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Giulio Gari Tribute-La Traviata

Lucia Evangelista passed away in 2000. Her beautiful singing and elegant appearance will remain in people's heart.

Hildegard Behrens Dies.

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Hildegard Behrens Biography

Hildegard Behrens was born in Varel, Germany. She graduated from the University of Freiburg as a junior barrister before becoming serious about her talents as a singer, studying at first with Ines Leuwen at the Freiburg Academy Of Music.

Her debut was as the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro in Freiburg in 1971 and the following year she became a member of the Deutsche Oper. On 15 October 1976 she made her American debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Giorgetta in Il tabarro.

She began her musical career singing small roles at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf where she stayed for six years during which she graduated into bigger roles. Then in the 1975-76 season, while rehearsing Wozzeck, she was "discovered" by Herbert von Karajan, who was then looking for his new Salome. She was summoned to Berlin to audition for the role. Karajan liked what he heard and invited her to portray the role at the 1977 Salzburg Festival.

Behrens was the recipient of many awards - among them the highest civilian honors given by the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz or Order of the Merit Cross of the Federal Republic) and by the state of Bavaria (the Bayerischer Verdienstorden), and the titles of Bayerische Kammersängerin and Österreichische Kammersängerin bestowed by the Bavarian State Opera and the Vienna State Opera respectively. In 1998, she received Denmark's most prestigious Leonie Sonning Music Prize and in 1999 the Vienna State Opera honored her with the Lotte Lehmann Ring, bequeathed to her by the late dramatic soprano Leonie Rysanek.



Hildegard Behrens died of an aortic aneurysm aged 72 in hospital in Tokyo, Japan.
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Leontyne Price in Interview 2008 all four clips.

I hope this is helpful for people who are fond of Leontyne Price, and are looking for her 2008 interview. Price went through many difficult time. In spite of her skin color, her background and what people's general stereotypical view of a southern black woman was, she persevered and went on to a fabulous career. She destroyed those who wanted to see her fail, by excelling in her operatic and human skills.

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Be hold! I present you---

The forever angelic--Su mi Jo!

Leontyne Price in Interview 2008 2/4

I think she was 80 years old at the time of the interview, what an amazing spirit!

Best kept secret on Netflix!

Did you know Netflix has a HUGE selection on operas on DVD? You get to study the discs for as long as you need, then return it for a new opera in queue. I love the quality of the DVD because they are much less used and damaged. Netflix also provides many old documentaries of singers, composer and conductors, it's very inspiring!

Leontyne Price in Interview 2008 1/4

Leontyne Price in Interview 2008 1/4, this is the first part of the series. I found this quite helpful, maybe not on the technical point of view but it is certainly encouraging to emerging singers.

Rock Mozart!

Found this on Youtube, thought it is interesting:0