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The Valkyrie Who Maxed Out Her Credit Cards: Christine Goerke Sings Brünnhilde

Goerke, who's singing in the current Metropolitan Opera Ring cycle, overcame a vocal crisis to become one of today's leading dramatic sopranos.
Soprano Christine Goerke, as Brünnhilde the Valkyrie warrior, at a dress rehearsal for Wagner's <em>Die Walküre</em> at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

Christine Goerke is focused on endurance. The dramatic soprano is tackling one of the most challenging roles in opera: singing Brünnhilde, the Valkyrie maiden warrior, in epic, at New York's Metropolitan Opera. Otherwise known as the cycle, the 16-hour saga spans four operas and tells the story of gods,

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