The sad news comes of the death of the soprano Hildegard Behrens aged 72. She recorded Salome with Herbert von Karajan during my time with EMI, and I was fortunate to hear her sing the role with Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic at the 1977 Salzburg Festival, which was where the header photo was taken. In January 2008 I described that performance as "one of my most memorable, and disturbing, evenings in the opera house".
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Related trivia:
- That 1977 production was the first staging of Salome at the Salzburg Festival.
- Hildegard Behrens had a law degree.
Still for my money the greatest Salome ever. Her EMI recording with Karajan has no equal.
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