Part 4 of my "Dramatic sopranos sing..." series. Twenty dramatic Wagnerian sopranos sing Brünnhilde's sustained high C at the end of Siegfried. This is often seen as the most difficult note demanded of Brünnhilde, yet I was pleasantly surprised by how well many did here. In particular, the newer sopranos definitely faired better here than in the Götterdämmerung video.
Featured artists:
Frida Leider
Kirsten Flagstad
Martha Mödl
Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Astrid Varnay
Birgit Nilsson
Eileen Farrell
Naděžda Kniplová
Rita Hunter
Gwyneth Jones
Catarina Ligendza
Hildegard Behrens
Anne Evans
Eva Marton
Elizabeth Connell
Deborah Polaski
Linda Watson
Nina Stemme
Jennifer Wilson
Christina Goerke
*The Flagstad entry in this video is from a studio recording of the Siegfried duet where the first high C in “Ewig war ich” was provided by another soprano (Sylvia Fisher). I believe the C in this video is her own because it sounds nothing like Fisher, and does not sound clearly dubbed in as the first, but cannot confirm for sure.
