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Brunnhilde

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Noun1.Brunnhilde - a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide
Brunhild, Brynhild
mythology - myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person
Norse mythology - the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity
Teuton - a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans
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It was a performance that was world-class in every detail, from the tumultuous casting of the hero's sword, to the dulcet call of the Forest Bird, and the superheated passion of the climactic duet when Siegfried (John Treleaven) awakens the warrior maiden Brunnhilde (Linda Watson).
'Siegfried' is a Wagner tour de force by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Katarina Dalayman was very moving as Brunnhilde, with forceful, if at times slightly shrill, high notes.
FRANCE: AIX-EN-PROVENCE by Segond, Andre / Opera Canada
But for all her versatility, she was best known for the big Wagner and Strauss parts, notably Brunnhilde, at Bayreuth, from 1983 onwards, and then at the Met from 1990.
Hildegard Behrens; OBITUARY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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