Following is a list of the singers represented.

Part One

1            Jessye Norman   Met
2            Gwyneth Jones   Teatro Colon 1967
3            Gundula Janowitz   Salzburg   1967
4            Hildegard Behrens   Munich 1977
5            Leonie Rysanek   Vienna 1957
6            Montserrat Caballé   Barcelona 1986
7            Régine Crespin   Met 1969
8            Deborah Voigt   Met 2004

Part Two

1            Ursula Schröder Feinen   Dusseldorf 1974
2            Waltraud Meier   Bayreuth 1991
3            Eva-Maria Westbroek   Aix 2007
4            Hilde Konetzni   La Scala 1950
5            Inge Borkh   Bayreuth 1952
6            Teresa Zylis-Gara   Paris 1986
7            Lotte Lehmann   Met 1940
8            Helga Dernesch   Osaka 1967

Part Three

1            Anja Harteros   Salzburg 2017
2            Violeta Urmana   Bayreuth 2002
3            Sylvia Fisher   Covent Garden 1959
4            Rose Bampton   Met 1943
5            Claire Watson   Proms 1964
6            Amber Wagner   Tanglewood 2018
7            Gré Brouwenstijn   Teatro Colon 1962
8            Johanna Meier   Philadelphia 1976

This weekend Houston Grand Opera posted its Die Walküre so here is one more Sieglinde, Karita Mattila. Sorry about the overloaded sound quality!

Christopher Corwin

Christopher Corwin began writing for parterre box in 2011 under the pen name “DeCaffarrelli.” His work has also appeared in , The New York Times, Musical America, The Observer, San Francisco Classical Voice and BAMNotes. Like many, he came to opera via the Saturday Met Opera broadcasts which he began listening to at age 11. His particular enthusiasm is 17th and 18th century opera. Since 2015 he has curated the weekly podcast Trove Thursday on parterre box presenting live recordings.

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