Hildegard Behrens
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Varel, Germany
Birthday: February 09, 1937
Deathday: August 18, 2009
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Elektra
Overview: The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in January, 1994. Hildegard Behrens stars as Elektra, with Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis, Brigitte Fassbaender as Klytämnestra, Donald McIntyre as Orest, and James King as Aegisth. James Levine conducts.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Idomeneo
Overview: Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982 production. During a squall at sea, Idomeneo -- the king of Crete -- swears to Neptune that if the monarch survives, he'll sacrifice the first person he encounters onshore. Tragically, that person ends up being his son, Idamante (Frederica Von Stade). Maestro James Levine masterfully conducts the orchestra and chorus of the Metropolitan Opera. A musical production that was designed for the "Live From the Met" series, this program was produced by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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The Flying Dutchman
Overview: lkka Backman's celebrated rendition of Wagner's opera tells the story of The Flying Dutchman, a skipper who's been banished to sea for all eternity. Staged in a large outdoor courtyard inside Finland's Olavinlinna Castle, the production features German singer Franz Grundheber in the title role and Finnish opera singer Matti Salminen as Daland, a Norwegian sea captain whose daughter Senta (Hildegard Behrens) is the love of the Dutchman's life.
Genres: Music Romance Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Die Walküre
Overview: The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle. Hildegard Behrens brings deep empathy to Brünnhilde, the favorite daughter of the god Wotan (James Morris) who nevertheless defies him. Morris’s portrayal of Wotan is deservedly legendary, as is Christa Ludwig, as Fricka. Jessye Norman and Gary Lakes are Sieglinde and Siegmund, and Kurt Moll is the threatening Hunding. James Levine and the Met orchestra provide astonishing color and drama. (Performed April 8, 1989)
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-02-23
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Götterdämmerung
Overview: The stupendous climax to Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle is brilliantly realized by the Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production and byJames Levine’s monumental conducting. The Met orchestra, chorus, and an all-star cast make this Götterdämmerung one that truly rises to the occasion. Hildegard Behrens’s Brünnhilde must be experienced to be believed, as does Matti Salminen’s richly sung, domineering Hagen. At the center of the drama is Siegfried Jerusalem as Siegfried, who does not realize he has been drawn into a plot of betrayal until it is too late. Christa Ludwig is magnetic as Waltraute and Ekkehard Wlaschiha is a compelling Alberich.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-05-05
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Wozzeck
Overview: 1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg Büchner's 1837 play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck details the harsh existence of the title character, a former soldier in the German army who has to struggle mightily to make a living, even as others around him prosper.
Genres: Music Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Siegfried
Overview: Siegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-02-23
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Tosca
Overview: Live Metropolitan Opera performance March, 1985.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-03-26
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Impressions of Herbert Von Karajan
Overview: Reveals the life and current (1978) muses of Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1978-03-30
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