From Mike Richter‘s CD-ROM “El Anillo,” here is radiant soprano Gré Brouwenstijn in the first act of Die Walküre as performed at the Teatro Colón in 1962.

Wagner: Die Walküre, Act One
Teatro Colón, September 28, 1962

Sieglinde: Gré Brouwenstijn
Siegmund: Fritz Uhl
Hunding: Arnold van Mill

Conductor: Heinz Wallberg

Note that this disc includes the entire Ring as it was performed that season at the Colón, with a cast including Birgit Nilsson and Hans Hotter. If you’re interested in hearing more of this cycle, please let La Cieca know and she’ll program more acts in coming weeks.

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