{"id":12838,"date":"2023-09-07T22:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=12838"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:50:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:50:04","slug":"episode-213-julia-varady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/07\/episode-213-julia-varady\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 213. Julia Varady"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading advgb-dyn-beca47dd\">Episode 213.  Julia Varady<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=894-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-normal-icon-size 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alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-pensive-and-beautiful.jpg 563w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-pensive-and-beautiful-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-5a996784\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago the extraordinary Hungarian-German soprano Julia Varady turned 82. As she is one of my favorite sopranos, I have presented her a few times on the podcast, but never on an episode devoted exclusively to her. There is no time like the present to rectify that situation. Varady had an exceptional and unusual career, centered mostly in Europe, where she was celebrated first as a Mozart soprano, later for her fearless portrayals of the full range of Verdi heroines. Elsewhere in the world, primarily because of her recordings, she was considered mostly a Strauss singer, who also dipped her toe into some of the Wagner <em>jugendlich dramatisch<\/em> heroines. As today\u2019s traversal proves, she was all that, but also much more: a singer with a gutsy dramatic instinct and a technique that allowed her to take on roles that might have been a few sizes too large for her vocally, but which she portrayed with vigor and fearlessness such as have been matched by only a few of the very greatest sopranos. It is also my objective in this episode to consider her accomplishment independently from that of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, her husband from 1977 until his death in 2012, regarded by many as one of the most significant baritones of the last century. But my (perhaps idiosyncratic) view is that, particularly because of their very different artistic personalities, her achievements, especially on the operatic stage, outrank his. See if you agree with me. We also hear contributions from tenors Siegfried Jerusalem and Franco Tagliavini, soprano Arta Florescu (Varady\u2019s teacher), and baritone Raimund Grumbach, along with pianists Elena Bashkirova and Aribert Reimann (whose compositional masterpiece <em>Lear<\/em> is also sampled), and conductors Wolfgang Sawallisch, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Algis Zhuraitis, Jes\u00fas L\u00f3pez-Cobos, Neville Marriner, Herbert von Karajan, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, and Istv\u00e1n Kert\u00e9sz.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dramatic-Varady-1024x593.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dramatic-Varady-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dramatic-Varady-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dramatic-Varady-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dramatic-Varady.png 1337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-3c7bf8da\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-13857eb0\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Young.png 605w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Young-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giovanni da Gammera: Il tenero momento (<em>Lucio Silla<\/em>). Julia Varady, Leopold Hager, Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg [1975]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"944\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Leonora.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Leonora.png 655w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Leonora-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Salvadore Cammarano [after Antonio Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez]: Tu vedrai che amore in terra (<em>Il trovatore<\/em>). Julia Varady, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Bayerisches Staatsorchester [live M\u00fcnchen 02.II.92]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Senta-Crazy-1024x739.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Senta-Crazy-1024x739.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Senta-Crazy-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Senta-Crazy-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Senta-Crazy.png 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner: Traft ihr das Schiff (<em>Der fliegende Holl\u00e4nder<\/em>). Julia Varady, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper [live M\u00fcnchen 25.II.92]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Arta-Florescu.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Arta-Florescu.png 670w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Arta-Florescu-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alfredo Catalani, Luigi Illica: Ebben? ne andr\u00f2 lontana (<em>La Wally<\/em>). Arta Florescu, Carol Litvin, Romanian Radio Television Orchestra [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Fresh-Faced.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Fresh-Faced.png 603w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Fresh-Faced-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: Come scoglio (<em>Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em>). Julia Varady, Istv\u00e1n Kert\u00e9sz, G\u00fcrzenich-Orchester [live K\u00f6ln 20.VI.72]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Elvira-1024x730.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Elvira-1024x730.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Elvira-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Elvira-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Elvira.png 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte: In quali eccessi, o Numi&#8230; Mi trad\u00ec quell\u2019alma ingrata (<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>). Julia Varady, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker [live Salzburg VII.87] (In quali eccessi); Julia Varady, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bayerisches Staatsorchester [live M\u00fcnchen 12.VII.73] (Mi trad\u00ec)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Quizzical.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Quizzical.png 576w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Quizzical-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k, Kl\u00e1ra Gombossy: from <em>\u00d6t dal<\/em> [Five Songs], Op. 15: I. Az \u00e9n szerelmem [My Love]; II. 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Julia Varady, Siegfried Jerusalem, Heinz Wallberg, M\u00fcnchner Rundfunkorchester [1979]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Glamour-Varady-723x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Glamour-Varady-723x1024.png 723w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Glamour-Varady-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Glamour-Varady.png 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"914\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Polka-Dots.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Polka-Dots.png 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Polka-Dots-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pyotr Il\u2019yich Tchaikovsky, Modest Tchaikovsky [after Alexander Pushkin]: Ax! \u0438\u0441\u0442o\u043c\u0438\u043bac\u044c \u044f \u0433ope\u043c [I am worn out with sorrow] (<em>Pique-Dame<\/em>). Julia Varady, Algis Zhuraitis, Bayerisches Staatsorchester [live M\u00fcnchen 24.XI.84]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-head-back.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-head-back.jpg 461w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-head-back-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Heinrich Heine: Fr\u00fchlingsfeier, Op. 56\/5. Julia Varady, Elena Bashkirova [1992]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-as-Cordelia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-as-Cordelia.png 608w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-as-Cordelia-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Aribert Reimann, Claus H. Henneberg [after William Shakespeare]: Mein lieber Vater (<em>Lear<\/em>). Julia Varady, Gerd Albrecht, Bayerischer Staatsorchester [world premiere, M\u00fcnchen 09.VII.78]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"779\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Abby-779x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Abby-779x1024.png 779w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Abby-228x300.png 228w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Abby-768x1009.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Abby.png 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Varady as Abigaille in <em>Nabucco<\/em>, Op\u00e9ra-Bastille, 1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Temistocle Solera: Santo di patria!&#8230; Allor che i forti corrono&#8230; Da te questo or m\u2019\u00e8 concesso (<em>Attila<\/em>). Julia Varady, Carlo Colombara, Marcello Bufalini, Radio Symphonieorchester Wien [live Wien 22.III.01]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Butterfly.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Butterfly.png 604w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Butterfly-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica (after David Belasco and John Henry Long): Ebben, Madama Butterfly&#8230; Che tua madre (<em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>). Julia Varady, Raimund Grumbach, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper [live M\u00fcnchen 16.X.80]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Violetta-1024x637.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Violetta-1024x637.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Violetta-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Violetta-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Violetta.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Alexandre Dumas fils]: Follie! Follie!&#8230; Sempre libera (<em>La traviata<\/em>). Julia Varady, Franco Tagliavini, Jes\u00fas L\u00f3pez-Cobos, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin [live 30.IV.84]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Perky-Happy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Perky-Happy.png 691w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-Perky-Happy-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach, Picander [n\u00e9 Christian Friederich Henrici]: Heute noch, heute noch, lieber Vater tut es noch (<em>Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht<\/em> [<em>Coffee Cantata<\/em>], BWV 211\/8). Julia Varady, Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [1982]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"821\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-upward-gaze.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-upward-gaze.png 602w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Varady-upward-gaze-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 213. Julia Varady SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A week ago the extraordinary Hungarian-German soprano Julia Varady turned 82. 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href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gerd Albrecht<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giacomo Puccini<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giovanni da Gammera<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Giacosa<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Sinopoli<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Heinrich Heine<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Heinz Wallberg<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Herbert von Karajan<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Il Trovatore<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jacques Offenbach<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jesus Lopez-Cobos<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Henry Long<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Julia Varady<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Kl\u00e1ra Gombossy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Traviata<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Wally<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leopold Hager<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lucio Silla<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Luigi Illica<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Madama Butterfly<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Marcello Bufalini<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Modest Tchaikovsky<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Neville Marriner<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Picander<\/a>","<a 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