Varady, Julia

Overview

Works:	632 works in 1,719 publications in 8 languages and 19,754 library holdings
Genres:	Operas Drama Live sound recordings Chamber operas Excerpts Masses Musical settings Arrangements (Music) Marches (Music) Symphonies
Roles:	Performer, Singer, Author, Interviewee, Vocalist, Other, Musician, Compiler
Classifications:	M1500, 782.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Julia Varady

In character : great singers in great roles( Book )

Most widely held works by Julia Varady

La clemenza di Tito : KV 621 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( )

22 editions published between 1979 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 756 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss( Recording )

36 editions published between 1988 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 609 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The great Jessye Norman is Ariadne, the mythological heroine abandoned by her lover on the island of Naxos. In Strauss and Hofmannsthal's charming opera-within-an-opera, she is joined by Ruth Ann Swenson as Zerbinetta, the flirtatious leader of a commedia dell'arte troupe that--by order of an eccentric patron--unexpectedly finds itself in the middle of Ariadne's tragic story. Thomas Moser sings Bacchus, the young god who wins Ariadne, and Susanne Mentzer is the Composer of the fictional opera. Wagnerian bass-baritone Thomas Stewart makes a late-career cameo appearance as the Music Master

Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni( Recording )

48 editions published between 1977 and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This recording contains the complete operas sung in Italian. The book contains the complete text of the librettos with annotations in both English and Italian and a critical historical commentary. The text also includes the background of the composers, biographies of the principal singers and conductors

Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss( Recording )

28 editions published between 1992 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 606 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Part poetic fairy tale, part meditation on family and marriage, Strauss and Hofmannsthal's opera features one of the composer's most ambitious and colorful scores. This broadcast was part of a run of performances that marked a breakthrough for soprano Christine Goerke, who delivers a blazing portrayal of the Dyer's Wife. She is joined by an extraordinary cast that also includes Anne Schwanewilms in her Met debut as the Empress (the woman without a shadow of the title), Torsten Kerl as the Emperor, Johan Reuter as Barak, and Ildikó Komlósi as the Nurse. Vladimir Jurowski leads the vast musical forces

Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss( Recording )

32 editions published between 1976 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 551 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A brilliant ensemble cast bring Strauss's beloved operetta to life, with new English dialogue by playwright Douglas Carter Beane and lyrics by Jeremy Sams (who also directed this production, first seen on New Year's Eve 2013). Christopher Maltman and Susanna Phillips are Eisenstein and Rosalinde, the married couple at the center of this lighthearted tale of love, revenge, and mistaken identities. Paulo Szot sings Falke, Eisenstein's friend, who sets the plot in motion. Anthony Roth Costanzo is Prince Orlofsky, Jane Archibald sings Adele, and Broadway star Danny Burstein is Frosch, the jailer. Adam Fischer conducts

Julia Varady by Julia Varady( )

11 editions published between 1995 and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 495 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Arabella by Richard Strauss( )

31 editions published between 1977 and 2000 in 5 languages and held by 461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Star soprano Renée Fleming gives a radiant performance in the title role of Strauss's opera, a bittersweet comedy set in 1860s Vienna, starring as the beautiful daughter of an impoverished noble family. Hans-Joachim Ketelsen is Mandryka, the wealthy landowner and unlikely suitor who wins Arabella's heart. Barbara Bonney sings Zdenka, Arabella's younger sister, and Raymond Very is Matteo, the officer who thinks he is in love with Arabella but unexpectedly finds his happiness elsewhere. Judith Forst and Eric Halfvarson round out the cast as Count and Countess Waldner, Arabella and Zdenka's parents. Christoph Eschenbach conducts

Lear by Aribert Reimann( )

21 editions published between 1979 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Symphony no. 14 ; 6 poems of Marina Tsvetaeva by Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich Shostakovich( )

9 editions published between 1983 and 1993 in 8 languages and held by 399 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Missa solemnis : op. 123 by Ludwig van Beethoven( )

10 editions published in 1995 in 4 languages and held by 394 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gli amori di Teolinda by Giacomo Meyerbeer( )

25 editions published between 1981 and 1985 in 4 languages and held by 382 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gli Amori di Teolinda: Cantata scenica per soprano, clarinetto, coro e orchestra. Testo: Gaetano Rossi

Sechs Lieder, op. 103, op. 154 by Louis Spohr( )

13 editions published between 1985 and 1987 in German and held by 368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La juive by F Halévy( Recording )

39 editions published between 1989 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La Juive: Grand opéra en cinq actes. Livret: Eugène Scribe

Jessonda by Louis Spohr( )

15 editions published in 1991 in German and Undetermined and held by 350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jessonda: Grosse Oper in drei Akten. Libretto: Eduard Heinrich Gehe

Duette by Robert Schumann( )

13 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in German and No Linguistic content and held by 344 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Il matrimonio segreto by Domenico Cimarosa( )

38 editions published between 1977 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 332 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Geronimo, a wealthy citizen of Bologna, attemps to marry his daughter Elisetta to an English lord, Count Robinson. But the count prefers Geronimo's other daughter, Carolina, who is secretly married to Paolino, a young lawyer and business associate of Geronimo. Geronimo's sister Fidalma is herself in love with Paolino. Carolina and Paolino plan to elope. After a bedroom scene of mistaken identities, all ends happily with the Count agreeing to marry Elisetta

Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( )

19 editions published between 1978 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 303 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The legendary Joan Sutherland takes on the role of Donna Anna in this star-studded broadcast, displaying the full range of the character's feelings, from fury to mourning to revenge. Sutherland's singing perfectly balances floating legato lines with fiery coloratura. James Morris is the libertine of the title, a ruthless man in the guise of a handsome, charismatic aristocrat. Gabriel Bacquier sings his servant, Leporello, and Julia Varady is the besotted Donna Elvira

Lucio Silla by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( )

7 editions published between 1975 and 2013 in Italian and held by 295 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wesendonk-Lieder ; Tristan und Isolde ; Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner( )

6 editions published in 1998 in German and held by 285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lieder nach verschiedenen Dichtern ; Sechs Lieder, op. 73, nach Daniel Rathaus ; Sechs französische Lieder, op. 65 by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky( )

6 editions published in 1988 in 3 languages and held by 284 WorldCat member libraries worldwide