Talk about dysfunctional families.
I'm used to the idea of Brünnhilde being six feet tall with a size 48 double-D breastplate. Hildegard Behrens is teeny-tiny! She has the bearing, and boy does she have the voice! But she's so small. I love the way Levine slows down the orchestra with some finely placed rubati to let her sing her Hojoto comfortably. He lets her sail the high C's.
Brunhilde has got to be BIG, but of course, it is the VOICE that counts.
Someone jested at me today about my “petite” stature.
I rose to my full height and said: “I may only be 5’2”, but I ride a Full Sized Harley, Play a Full-Sized Bass, and Shoot a Full-Sized gun.”
I got an ovation!
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