FanFaire Celebrates Hildegard Behrens, Dramatic Soprano

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HILDEGARD BEHRENS, dramatic soprano
She makes music worth seeing!

NEW: A MUSICAL JOURNEY        "THE VERY BEST OF HILDEGARD BEHRENS"

"...by beautiful and eloquent gesture, movement and bearing,
a fine artist can make not only her voice but her body,
as much a part of a great music-drama
as any instrument in the score."

- George Bernard Shaw
(who, if he were living today, surely could sing the same praise
of Hildegard Behrens as he did of the German soprano
who sang Elektra in his time.)
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THE ARTIST:    PROFILE     PORTRAITS     PERFORMANCES     DISCOGRAPHY     AWARDS     BEHRENS ON BEHRENS
SIGNATURE ROLES:     BRÜNNHILDE     ELEKTRA     SALOME     FIDELIO     ISOLDE     MARIE     SENTA
NEW ROLES:      THE KOSTELNICKA     THE WOMAN 'R'       KUNDRY     DIE LUSTIGE WITWE
CONCERTS: OLDENBURG     PHILADELPHIA     LOS ANGELES     TEMPLE OF DENDUR (NY)     BOSTON     INDIANAPOLIS    MADRID

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Photo credits: Misako Uryu (Fidelio & Senta - Metropolitan Opera 1992-93); Ken Friedman* (Marie - San Francisco Opera, 1999); Winnie Klotz* (Elektra - Metropolitan Opera 1994); Winnie Klotz* (Brunnhilde - Metropolitan Opera 1997); Ken Howard* (Salome - Los Angeles Opera 1998); C. McKinnon (Isolde - Prinzregententheater, Munich 1999); FC ("R" - Salzburg Festival 1999). * Photo courtesy of the opera company. All others are courtesy of the photographers.

* Note: "She makes music worth seeing" is borrowed from the San Diego Opera motto "We make music worth seeing" originated by General Director Ian Campbell.