Hildegard Behrens

German operatic soprano (1937-2009)

Person human Q237801

Facts

23 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[13]
Date of birth: February 9, 1937
Date of death: August 18, 2009
Place of birth: Varel
Place of death: Tokyo, Tokyo^[6]
Country of citizenship: Germany^[8]
Occupation: opera singer
Educated at: University of Freiburg^[9]
Award received: Bavarian Order of Merit, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^[10]^[11]^[12]
Genre: opera^[14]
Official website: web.archive.org^[19]
Cause of death: aortic aneurysm^[16]
Work location: Varel, Oldenburg^[20]^[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German^[25]
Described by source: BEIC Digital Library^[24]
Documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
Family name: Behrens^[17]
Given name: Hildegard^[18]
Instrument: voice^[23]
Manner of death: natural causes^[22]
Place of burial: Vareler Friedhof^[7]
Voice type: soprano^[15]

🏷️ Also known as

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ISNI: 0000000118804937
VIAF cluster ID: 102762870, 8017141
Library of Congress authority ID: n78062606
GND ID: 124614442
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Hildegard Behrens, opera singer.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0001635715
Allcinema person ID: 290939
Awards & Winners artist ID: 099tk9
BIBSYS ID: 99070964
BMLO ID: b1395
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 138912985
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: behrens-hildegard

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CONOR.SI ID: 28302435
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme): 0061B5976
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10305377
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 47783
CiNii Research ID: 1140000791673929344
DDB person (GND) ID: 124614442
DUC ID: hildegard-behrens
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 124614442
Dezède person ID: 36537
Discogs artist ID: 850891
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 84861
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Hildegard-Behrens
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: hildegard-behrens
Europeana entity: agent/base/159843
FAST ID: 1438069
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_124614442
FemBio ID: 2535
Find a Grave memorial ID: 40846809
Freebase ID: /m/099tk9
GTAA ID: 80852
Grammy Awards artist ID: hildegard-behrens, hildegard-behrens/297
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: hildegard-behrens
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0246262
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID: 12579
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Hildegard_Behrens
Grove Music Online ID: 41897
IDU person ID: 46915
IMDb ID: nm0067062
IdRef ID: 060986301
KANTO ID: 000206768
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 124614442
Kallías ID: PE00047191
Kinobox person ID: 1561908
Les Archives du spectacle person ID: 269683
Lex ID: Hildegard_Behrens
Libraries Australia ID: 35711908
LibraryThing author ID: behrenshildegard
Libris-URI: zw9dk6vh5q4pbpb
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: 00872/eu_b_1801/b1801
Munzinger person ID: 00000015890
MusicBrainz artist ID: 34d49504-db7c-43d8-b753-39b4b5443df0
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000250774
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA03974230
NE.se ID: hildegard-behrens
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2003208112
NLA Trove people ID: 1053224
NLP ID: a0000002841330
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000622600
NSK ID: 981005712298409366
NUKAT ID: n2010135638
National Library of Israel ID (old): 002246430
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007457651205171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000091996
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:Tmf;=B3
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810600556805606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX851306
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 07196777X
Niedersächsische Personen ID: 1786824132
Notable Names Database ID: 885/000206267
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095456167
Prabook ID: 628716
RERO ID (legacy): A002985313
SBN author ID: RAVV091668
SELIBR ID: 343245
SPAP ID: a/f19da919-7aa1-4ecd-b870-814850349931
TMDB person ID: 1116821
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 921
Tidal artist ID: 5918579
UOM ID: 50124
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1019000
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJwmV6g8fxYF8Kw8X7B773
Yale LUX ID: person/d33a6068-173c-4119-8b36-5c97a480535e
Yandex Music artist ID: 112469
ČSFD person ID: 141481

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Award received 2

Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Bavarian Order of Merit

Cause of death 1

aortic aneurysm

Country of citizenship 1

Germany

Described by source 1

BEIC Digital Library

Educated at 1

University of Freiburg

Family name 1

Behrens

Genre 1

opera

Given name 1

Hildegard

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

voice

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Occupation 1

opera singer

Place of birth 1

Varel

Place of death 1

Tokyo

Sex or gender 1

female

Voice type 1

soprano

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Summary

Hildegard Behrens was born on February 9, 1937^[1], in Varel^[2]. She died on August 18, 2009^[3], in Tokyo^[4]. She worked as an opera singer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Hildegard Behrens born?

Hildegard Behrens was born in Varel^[2].

Where did Hildegard Behrens die?

Hildegard Behrens died in Tokyo^[4].

What did Hildegard Behrens do for work?

Hildegard Behrens worked as an opera singer^[5].

Where did Hildegard Behrens go to school?

Hildegard Behrens was educated at University of Freiburg^[9].

What awards did Hildegard Behrens receive?

Honors received include Bavarian Order of Merit^[10], Léonie Sonning Music Prize^[11], and Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — place of birth (P19): Varel. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-12. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — place of death (P20): Tokyo. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-31. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — place of death (P20): Tokyo. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — sex or gender (P21): female. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — country of citizenship (P27): Germany. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — educated at (P69): University of Freiburg. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — occupation (P106): opera singer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — place of burial (P119): Vareler Friedhof. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — genre (P136): opera. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — award received (P166): Bavarian Order of Merit. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — award received (P166): Léonie Sonning Music Prize. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — award received (P166): Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — voice type (P412): soprano. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — cause of death (P509): aortic aneurysm. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — date of birth (P569): February 9, 1937. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-27. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — date of death (P570): August 18, 2009. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-27. newsticker.sueddeutsche.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — family name (P734): Behrens. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — given name (P735): Hildegard. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — official website (P856): https://web.archive.org/web/20090810105145/http://www.hildegardbehrens.com/hbawards.html. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — work location (P937): Varel. Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved 2026-10-26. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — work location (P937): Oldenburg. Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved 2026-10-26. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — described by source (P1343): BEIC Digital Library. digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Hildegard Behrens — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.

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