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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 one of the leading Wagnerian heroic sopranos of her generation.

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Astrid Varnay

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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...

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Astrid

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Astrid S (born Astrid Smeplass, born 1996), a Norwegian singer and songwriter Astrid Sartiasari (born 1982), Indonesian singer Astrid Varnay (1918–2006)...

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Bayreuth Festival

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Krauss. Soloists: Ramón Vinay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Regina Resnik, Astrid Varnay, Hans Hotter, Hermann Uhde, Gustav Neidlinger, Ludwig Weber, Josef Greindl...

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Hungary

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Antal Szalai, Vilmos Szabadi, Kristóf Baráti and others. Opera singers: Astrid Varnay, József Simándy, Júlia Várady, Júlia Hamari, Kolos Kováts (Bluebeard...

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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

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conducted by James Levine. The cast included Teresa Stratas as Jenny, Astrid Varnay as Begbick, Richard Cassilly as Jimmy, Cornell MacNeil as Moses, Ragnar...

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Hermann Weigert

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was the husband, accompanist and, voice teacher of Swedish soprano Astrid Varnay, whose career he managed to international success. He also served as...

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April 25

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Vaucouleurs, French-American astronomer and academic (d. 1995) 1918 – Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano and actress (d. 2006) 1919 – Finn Helgesen...

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Stage Door Canteen

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Frank Tuohy Kay Twomey Fred Uttal Margaret Valdi Curtis Vivian Vance Astrid Varnay Ethel Waters Bert Wheeler June Winters Shelley Winters Barry Wood Peggy...

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Liceu

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Enriqueta Tarrés [ca] (1957/1992), Fedora Barbieri, Margherita Carosio, Astrid Varnay (1955/1957), Gertrude Grob-Prandl, Birgit Nilsson (1957/1958), Régine...

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Anja Silja

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(until 1967), she also sang Elsa von Brabant in Lohengrin (opposite Astrid Varnay), both Venus and Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Eva in Die Meistersinger von...

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Deaths in September 2006

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pianist. Colin Thiele, 85, Australian children's author, heart failure. Astrid Varnay, 88, American soprano. Sir Michael Davies, 85, British jurist. Anne...

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September 4

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Colin Thiele, Australian author, poet, and educator (b. 1920) 2006 – Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano (b. 1918) 2007 – John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch...

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2006 in music

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September 3 – Eva Knardahl, Norwegian classical pianist, 79 September 4 – Astrid Varnay, Swedish operatic soprano, 88 September 10 – Bennie Smith, American...

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List of Swedes in music

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Stenhammar Wilhelmina Strandberg (1845–1914), mezzo-soprano Iréne Theorin Astrid Varnay, Elisabeth Wärnfeldt Lilly Walleni (1875–1920), mezzo-soprano Zulamith...

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Wieland Wagner

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Wolfgang Windgassen, Ramón Vinay, Jess Thomas, Jon Vickers, Martha Mödl, Astrid Varnay, Régine Crespin, Rita Gorr, Leonie Rysanek, Regina Resnik, Birgit Nilsson...

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The Royal Opera

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included Jussi Björling, Mirella Freni, Sena Jurinac, Irmgard Seefried and Astrid Varnay. The company made occasional appearances away from the Royal Opera House...

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Claramae Turner

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Figaro (as Marcellina), Siegfried (as Erda, with Lauritz Melchior and Astrid Varnay), Cavalleria rusticana (as Lucia), The Barber of Seville (as Berta,...

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Teresa Stratas

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by John Dexter Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1979) – with Astrid Varnay and Richard Cassilly, directed by Dexter La bohème (1981) – as Mimì...

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Hans Knappertsbusch

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in Paris from time to time, including a 1956 Tristan und Isolde with Astrid Varnay at the Opéra. He returned to the Bavarian State Opera in 1954, and continued...

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List of people from Stockholm

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Arne Tiselius (1902–1971) biochemist Sara Torsslow (1795–1859) actress Astrid Varnay (1918–2006) soprano Jan-Ove Waldner (born 1965) table tennis Gerda Wallander...

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Florence Austral

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post-War Wagnerian sopranos, only Birgit Nilsson and, to a lesser extent, Astrid Varnay, have been in their exalted league.)" Florence Mary Wilson was born...

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Bavarian Order of Merit

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Töpper Luis Trenker Konstantinos Tsatsos Christian Ude Erich Valentin Astrid Varnay Günter Verheugen Michael Verhoeven Konstanze Vernon Oskar Vierling Joseph...

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The Record of Singing

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Houston, Eleanor Steber, Maggie Teyte, Dorothy Maynor, Joan Hammond, Astrid Varnay, Helen Traubel, Rose Bampton, Blanche Thebom, Jennie Tourel, Flora Nielsen...

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List of Swedish Americans

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Elle Varner, Singer, songwriter, guitarist (Father is half-Swedish) Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born, opera singer Henry Vestine, guitarist, son of Ernest...

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August Everding

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including Hans Hotter, Carlo Bergonzi, Otto Edelmann, Anja Silja, Astrid Varnay, Ingeborg Hallstein, Gundula Janowitz, Karl Ridderbusch, Birgit Nilsson...

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