, (Varnay)
Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano)





Richard Wagner - Opera `Lohengrin` (1845-48), WWV 75

Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor), Jess Thomas (tenor), Ingrid Bjoner (soprano), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano) , Orchestra Teatro alla Scala (Milano), Coro del Teatro alla Scala (Milano)
Lohengrin: Jess Thomas, Elsa: Ingrid Bjoner, Ortrud: Astrid Varnay, Friedrich von Telramund: Gustav Neidlinger, Konig Heinrich: Franz Crass, Der Heerrufer des Konigs: Tom Krause. June 1965.
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Richard Wagner - Tetralogy `Der Ring des Nibelungen.` Part III: Opera `Siegfried` (1851-71), WWV 86c

Clemens Krauss (conductor), Rita Streich (Soprano), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), Josef Greindl (bass) , Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
1953 (live). Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen, Mime - Paul Kuen, Wanderer Wotan - Hans Hotter, Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay, Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger, Erda - Maria von Ilosvay, Fafner - Josef Greindl, Waldvogel - Rita Streich.
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Richard Wagner - Opera `Tannhäuser`, WWV 70

George Szell (conductor), Ramon Vinay (tenor / baritone), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), George London (bass-baritone) , Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera (New York City), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (New York)
Ramon Vinay (Tannhäuser), Margaret Harshaw (Elisabeth), Astrid Varnay (Venus), George London (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Jerome Hines (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen), Brian Sullivan (Walther von der Vogelweide), Clifford Harvuot (Biterolf), Paul Franke (Heinrich der Schreiber), Norman Scott (Reinmar von Zweter), Roberta Peters (Hirt). 1954 (live).
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Giuseppe Verdi - Opera `Aida` (overtures, arias, fragments)

Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), George London (bass-baritone), Hermann Weigert (conductor) , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
1954 - Excerpt: Aida/Amonasro duet
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Richard Wagner - Opera `Der fliegende Holländer`, WWV 63

Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor), Hermann Uhde (bass baritone), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) , Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele
Live - 22 July 1955 - Bayreuth Festival - Hermann Uhde (Dutchman), Astrid Varnay (Senta), Wolfgang Windgassen (Erik), Ludwig Weber (Daland), Josef Traxel (Steuermann), Elisabeth Schartel (Marie)
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Richard Wagner - Opera `Lohengrin` (vocal fragments), WWV 75

Leonie Rysanek (soprano), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), André Cluytens (conductor) , Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
1958.
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Richard Strauss - Opera `Elektra` (1906-1908), op. 58

Fritz Reiner (conductor), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), Set Svanholm , Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera (New York City)
Rec. live, 1952. Metropolitan Opera, conductor Fritz Reiner. Elektra - Astrid Varnay, Chrysothemis - Walburga Wegner, Clytemnestra - Elisabeth Höngen, Aegisth - Set Svanholm, Orest - Paul Schöffler, Ein alter Diener - Lubomir Vichegonov, Ein junger Diener - Paul Franke, Die Schleppträgerin - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt), Die Vertraute - Jean Madeira, Der Pfleger des Orest - Alois Pernerstorfer, Die Aufseherin - Thelma Votipka, 1. Magd - Martha Lipton, 2. Magd - Hertha Glaz, 3. Magd -
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Richard Wagner - Opera `Parsifal` (1857-82), WWV 111

André Cluytens (conductor), Jess Thomas (tenor), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bas-baritone) , Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Live - 1965 - with Gustav Neidlinger, Thomas Stewart, Martti Talvela - Bayreuth Festival Chorus - PLEASE NOTE - VERY POOR SOUND AND EDITING.
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Jules Massenet - Opera `Herodiade` (arias)

Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano) , Tonkunstler Orchestra (Tonkunstler-Orchester Niederosterreich)
1951 - `Il est doux, il est bon.`
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Amilcare Ponchielli - Opera `La Gioconda` (arias)

Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano) , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
1954 - Act 4 `Suicido!`
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Richard Wagner - Tetralogy `Der Ring des Nibelungen` (IV): Îpera `Götterdämmerung` (fragments), WWV 86d

Hermann Weigert (conductor), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano) , Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSB)
7 June 1954 - Act 3 Immolation
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Giacomo Puccini - Opera `Manon Lescaut` (arias)

Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), Hermann Weigert (conductor) , Tonkunstler Orchestra (Tonkunstler-Orchester Niederosterreich)
1951 - Act 4 `Sola, perduda, abbandonato`
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Richard Wagner - Tetralogy `Der Ring des Nibelungen.` Part II: Opera `Die Walküre`, WWV 86b

Rudolf Kempe (conductor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), Ose Nordmo-Lovberg (soprano) , Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Live - 1960 - Bayreuth Festival - Jerome Hines (Wotan), Astrid Varnay (Brunnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegmund), Asse Nordmo-Lovberg (Sieglinde), Gottlob Frick (Hunding), Herta Topper (Fricka), Gertraud Hopf (Gerhilde), Frances Martin (Ortlinde), Claudia Hellmann (Waltraute), Ruth Siewert (Schwertleite), Ingrid Bjoner (Helmwige), Grace Hofman (Sigrune), Margit Kobeck-Peters (Grimgerde), Dorothea von Stein (Rossweise)
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Giuseppe Verdi - Opera «Macbeth» (arias)

Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), Hermann Weigert (conductor) , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
1951 - Excerpt: `La luce langue`
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Richard Strauss - Opera `Die Frau ohne Schatten` (1914-1917), op. 65

Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) , Bayerische Staatsoper Orchester
Live - 3 October 1976 - Bayerische Staatsoper, Munchen - James King (Kaiser), Ingrid Bjoner (Kaiserin), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Barak), Birgit Nilsson (Sein weib), Astrid Varnay (Amme), Karl-Christian Kohn (Geisterbote), Ruth Falcon (Schwele des Tempels), Antonia Fahberg (Falken) - Bayrische Staatsopernchor
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Richard Wagner - Tetralogy `Der Ring des Nibelungen.` Part II: Opera `Die Walküre` (fragments), WWV 86b

Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), George London (bass-baritone), Hermann Weigert (conductor) , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
1954 - Excerpt: Act 3 `Als Fricka den eigenen zinn`
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Richard Wagner - Tetralogy `Der Ring des Nibelungen.` Part IV: Opera `Götterdämmerung` (1848-74), WWV 86d

Joseph Keilberth (conductor), Astrid Varnay (soprano / mezzo-soprano), Josef Greindl (bass) , Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele
1955. Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay, Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen, Hagen - Josef Greindl, Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger, Gunther - Hermann Uhde, Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn, Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay, Woglinde - Jutta Vulpius, Wellgunde - Elisabeth Schärtel, Floßhilde - Maria Graf, First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay, Second Norn - Georgine von Milinkovic, Third Norn - Mina Bolotine.
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