08.25.2009 3:44 pm
Hildegard Behrens: The Met’s tribute
Post-Dispatch Classical Music
As a tribute to the late soprano Hildegard Behrens, who died August 16 in Tokyo, the Sirius satellite radio system’s Metropolitan Opera channel will broadcast an historic 1989 performance of Wagner’s Die Walküre.
It can be heard on August 27 starting at 8 p.m. Central Time and again on August 30, starting at 10 a.m. CT. If you don’t have a satellite radio subscription, not to worry: there’s a free trial deal for online listeners.
Brünnhilde’s an appropriate role for the memorial; Behrens was truly remarkable as Wotan’s favorite daughter.
Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind.