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Remembering Hildegard Behrens: 1937-2009
Behrens sang Brünnhilde in the Met's historic first telecast of Wagner's Ring cycle, in a production by Otto Schenk, in 1989/90.
Photo: Met Opera Archives
Hildegard Behrens, one of the foremost Wagnerian sopranos of her generation, died on August 16, 2009. Over the course of her Met career, she was heard in 15 different roles with the company. Here's a photographic tribute.
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