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Astrid Varnay
voc, 1918-2006 US, Stockholm
Singer of Classical
A.k.a. Ibolyka Astrid Maria Varnay
Ibolyka Astrid Maria Varnay (25 April 1918 – 4 September 2006) was a Swedish-born American dramatic soprano of Hungarian descent. She spent most of her career in the United States and Germany. She was, along with Birgit Nilsson and Martha Mödl, one of the three leading Wagnerian heroic sopranos of her generation. Her voice on record is readily recognisable by its fiery tone and seemingly limitless upper register.
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Cavalleria Rusticana, Act I: Voi lo sapete, o mamma (Santuzza, Mamma Lucia) on Unwind with Opera by Various Artists Andrea Chénier / Act 1: Il giorno intorno già s'insera lentamente! ... Via, on Giordano: Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Leo Nucci, Welsh National Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly Andrea Chénier / Act 1: Al mio dire perdono on Giordano: Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Leo Nucci, Welsh National Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly Andrea Chénier / Act 1: Passiamo la sera allegramente! ... O Pastorelle addio! on Giordano: Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Leo Nucci, Welsh National Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly Andrea Chénier / Act 1: Soffoco, moro tutta chiusa on Giordano: Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Leo Nucci, Welsh National Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly Andrea Chénier / Act 1: Perdonatemi! ... La notte il giorno portiamo on Giordano: Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano, Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Leo Nucci, Welsh National Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma, quel vino e generoso (Turiddu, Mamma Lucia, Santuzza, A Woman) on Very Best of José Carreras by José Carreras Lohengrin / Act 1: "Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein" - Live At Bayreuth, Germany / 1962 on Wagner: Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Astrid Varnay, Ramon Vinay, Franz Crass, Tom Krause, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Wolfgang Sawallisch Die Walkure, WWV 86B: Act I Scene 3: Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Siegmund) on Wagner: Die Walkure by Richard Wagner & Clemens Krauss Siegfried: Act III: Wie des Blutes Strome (Siegfried, Brunnhilde) on Wagner: Siegfried by Richard Wagner, Astrid Varnay, Bernd Aldenhoff, Rita Streich, Hans Hotter & Joseph KeilberthTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Der Ring des Nibelungen | Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Birgit Nilsson, Astrid Varnay, Hans Hopf, Régine Crespin, Jerome Hines | 2016 | Album |
| Lord Byron's Love Letter | Raffaello de Banfield, Astrid Varnay | 2011 | Album |
| Elektra | Richard Strauss, Astrid Varnay, Martha Möll, Hildegard Hillebrecht, James King, Eberhard Wächter, Tugomir Franc, Hildegard Rütgers, Anja von Urooman, Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Judith Hellwig, Helen Watts, Margarete Sjöstedt, Cvetka Ahlin, Lisa Otto, Lucia Popp - Conductor: Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker | 2009 | Album |
| Götterdämmerung | Richard Wagner, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde, Joseph Keilberth | 2006 | Album |
| Opera Scenes & Orchestral Songs | Astrid Varnay | 2003 | Compil. |
| Schönberg - Quartetto N.2 Op.10 | Arnold Schoenberg, Astrid Varnay, Dimitri Mitropoulos, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Elie Siegmeister | 1999 | Album |
| Der Fliegende Holländer | Richard Wagner - Hermann Uhde, Astrid Varnay, Ludwig Weber, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hans Knappertsbusch | 1994 | Album |
| Die Walküre | Richard Wagner, Ramón Vinay, Astrid Varnay, Hans Hotter, Regina Resnik, Josef Greindl, Ira Malaniuk, Brünnhild Friedland, Bruni Falcon, Liselotte Thomamüller, Maria von Ilosvay, Gisela Litz, Sibylla Plate, Erika Schubert, Lise Sorrell | 1993 | Album |
| Tannhäuser | Richard Wagner - Lauritz Melchior, Helen Traubel, Astrid Varnay, Herbert Janssen, Mihály Székely, Fritz Stiedry | 1993 | Album |
| Tristan And Isolde | Richard Wagner, Margarete Klose, Wolfgang Windgassen, Astrid Varnay, Berliner Philharmoniker, Artur Rother, Münchner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig, Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner | 1992 | Single |
| Lohengrin | Richard Wagner - Astrid Varnay, Lauritz Melchior, Kerstin Thorborg, Sándor Svéd, Erich Leinsdorf | 1992 | Album |
| Die Walküre | Richard Wagner - Astrid Varnay, Helen Traubel, Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Kerstin Thorborg, Alexander Kipnis, Erich Leinsdorf | 1991 | Album |
| Salome | Richard Strauss - Teresa Stratas, Bernd Weikl, Astrid Varnay, Hans Beirer, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm | 1988 | Single |
| Siegfried | Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Windgassen, Astrid Varnay, Paul Kuen, Gustav Neidlinger, Josef Greindl, Rita Streich, Maria von Ilosvay, Clemens Krauss | 1987 | Album |
| Lohengrin (Highlights) | Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Anja Silja, Franz Crass, Jess Thomas, Astrid Varnay, Ramón Vinay | 1984 | Album |
| Die Walkure | Richard Wagner, Rudolf Kempe, Wolfgang Windgassen, Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Gottlob Frick, Jerome Hines, Astrid Varnay, Hertha Töpper | 1983 | Album |
| Richard Wagner, Orchester Der Bayreuther Festspiele Conducted By Eugen Jochum – Tristan ind Isolde 1953 | Richard Wagner, Eugen Jochum, Ramón Vinay, Astrid Varnay, Ludwig Weber, Gustav Neidlinger, Ira Malaniuk, Hasso Eschert, Gerhard Stolze, Theo Adam, Eugene Tobin | 1982 | Album |
| Die Walküre | Richard Wagner, Ramón Vinay, Astrid Varnay, Hans Hotter, Regina Resnik, Josef Greindl, Ira Malaniuk, Brünnhild Friedland, Bruni Falcon, Liselotte Thomamüller, Maria von Ilosvay, Gisela Litz, Sibylla Plate, Erika Schubert, Lise Sorrell | 1981 | Album |
| Siegfried | Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Windgassen, Astrid Varnay, Paul Kuen, Gustav Neidlinger, Josef Greindl, Rita Streich, Maria von Ilosvay, Clemens Krauss | 1981 | Album |
| Götterdämmerung | Richard Wagner, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hermann Uhde, Gustav Neidlinger, Ira Malaniuk, Erika Zimmermann, Hetty Plümacher, Gisela Litz, Maria von Ilosvay, Regina Resnik, Natalie Hinsch-Grondahl, Clemens Krauss | 1981 | Album |
| Salome And Elektra | Richard Strauss, Fritz Reiner, The New York Metropolitan Opera, Salome, Ljuba Welitsch, Elisabeth Höngen, Set Svanholm, Hans Hotter, Brian Sullivan, Astrid Varnay, Walburga Wegner, Paul Schöffler | 1981 | Album |
| I Pagliacci / Cavalleria Rusticana - Selezione Dalle Opere | Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Renata Scotto, José Carreras / Thomas Allen, Pietro Mascagni, Montserrat Caballé, Matteo Manuguerra, Julia Hamari, Astrid Varnay, Riccardo Muti | 1980 | Album |
| Singt Wagner | Richard Wagner, Astrid Varnay | 1980 | Album |
| Lohengrin | Richard Wagner - Sándor Kónya, Leonie Rysanek, Astrid Varnay, Eberhard Wächter, Ernest Blanc, Kieth Engen, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele Und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, André Cluytens | 1980 | Album |
| Ore Stellate dell'Opera | Maria Callas, Fiorenza Cossotto, Astrid Varnay, Bernd Aldenhoff, Alfredo Kraus, Albert Lance, Giuseppe Modesti | 1979 | Album |
| Lohengrin | Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Astrid Varnay, Hermann Uhde, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele Und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Eugen Jochum | 1979 | Album |
| Die Walküre | Richard Wagner / Astrid Varnay / Birgit Nilsson / Georgine von Milinkovic / Ramón Vinay / Hans Hotter / Josef Greindl / Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele Und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele / Hans Knappertsbusch | 1978 | Album |
| Astrid Varnay - Historische Aufnahmen Aus Dem Jahre 1951 | Astrid Varnay | 1975 | Album |
| Tristan Und Isolde | Richard Wagner, Ferdinand Leitner, Astrid Varnay, Hertha Töpper, Wolfgang Windgassen, Bamberger Symphoniker | 1960 | Album |
| Szenen Aus Lohengrin | Richard Wagner, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele Und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Joseph Keilberth, Wolfgang Windgassen, Eleanor Steber, Astrid Varnay, Josef Greindl | 1959 | Album |
| Siegfried · Götterdämmerung | Richard Wagner, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Hermann Weigert | 1957 | Album |
| Tristan Und Isolde | Richard Wagner, Astrid Varnay, Hertha Töpper, Margarete Klose, Kim Borg, Wolfgang Windgassen, Ferdinand Leitner, Staatsorchester Stuttgart | 1957 | Album |
| Beliebte Wagner Arien | Astrid Varnay, Paul Schöffler, Richard Wagner | 1954 | Album |
| Music Plus! Volume I-Number Nine, Wagner Selections | Richard Wagner, Sigmund Spaeth, Astrid Varnay, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Paul Schöffler, Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Staatsopernchor | 1954 | Album |
| The Flying Dutchman Highlights | Richard Wagner, Astrid Varnay, Paul Schöffler, Austrian Symphony Orchestra | 1953 | Album |
| Operatic Recital | Astrid Varnay, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Hermann Weigert | 1953 | Album |
| Die Walküre Act III | Richard Wagner / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele / Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele / Astrid Varnay / Sigurd Björling | 1951 | Album |
| Elsa's Dream / Elizabeth's Prayer | Astrid Varnay, Richard Wagner | 1946 | Album |
| Astrid Varnay Singt Arien | Astrid Varnay | Album | |
| Tristand Und Isolde Szenen - Wesendonck-Lieder | Astrid Varnay, Richard Wagner | Compil. | |
| Lord Byron's Love Letter | Astrid Varnay, Gertrude Ribla, Nicoletta Carruba, Mario Carlin, Academy Symphony Orchestra Of Rome, Nicola Rescigno | Album | |
| Astrid Varnay singt | Astrid Varnay | Album | |
| Frieden, Frieden (Arie Der Leonore) / Es Sei Doch Eine Gnade (Arie Der Amelia) | Astrid Varnay | Single | |
| La Walkyrie - Enregistrement Intégral Du 3e Acte (disc 2) | Richard Wagner, Herbert von Karajan, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek, Sigurd Björling | Album | |
| La Walkyrie - Enregistrement Intégral Du 3e Acte (disc 1) | Richard Wagner, Herbert von Karajan, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek, Sigurd Björling | Album | |
| Astrid Varnay | Astrid Varnay, Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner, Jules Massenet, Giuseppe Verdi, Amilcare Ponchielli, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss | Compil. |
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