Astrid Varnay
Astrid Varnay (1918-2006) was a Swedish-born American dramatic soprano, one of the great Wagner singers of the twentieth century. She made a sensational Metropolitan Opera debut in 1941 and later became central to post-war Bayreuth.
Varnay’s repertory included Brünnhilde, Isolde, Elektra, Salome, Kundry and many other dramatic roles. In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Wagner recordings from Bayreuth and related repertory.
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Recorded in stereo in 1955
Total duration: 2hr 20:49
Hermann Uhde
Rudolf Lustig
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Joseph Keilberth, conductor
WAGNER Die Walküre
Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 3hr 50:30
Siegmund - Wolfgang Windgassen
Sieglinde - Gré Brouwenstijn
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Josef Greindl
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
WAGNER Siegfried
Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 4hr 10:55
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Paul Kuen
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
WAGNER Götterdämmerung
Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 4hr 33:28
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
WAGNER Die Walküre
Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration: 3hr 38:06
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Amy Shuard
Hunding - Kurt Böhme
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Ursula Böse
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
conducted by Franz Konwitschny
Live concert recording from 1953
Total duration: 3hr 30:55
conducted by Clemens Krauss
