German operatic soprano

Hildegard Behrens

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German operatic soprano
Genres
Awards Received
Bavarian Order of Merit
Léonie Sonning Music Prize
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Behrens as Tosca, at the Metropolitan Opera, 1985

Hildegard Behrens (9 February 1937 – 18 August 2009) was a German soprano with a wide repertoire including Wagner, Weber, Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg roles.