5 Great Dramatic Sopranos sing Brünnhilde's betrayal scene (Götterdämmerung)

The "Betrug!" scene is a challenging dramatic scene from Act 2 of Götterdämmerung spanning a range of almost two octaves (C4-B5) and requiring great stamina, carrying power in the middle-high, several atonal leaps, and even an ascending trill.

Since it is a longer excerpt, I was unable to fit as many sopranos here as the usual videos. Instead, I went with my personal top five, hopefully at least a couple will be to everyone's liking. I also limited recordings to the post-stereo era for the fairest comparisons.

List of recordings:
0:00 Kirsten Flagstad (Fjeldstad, 1955)
3:51 Astrid Varnay (Keilberth, 1955)
7:24 Birgit Nilsson (Böhm, 1965)
10:40 Gwyneth Jones (Boulez, 1979)
13:47 Rita Hunter (MacKerras, 1981)

Also, an interesting version is Grob-Prandl's - though I decided not to include it due to the poor quality and pitchiness of the tape. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/4ni5_ETWJ84?si=DP8siM7nKnPU9LJE&t=9203.

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