20 Aug 2009
Soprano Acclaimed for Wagner Roles
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/19/AR2009081903913.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/19/AR2009081903913.html
By Emily Langer [Washington Post, 20 April 2009]
Hildegard Behrens, 72, a German-born soprano who became one of the most acclaimed performers of Wagner’s epic operas, died Aug. 18 in a Tokyo hospital after suffering an apparent aneurysm. A former Washington area resident, she was in Japan to give a recital and master classes.