Astrid Varnay

26 pieces since 2006 — in 10 roles, at 5 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.

26 pieces
10 roles
5 companies
21 years

2 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Astrid Varnay.

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The last days of disco

The Met’s 1979 telecast of Mahagonny exposed one of the lesser-known factors contributing to the demise of disco:  the global supply of eye shadow, rouge and lip gloss was exhausted for the next decade by a cast featuring Klara Barlow, Louise Wohlafka, Nedda Casei, Gwynn Cornell, Joann Grillo and Isola Jones—and stilettos, garter belts and […]

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