Sieglinde

No lady of under eighteen stones is admired; but one who is heavier than that, instead of staying at home and looking after her grandchildren, is put into a white dress and called Sieglinde, or into a brown robe and called Kundry; and a German audience accepts her as a revelation of ideal loveliness through the perfection of human form.

Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians John F. Runciman 1891

"Sieglinde," and told her that she should illumine his Walhalla as

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 Rupert Hughes 1914

"Sieglinde" to her repertoire, but with no special purpose of singing it at Bayreuth, she arranged with Frau Cosima to go over the rôle with her, and in order to do so made a trip to Switzerland, where the former was staying.

The Loves of Great Composers Gustav Kobb�� 1887

There was also an unexpected and, at first, unannounced substitution, mid-opera, for an indisposed Eva-Maria Westbroek, making her ill-fated Met debut as Sieglinde

Lee Rosenbaum: Fright Night at the Opera: Met's "Die Walküre" Enthralls, Despite Mishaps Lee Rosenbaum 2011

There was also an unexpected and, at first, unannounced substitution, mid-opera, for an indisposed Eva-Maria Westbroek, making her ill-fated Met debut as Sieglinde

Lee Rosenbaum: Fright Night at the Opera: Met's "Die Walküre" Enthralls, Despite Mishaps Lee Rosenbaum 2011

The only other major glitch in Friday's performance was the mid-opera substitution for the role of Sieglinde.

Lee Rosenbaum: Fright Night at the Opera: Met's "Die Walküre" Enthralls, Despite Mishaps Lee Rosenbaum 2011

Then, before the third act, another onstage announcer informed us that an understudy, Margaret Jane Wray who has previously sung the role at the Met, had, in fact, taken over as Sieglinde in the second act.

Lee Rosenbaum: Fright Night at the Opera: Met's "Die Walküre" Enthralls, Despite Mishaps Lee Rosenbaum 2011

Then, before the third act, another onstage announcer informed us that an understudy, Margaret Jane Wray who has previously sung the role at the Met, had, in fact, taken over as Sieglinde in the second act.

Lee Rosenbaum: Fright Night at the Opera: Met's "Die Walküre" Enthralls, Despite Mishaps Lee Rosenbaum 2011

There was also an unexpected and, at first, unannounced substitution, mid-opera, for an indisposed Eva-Maria Westbroek, making her ill-fated Met debut as Sieglinde

Lee Rosenbaum: Fright Night at the Opera: Met's "Die Walküre" Enthralls, Despite Mishaps Lee Rosenbaum 2011

Then, before the third act, another onstage announcer informed us that an understudy, Margaret Jane Wray who has previously sung the role at the Met, had, in fact, taken over as Sieglinde in the second act.

Lee Rosenbaum: Fright Night at the Opera: Met's "Die Walküre" Enthralls, Despite Mishaps Lee Rosenbaum 2011