Great Singers at Lyric in German Repertoire

This installment of "Legends of Lyric" concentrates on four artists who excelled in German roles at Lyric: two spectacular dramatic sopranos – Inge Borkh (1921 - 2018), who excelled at Lyric as Sieglinde in Die Walküre and Salome, and Birgit Nilsson (1918 – 2005), idolized at Lyric and worldwide as the Wagner heroines and also in such formidable Italian roles as Puccini's Turandot; tenor Ludwig Suthaus (1906 – 1971), Lyric's first Wagner tenor; and another stupendous Wagnerian, bass-baritone Hans Hotter (1909 – 2003), who mesmerized two generations of audiences internationally in a huge repertoire.

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