Hildegard Behrens

Soprano

Hildegard Behrens

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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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

Recorded live at the Savonlinna Opera Festival 1989


Franz Grundheber (The Dutchman), Hildegard Behrens (Senta), Matti Salminen (Daland), Raimo Sirkiä (Erik), Anita Välkki (Mary) & Jorma Silvasti (Steersman)

Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Leif Segerstam (conductor) & Ilkka Bäckman (director)

Designer JUHANI PIRSKANEN

Directed for video by AARNO CRONVALL

Ilkka Bäckman's acclaimed production takes place outdoors in the huge courtyard of Finland's 500-year-old Olavinlinna Castle – a majestic and impressive setting, which gives the production an atmosphere and realism. Hildegard Behrens, at the height of her career, is the tragic Senta, whose destiny is to redeem the Dutchman from his fate. The German bass-baritone, Franz Grundheber, sings the title role, and Finland's own Matti Salminen is the Norwegian sea captain, Daland.

SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH

DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 STEREO 139 MINS

REGIONS 2-6

NTSC 4:3

COLOUR

DVD-9

Released or re-released in last 6 months

DVD Video

Region: 2-6

Format: NTSC

Warner Classics - 2564647608

(DVD Video)

$17.25

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The Essential Wagner

The Essential Wagner


Wagner:

Der fliegende Holländer: Overture

Summ' und brumm', du gutes Rädchen 'Spinning Chorus' (from Der fliegende Holländer)

Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an 'Senta's Ballad' (from Der fliegende Holländer)

Steuermann, laß die Wacht! (from Der fliegende Holländer)

Tannhäuser: Overture

Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhauser)

O du, mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhäuser)

Begluckt darf nun dich 'Pilgrims' Chorus' (from Tannhauser)

Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts 1 & 3

Einsam in trüben Tagen (from Lohengrin)

Entweihte Götter (from Lohengrin)

Bridal Chorus 'Treulich geführt' (from Lohengrin)

In fernem Land (from Lohengrin)

Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla

Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries

Siegmund heiß ich und Siegmund bin ich! (from Die Walküre)

Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert! (from Siegfried)

Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral March

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture

Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein 'Prize Song' (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)

O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (from Tristan und Isolde)

Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde)


The best-loved and most popular works by Richard Wagner, performed by the world’s leading artists, in an accessible format at budget price.

EMI - 9733992

(CD - 2 discs)

$8.75

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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer


Robert Hale (Der Holländer), Hildegard Behrens (Senta), Josef Protschka (Erik), Kurt Rydl (Daland), Iris Vermillion (Mary)

Konzertvereiningung der Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnanyi

Decca Operas - 4784173

(CD - 2 discs)

$21.75

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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer


Robert Hale (Der Holländer), Hildegard Behrens (Senta), Josef Protschka (Erik), Kurt Rydl (Daland), Iris Vermillion (Mary)

Konzertvereiningung der Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnanyi

Full track-list and synopsis in English, German and French

Decca Opera! - 4782503

(CD - 2 discs)

$15.00

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Strauss, R: Salome

Strauss, R: Salome


Hildegard Behrens (Salome), José Van Dam (Jokanaan), Agnes Baltsa (Herodias), Karl-Walter Böhm (Herodes), Wieslaw Ochman (Narraboth), Heljä Angervo (Page), Michel Sénéchal, David Knutson, Martin Vantin, Gerhard Unger, Erich Kunz (Juden), Jules Bastin, Dieter Ellenbeck (Nazarenen), Gerd Nienstedt, Kurt Rydl (Soldaten), Helge Von Bömches (Ein Cappadocier), Horst Nitsche (Ein Sklave)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

The brand new series celebrates EMI - The Home of Opera with Karajan's legendary recording of Salome with Hildegard Behrens and José van Dam. Includes complete libretto and synopsis on a bonus CD ROM.

EMI - The Opera Series - 9668322

(CD - 2 discs)

$19.50

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Puccini: Tosca

Puccini: Tosca

Stage Production and Set Design - Franco Zeffirelli


Hildegard Behrens (Tosca), Plácido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Cornell MacNeil (Scarpia), James Courtney (Angelotti), Italo Tajo (Sagristano), Anthony Laciura (Spoletta), Russell Christopher (Sciarrone)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Giuseppe Sinopoli

recorded live from the MET in March 1985

“Domingo’s Cavaradossi is a gorgeous piece of singing” New York Magazine

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: NTSC

DG - 0734100

(DVD Video)

$20.00

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Mozart: Idomeneo, K366

Mozart: Idomeneo, K366

Video Director Brian Large & Production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle


DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: NTSC

DG - 0734234

(DVD Video - 2 discs)

$32.25

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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7, etc.

Berlioz:

Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7

Debussy:

La Demoiselle élue

Duparc:

Chanson triste

L'Invitation au voyage

Ravel:

Shéhérazade


Elly Ameling (soprano), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Janice Taylor (mezzo-soprano)

Women of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Franscisco Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Francis Travers, Edo de Waart

Australian Eloquence - 4767982

(CD)

$10.00

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Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel


Jennifer Larmore (Hänsel), Ruth Ziesak (Gretel), Bernd Weikl Der Vater (Father), Hildegard Behrens Die Mutter (Mother), Hanna Schwarz Die Knusperhexe (The Nibblewitch), Rosemary Joshua Sandmännchen (Sandman), Christine Schäfer Taumännchen (Dew Fairy) & Tölzer Knabenchor Kuchenkinder (Gingerbread children)

Symphonieorchester der Bayerischen Rundfunks, Donald Runnicles

Warner Classics - The Opera Collection - 2564688082

(CD - 2 discs)

$17.00

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In Memoriam - Ursula Schröder-Feinen

In Memoriam - Ursula Schröder-Feinen


Beethoven:

Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (from Fidelio)

Er sterbe!...Es schlägt der Rache Stunde (from Fidelio)

Peter Wimberger (Pizarro), Peter Meven (Rocco), Wold Appel (Jaquino)

O namenlose Freude! (from Fidelio)

Ernst Kozub (Florestan)

Strauss, R:

Die Frau ohne Schatten (highlights)

Hildegard Behrens (Empress), Linda Karén (Nurse), Matti Kastu (Emperor) & Gerd Feldhoff (Barak)

Orest! Orest! (from Elektra)

Siegmund Nimsgern (Orest)

Läßt du den Bruder nicht nach Hause, Mutter? (from Elektra)

Astrid Varnay (Klytamnestra)

Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen (from Salome)

Astrid Varnay (Herodias), Wilhelm Ernest (Herodes)

Wagner:

Schlafst du, Gast? Ich bin's! (from Die Walküre)

Gerd Brenneis (Siegmund)


Ursula Schröder-Feinen (soprano)

Chorus & Orchestra of the Deutschen Oper am Rhein/Arnold Quennet, Peter Schneider & Günther Wich

Live Recordings 1971-1977

Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or - C599061B

(CD)

$13.25

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