From Mike Richter‘s CD-ROM “El Anillo,” here is radiant soprano Gré Brouwenstijn in the first act of Die Walküre as performed at the Teatro Colón in 1962.
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act One
Teatro Colón, September 28, 1962
Sieglinde: Gré Brouwenstijn
Siegmund: Fritz Uhl
Hunding: Arnold van Mill
Conductor: Heinz Wallberg
Download audio file (walkure_1_colon.mp3)
Note that this disc includes the entire Ring as it was performed that season at the Colón, with a cast including Birgit Nilsson and Hans Hotter. If you’re interested in hearing more of this cycle, please let La Cieca know and she’ll program more acts in coming weeks.