Ludwig, Christa

Overview

Works:	1,286 works in 5,161 publications in 8 languages and 66,069 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Operas Live sound recordings Filmed operas Fiction Televised operas Film adaptations Nonfiction films Music videos Television adaptations
Roles:	Performer, Singer, Author, Other, Interviewee, Illustrator, Editor, Vocalist, Musician, Commentator, per, Actor, Conductor
Classifications:	M1500, 782.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Christa Ludwig

In my own voice : memoirs by Christa Ludwig( Book )
--und ich wäre so gern Primadonna gewesen : Erinnerungen by Christa Ludwig( Book )
Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry by Paul Lorenz( Book )

Most widely held works by Christa Ludwig

Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss( )

142 editions published between 1957 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 2,777 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Strauss's poignant fairy tale of 18th-century Vienna is brilliantly realized by a glittering cast under the musical direction of the great Karl Böhm, a friend and protégé of the composer. Vienna's own Leonie Rysanek is the beautiful and wise Marschallin, the woman who knows her affair with the impetuous Octavian (a superb Christa Ludwig) will not last forever. The enchanting Reri Grist sings Sophie, the girl who captures the young man's heart. Water Berry is appropriately loveable and boorish as Sophie's would-be fiancé, the rustic Baron Ochs, who becomes the victim of Octavian's elaborate joke. Nicolai Gedda is luxuriously cast as the Italian Singer

Das Lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler( Recording )

153 editions published between 1965 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 1,995 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Das Lied von der Erde: Sinfonie für Alt, Tenor und Orchester. Text: Hans Bethge. Bearbeitung für Kammerorchester von Arnold Schönberg und Rainer Riehn

Lohengrin by Richard Wagner( )

84 editions published between 1964 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This broadcast of Wagner's most romantic opera stars René Kollo as the knight of the Holy Grail who arrives in a boat pulled by a swan to defend the innocent Elsa, played by Pilar Lorengar. Mignon Dunn is the dark and malevolent Ortrud who poisons the couple's happiness, with some help from her husband, Telramund (Donald McIntyre). James Levine leads the Met orchestra, bringing out the shimmer and the thunder of the score, along with every shade of expression in between

Die Walküre by Richard Wagner( Recording )

86 editions published between 1965 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 1,781 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wagner's drama of overwhelming love and devastating loss has seldom been so vividly brought to life as with this all-star cast of great singing actors. The electrifying combination of Jon Vickers and Leonie Rysanek, as twins who fall in love, is legendary. Birgit Nilsson, the defining Brünnhilde of her generation, gives one of her most touching performances as the daughter of a god who cannot withstand the power of human love. With the great Christa Ludwig as Fricka, and Thomas Stewart's gripping portrayal of Wotan, the unraveling god, this is not to be missed

Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner( Recording )

112 editions published between 1966 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wagner's revolutionary score changed the world of music with its radical portrayal of an all-consuming passion that can only be fulfilled in death. The legendary Birgit Nilsson sings Isolde, one of her greatest roles, in her second Met season. Karl Liebl is Tristan, the man she loves--and the best friend of the man she is forced to marry. Jerome Hines is the sorrowful King Marke and Irene Dalis sings Isolde's stalwart companion, Brangäne

Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven( )

111 editions published between 1900 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 1,530 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The well loved team of Waltraud Meier and Placido Domingo join conductor Daniel Barenboim in a complete recording of Beethoven's intense and dramatic opera

Capriccio by Richard Strauss( )

48 editions published between 1958 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,447 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kiri Te Kanawa gives an elegant and touching performance in one of her greatest roles, the wealthy and cultured young Countess Madeleine, who must choose between her two artist suitors: the composer Flamand (David Kuebler) and the poet Olivier (Simon Keenlyside). Jan-Hendrik Rootering is La Roche, the temperamental theater director whose troupe entertains the Countess. Wolfgang Brendel is her brother, the Count, and Kathryn Harries sings the actress Clairon. Andrew Davis conducts

Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner( Recording )

83 editions published between 1964 and 2002 in 5 languages and held by 1,191 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

En este final del "ciclo del Anillo" Wagner lleva la doble tragedia de Wotan y Siegfried. Brünnhilde declara que Wotan es todopoderoso y eterno. Con casco y armadura reluciente cabalga a través del aire que lleva una Siegfried resucitado de la mano. Siegfried se reconcilia con Wotan, y la sociedad se cura de sus males

Norma : extraits by Vincenzo Bellini( )

21 editions published between 1951 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 1,131 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Highlights from Bellini's Opera, Norma. Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Opera House, Milan, Tullio Serafin, Conductor. Maria Callas, soprano; Franco Corelli, tenor; Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano; Nicola Zaccaria, bass; Edda Vincenzi, soprano

Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( )

45 editions published between 1960 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,104 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

18. Jahrhundert; Oper

Norma by Vincenzo Bellini( )

72 editions published between 1951 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 1,003 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pollione, a Roman Proconsul, has two children by Norma, a Druid priestess, in the course of a long relationship. Norma isn't as young and beautiful as once she was. A temple virgin, Adalgisa, is young and beautiful. Pollione must have her. He has importuned the young virgin to run away with him to Rome, and she has finally agreed. When Norma learns of Pollione's faithlessness, she threatens to kill the two children. Before she can do this, the Druid temple priests apprehend Pollione as he attempts to abscond with their sacred virgin, Adalgisa. The priests build a pyre to burn Pollione to death. Norma relents. Instead of killing the children, she blames herself for her misery and climbs onto the pyre to die with Pollione

Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini( Recording )

42 editions published between 1974 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 974 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Madama Butterfly concerns the disastrous results of a young American naval officer's marriage to a pretty geisha

Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( Recording )

111 editions published between 1955 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 949 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cosi fan tutte Lisa Della Casa, soprano Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano Emmy Loose, soprano Erich Kunz, tenor Anton Dermota, tenor Paul Schoeffler Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera Chorus Karl Bohm, conductor

Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner( Recording )

65 editions published between 1970 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 933 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tannhäuser deals with the medieval Minnesinger of that name

Candide by Voltaire( Recording )

44 editions published between 1991 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 788 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this witty political satire, a gentleman plagued by misfortune clings to the belief that "all is for the best," Voltaire mocks the "eternal optimist" philosophy of his day that proclaimed human and natural disasters part of a larger cosmic plan. - Container

Hänsel & Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck( Recording )

29 editions published between 1974 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 782 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Booklet articles. In German: Hänsel & Gretel, Hexenwald und Kinderparadies / Karl Dietrich Gräwe ; Inhalt -- In English: Hansel & Gretel, lessons for life / Bruno Bettelheim ; Hansel & Gretel, from fireside to footlights / Barrymore Laurence Scherer ; Synopsis -- In French: A propos d'Hansel et Gretel / Marcel Marnat -- In Italian: Hänsel e Gretel / Franco Soprano

Parsifal : [ein Bühnenweihfestspiel] by Richard Wagner( Recording )

67 editions published between 1973 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 764 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hearing either Jon Vickers or Christa Ludwig, two of the most riveting singing actors of their time, in Parsifal would be cause for celebration. This recording presents both of these great artists in their only joint broadcast of Wagner's mystical opera, with James Levine bringing his own special magic to the occasion, making it indeed a Parsifal for the ages. Martti Talvela is an authoritative, compassionate Gurnemanz and Bernd Weikl a memorable Amfortas

Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini( Visual )

65 editions published between 1974 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 755 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Opera, sung in Italian

Die Walküre by Richard Wagner( Visual )

35 editions published between 1989 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 686 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Second opera of Richard Wagner's Der Ring Des Nibelungen with James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Stars Hildegard Behrens, Jessye Norman, Christa Ludwig, Gary Lakes, James Morris, Kurt Moll

Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi( )

36 editions published between 1980 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 662 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Verdi's last work is his only major comedy and one of his crowning glories. Judith Raskin and Luigi Alva are the enchanting Fenton and Nannetta who want to be married even though her father, Ford (Frank Guarrera), objects. Ford's wife Alice (Phyllis Curtin) is being wooed by Falstaff (Ezio Flagello) who is also interested in Meg Page (Mildred Miller). Fortunately Dame Quickly (Fedora Barbieri) is a match for Falstaff and teaches him a lesson