Hildegard Behrens, a soprano who was one of the finest Wagnerian performers of her generation, has died while traveling in Japan. She was 72. Jonathan Friend, artistic administrator of the ...

One of opera's finest voices fell silent yesterday. German soprano Hildegard Behrens died unexpectedly of an apparent aortic aneurism while traveling in Japan. She was 72 years old. There does not ...

The German soprano was a mesmerizing interpreter of touchstone dramatic soprano roles during the 1980s and early ’90s. By Anthony Tommasini “Tristan und Isolde” has long been a magnet for trouble. By ...

For a highly intelligent musician such as Hildegard Behrens, who is known in every major international opera house for her fearless assumptions of Brunnhilde, Isolde, Leonore, Salome, Tosca and all ...

TOKYO — Soprano Hildegard Behrens, one of the finest Wagnerian performers of her generation, has died while traveling in Japan. She was 72. Jonathan Friend, artistic administrator of the Metropolitan ...

Hildegard Behrens, a soprano who was one of the finest Wagnerian performers of her generation, has died while traveling in Japan. She was 72. Jonathan Friend, artistic administrator of the ...

The German soprano Hildegard Behrens was a magnificent interpreter of the heroines of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner. At the beginning of her career she sang several Mozart roles and such German ...

Opera singer Hildegard Behrens, a three-time Grammy winner best known for her portrayal of Bruennhilde in Wagner’s “Ring Cycle,” died Tuesday in Tokyo of an apparent aneurism. She was 72. Behrens was ...

Hildegard Behrens, who died on Tuesday aged 72, was widely regarded as one of the greatest Wagnerians of her generation, a singing actress in the true Bayreuth tradition. 19 August 2009 • 5:58pm Her ...