Helga Schmidt (above), Janet Coster, and Liane Synek were the Norns in a performance of GOTTERDAMMERUNG given at Cologne in 1972. Hans Wallat conducts.
Listen to their Norn scene in two parts:
Norns – Pt I – Helga Schmidt – Janet Coster – Liane Synek – Cologne 1972 – Wallat cond
Norns – Pt II – Helga Schmidt – Janet Coster – Liane Synek – Cologne 1972 – Wallat cond
Liane Synek (above) was an Austrian dramatic operatic soprano. She based her career in Germany, at such opera centers as Wiesbaden, Cologne, and the Staatsoper Berlin and the Cologne Opera, She appeared at international major opera houses and festivals, including Covent Garden, La Scala, and as the Bayreuth Festival.
A somewhat erratic singer, Synek took on opera’s most demanding roles – including Turandot, Elektra, Isolde, and the Brünnhildes – and threw herself into the music with abandon: her top notes could thrill.
Over time, collectors have taken an interest in Synek’s “live” recordings; quite a few have surfaced, and can be found at Opera Depot.
Here is Liane Synek in the great scene from Act III of DIE WALKURE wherein Brünnhilde attempts to explain to her father Wotan why she disobeyed his expressed command that Hunding should prevail in his fight against Siegmund. The performance, in surprisingly good sound, is from Montevideo 1959; Wilhelm Schirp sings Wotan.
Liane Synek – War es so schmählich ~ WALKURE – with Wilhelm Schirp – Montevideo 1959
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