Varady, Julia

Overview

Works:	567 works in 1,586 publications in 8 languages and 15,214 library holdings
Genres:	Live sound recordings Musical settings Drama Operas Symphonies Music Criticism, interpretation, etc Masses Overtures Art music
Roles:	Performer, Singer, Author, Interviewee, Other, Musician, Vocalist, Compiler
Classifications:	M1001, 782.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Julia Varady

In character, volume 2 : great singers in great roles( Book )

Most widely held works by Julia Varady

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

18 editions published between 1979 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 664 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss( Recording )

27 editions published between 1992 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 591 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Strauss and Hofmannsthal's sumptuous and magical fairy tale receives an authoritative performance conducted by the great Karl Böhm, a protégé of the composer, in his last Met broadcast. The extraordinary cast is led by Leonie Rysanek as the Empress, the "woman without a shadow" of the title, who stars opposite James King as the ethereal Emperor, Walter Berry as the goodhearted Barak the Dyer, Ursula Schröder-Feinen as the hapless Dyer's Wife, and Mignon Dunn as the sinister Nurse

Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni( Recording )

46 editions published between 1977 and 2005 in 6 languages and held by 591 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

Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss( Recording )

33 editions published between 1988 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 589 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

Arabella by Richard Strauss( )

27 editions published between 1981 and 2000 in 4 languages and held by 437 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

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

8 editions published between 1983 and 1993 in 7 languages and held by 380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

7 editions published in 1995 in 3 languages and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die Messe zeigte Beethoven auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Schaffenskraft und Helmuth Rilling, dem Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, der Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart und dem herausragenden Solistenquartett gelang eine weltweit beachtete Referenzeinspielung dieses großartigen Meisterwerks, die nun in einer neuen Auflage als edle Sammleredition vorliegt

Gli amori di Teolinda by Giacomo Meyerbeer( )

24 editions published between 1981 and 1985 in 4 languages and held by 362 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( )

14 editions published between 1985 and 1987 in German and held by 344 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Duette by Robert Schumann( )

13 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in German and No Linguistic content and held by 326 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La juive by F Halévy( Recording )

38 editions published between 1989 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 294 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The marriage of Figaro : [highlights] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( Recording )

3 editions published between 1991 and 2000 in Italian and held by 268 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contains the complete text of the libretto with annotations in both English and Italian and a critical historical commentary. The text also includes the background of the composer, biographies of the principal singers and conductor. The two accompanying CDs contain the complete opera sung in Italian

Symphony no. 8 by Gustav Mahler( )

9 editions published in 2011 in 4 languages and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The first part of Mahler's 8th symphony is built around the 4th century Latin hymn Veni, Creator Spiritus (come, spirit of creation). The second part retells the final episode of Goethe's Faust in which the title character finds salvation. This recording also includes the Adagio from Mahler's 10th symphony and is the final installment of the San Francisco Symphony's Mahler cycle

Il matrimonio segreto by Domenico Cimarosa( )

36 editions published between 1977 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 261 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

Lucio Silla by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( )

15 editions published between 1975 and 2013 in Italian and Undetermined and held by 259 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss( Recording )

32 editions published between 1976 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 257 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

Lyrische Symphonie by Alexander Zemlinsky( )

13 editions published between 1982 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lear by Aribert Reimann( Recording )

24 editions published between 1979 and 2001 in German and Undetermined and held by 227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide