A 1977 performance from the Bayerische Staatsoper of Wager’s DIE WALKURE features the Sieglinde of Hildegard Behrens (above); I saw Behrens in the role twice at The Met in 1983, and she was thrilling.
Listen here.
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Siegmund – James King
Sieglinde – Hildegard Behrens
Hunding – Kurt Böhme
Brünhilde – Gwyneth Jones
Wotan – Theo Adam
Fricka – Brigitte Fassbaender
Gerhilde – Leonore Kirschstein
Ortlinde – Antonie Fahberg
Waltraute – Charlotte Berthold
Schwertleite – Ortrun Wenkel
Helmwige – Gertrud Freedmann
Siegrune – Helena Jungwirth
Grimgerde – Liliana Netschewa
Roßweiße – Gudrun Wewezow
Oberon's Glade 