Hildegard Behrens 1937-2009
UPDATE, 10:55 pm: The Associated Press confirms that Hildegard Behrens died early Tuesday, according to an email sent to opera officials by Jonathan Friend, artistic administrator of the Metropolitan Opera.
La Cieca has just received an as yet unconfirmed report that Hildegard Behrens died earlier today in Japan, where she was preparing for a Lieder recital and master classes scheduled later this week.
I’d love to hear Behrens’s Donna Anna. Anybody know if it’s available anywhere?
@131, there’s an ’84 Met broadcast (I’d love to know if there are other Behrens Annas available). They played it a couple of times (at least) on Sirius this summer, and it’s also available on CD, a few places, I think. There’s a recent thread about it on Opera-L (You can find me there if you can’t find the CD. It’s one of those bizarre treasures about which I’m vaguely evangelistic).