass), Delores Ziegler (mezzo-soprano), Edita Gruberova (soprano), Bruno Lazzaretti (tenor), Renato Bruson (baritone), Robert Lloyd (bass), Henry Newman (baritone), Richard van Allan (bass), Roderick Kennedy (bass), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Suso Mariategui (tenor), Daniella Dessì, Daniela Dessì (soprano), Ernesto Gavazzi (tenor), Lucio Gallo (baritone), Michele Pertusi (bass), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Jean-Philippe Lafont (baritone), Henri Legay (tenor), June Anderson (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Gino Quilico (baritone), John Aler (tenor), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano), Beverly Sills (soprano), Gary Lakes (tenor), Birgitta Svendén (mezzo-soprano), Emily Magee (soprano), Endrik Wottrich (tenor), Peter Seiffert (tenor), Robert Holl (bass-baritone), Peter Haage (tenor), English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, London Classical Players, Schütz Choir of London, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Choeurs du Théatre National de l'Opéra Paris, Orchestre du Théatre National de l'Opéra Paris, Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Opéra-Comique, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Choeur de la Radiodiffusion Française, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Choeurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Staatsopernorchester Berlin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester des Münchner Rundfunks, L'Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, Choeurs de la Radiodiffusion Française, Staatskapelle Dresden, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, München, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Choeurs de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, Orchestre de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique, Kölner Philharmoniker, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Bernard Haitink, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Roger Norrington, Karl Böhm, James Levine, Carlo Maria Giulini, Tullio Serafin, Zubin Mehta, Aldo Ceccato, Sir John Barbirolli, Thomas Schippers, Bruno Bartoletti, Myung-Whun Chung, Riccardo Muti, Nello Santi, André Cluytens, Alain Lombard, Michel Plasson, Georges Prêtre, Sir Thomas Beecham, Franz Konwitschny, Otto Klemperer, Rudolf Kempe, Jeffrey Tate, Lamberto Gardelli, Alceo Galliera, Julius Rudel, Lorin Maazel, Sir Charles Mackerras, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Gabriele Santini, Roger Boutry, Jean-Claude Hartemann, Jean-Pierre Marty, Peter Schneider, Rafael Kubelik, Nicola Rescigno, Sarah Caldwell, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Paavo Järvi, Thomas Fulton, Sylvain Cambreling, Jacques Delacôte, James Conlon
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The Liszt Collection
Krystian Zimerman (piano), Shura Cherkassky, John Ogdon & Brenda Lucas (piano), Vinson Cole (tenor), Roberto Szidon (piano), Lazar Berman (piano), Alice Sara Ott (piano), Jorge Bolet (piano), Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Nikita Magaloff (piano) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Staatsopernchor Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Mitglieder des Staatsopernchors Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Herbert von Karajan, Iván Fischer, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Sir Georg Solti, Bernard Haitink
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th October 2011
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Building a Library, April 2013, First Choice
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