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Varnay (d. 2006) made her stage debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in December 6, 1941 as Sieglinde in Die Walküre, deputizing for an indisposed Lotte Lehmann, and only six days later replaced Helen Traubel as Brünnhilde in the same opera. She continued to sing at the Met until 1956. She made her Covent Garden début in 1948. From 1951, she regularly appeared in Bayreuth for seventeen seasons, in addition to Salzburg, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Paris, La Scala, and Munich. The career of Birgit Nilsson’s (d.2005) began later, and many are unaware that she and Varnay were contemporaries. Her fame in Wagner coincided with the burgeoning of stereophonic recording. Her Decca recordings, produced by John Culshaw and conducted by Georg Solti, included Wagner’s Ring tetralo-gy and Tristan und Isolde,and Richard Strauss’s Salomeand Elektra(the latter opera also a specialty of Varnay’s, but as Klytemnestra). Those who heard her in those rôles, and in Puccini’s Turandot, could never forget her. This presentation will compare and contrast the singers’ careers, present excerpts from their commercial and non-commercial recordings, and offer some personal reminiscences of Nilsson’s voice.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Video Editor"]},"value":{"en":["Nathan Georgitis"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eNilsson and Varnay were two outstanding twentieth century exponents of Wagnerian soprano r\u0026ocirc;les in the generation immediately after Kirsten Flagstad and Frieda Leider. Varnay (d. 2006) made her stage debut at New York\u0026rsquo;s Metropolitan Opera in December 6, 1941 as Sieglinde in Die Walk\u0026uuml;re, deputizing for an indisposed Lotte Lehmann, and only six days later replaced Helen Traubel as Br\u0026uuml;nnhilde in the same opera. She continued to sing at the Met until 1956. She made her Covent Garden d\u0026eacute;but in 1948. From 1951, she regularly appeared in Bayreuth for seventeen seasons, in addition to Salzburg, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Paris, La Scala, and Munich. The career of Birgit Nilsson\u0026rsquo;s (d.2005) began later, and many are unaware that she and Varnay were contemporaries. Her fame in Wagner coincided with the burgeoning of stereophonic recording. Her Decca recordings, produced by John Culshaw and conducted by Georg Solti, included Wagner\u0026rsquo;s Ring tetralo-gy and Tristan und Isolde,and Richard Strauss\u0026rsquo;s Salomeand Elektra(the latter opera also a specialty of Varnay\u0026rsquo;s, but as Klytemnestra). Those who heard her in those r\u0026ocirc;les, and in Puccini\u0026rsquo;s Turandot, could never forget her. This presentation will compare and contrast the singers\u0026rsquo; careers, present excerpts from their commercial and non-commercial recordings, and offer some personal reminiscences of Nilsson\u0026rsquo;s voice.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/019/original/ARSC_Full_Logo_RGB_K.jpg?1605438091","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/097/733/small/open-uri20200922-6764-1gadytn_1600819719.jpg?1600805333","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29810/file/97733","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 2 - open-uri20200922-6764-1gadytn.mp4"]},"duration":1816.896,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/097/733/small/open-uri20200922-6764-1gadytn_1600819719.jpg?1600805333","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29810/file/97733/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29810/file/97733/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/097/733/original/open-uri20200922-6764-1gadytn.mp4?1600805310","type":"Video","format":"video/mp4","duration":1816.896,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29810/file/97733","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]},{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29810/file/256143","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 2 of 2 - ARSC_conf_2018_Rooney_audio.mp3"]},"duration":1988.39431,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/public/images/audio-default.png","type":"Image","format":"image/png"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29810/file/256143/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29810/file/256143/content/2/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/256/143/original/ARSC_conf_2018_Rooney_audio.mp3?1730834646","type":"Audio","format":"audio/mpeg","duration":1988.39431,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29810/file/256143","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}