Vinay, Ramon

Overview

Works:	319 works in 897 publications in 5 languages and 5,586 library holdings
Genres:	Operas Live sound recordings Drama Excerpts Art music Librettos Filmed performances Studio recordings Opera adaptations Songs
Roles:	Performer, Singer, Author, Other, t=t, Conductor, Musician, Vocalist, Commentator
Classifications:	M1500, 782.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Ramon Vinay

In character, volume 2 : great singers in great roles( Book )
Ramón Vinay : de Chillán a la gloria by Carlos Bastías Fuentes( Book )
Photographs of the Metropolitan Opera by Harry G Schumer( Visual )

Most widely held works by Ramon Vinay

Otello by Giuseppe Verdi( )

131 editions published between 1947 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 1,392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Arturo Toscanini played in the orchestra for the premiere of Otello and memorized all of Verdi's instructions and tempi; hence these precious recordings provide students and scholars with priceless information as the music dates from the time when Toscanini knew Verdi and knew precisely what he wanted

Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner( )

70 editions published between 1953 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 554 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wagner's ode to the power of all-consuming love makes inhuman demands on the tenor and soprano who portray the two lovers. Fortunately in this broadcast we have Ramon Vinay as Tristan--a singing actor known for intensity and spontaneity in his stage appearances. His Isolde is the great American soprano Margaret Harshaw in her only broadcast of this role. The wronged King Marke, who loses both his wife and his best friend, is the superb Otto Edelmann. Fritz Stiedry conducts

Lohengrin by Richard Wagner( )

29 editions published between 1976 and 2013 in German and Undetermined and held by 444 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The power and radiance of the Lohengrin score express Wagner's deeply held belief that love is essentially mystical. The frail and lovely Elsa of Brabant is accused of murdering her own brother, but God sends a mysterious knight, Lohengrin, to defend her honor

Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner( )

37 editions published between 1954 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 387 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In Wagner's groundbreaking early masterpiece, the splendid Ramón Vinay sings Tannhäuser, the man and artist torn between love of the sensual and the innocent kind, embodied by the sensational Astrid Varnay as Venus and the radiant Margaret Harshaw as the saintly Elisabeth. George Szell leads a superb cast that also includes George London's Wolfram and Jerome Hines's Landgrave. The 23-year-old Roberta Peters delivers an unexpected star turn as the Shepherd Boy

Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner( )

31 editions published between 1953 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

El anillo del nibelungo en alemán, es un ciclo de cuatro óperas épicas, basadas libremente en figuras y elementos de la mitología germánica, particularmente las Sagas islandesas. Estas operas son, El oro del Rin (Das Rheingold), La valquiria (Die Walküre), Sigfrido (Siegfried) y El ocaso de los dioses (Götterdämmerung)

Die Walküre & Siegfried excerpts by Richard Wagner( )

1 edition published in 2018 in German and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die Walküre by Richard Wagner( Recording )

56 editions published between 1957 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This most popular part of Wagner's Ring cycle has it all--a pair of impetuous lovers who will stop at nothing to be together; a young half-goddess who changes from a sassy girl to a strong woman when she learns the meaning of love; and her father, the leader of the gods, trapped in a quagmire of his own making, who has to sacrifice the person dearest to him to retain his position. This searing drama is brilliantly conducted here by the legendary Dimitri Mitropoulos

Opening nights at the Met( Recording )

1 edition published in 1966 in Italian and held by 137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Unforgettable voices in unforgotten performances from the Italian operatic repertoire( Recording )

1 edition published in 1969 in Italian and held by 95 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Götterdämmerung. Siegfried. Forest murmurs by Richard Wagner( )

2 editions published in 2005 in German and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die Walküre : the legendary 1957 Bayreuth production by Richard Wagner( )

1 edition published in 2009 and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns( )

13 editions published between 1949 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 89 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns's late Romantic epic, vividly evokes both the sensuality and violence of its biblical source material. With two Met legends as the title lovers, this broadcast from the old Metropolitan Opera House crackles with intensity from beginning to end. Tenor Ramón Vinay is Samson, the Israelite titan led astray by the seductive power of Risë Stevens's elegant Dalila. Vinay's dark timbre and soaring power convey the character's mythic strength, while Stevens brings sumptuous tone to the determined Dalila. Emil Cooper conducts a cast that also includes American baritone Robert Merrill, as the menacing High Priest, in Saint-Saëns's kaleidoscopic score

Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner( )

1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 86 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Verdi heroines by Giuseppe Verdi( Recording )

3 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in Italian and held by 76 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Giuseppe Verdi's operas are notable for their strong and interesting female characters. Countless operatic divas owe their fame to one or more Verdi operas, some of them having grown into real Verdi specialists acknowledged as the ideal embodiment of leading ladies in operas like La Traviata, Luisa Miller, Aida, Macbeth, Don Carlos and Il trovatore. This double album presents a number of the greatest Verdi singers, along with some prima donnas who are seldom thought of as Verdi exponents

Parsifal by Richard Wagner( Recording )

39 editions published between 1953 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wagner's mystical opera makes extraordinary demands on the conductor, but James Levine is renowned for the special affection and authority he brings to this transcendent work. The music shimmers and glows, evoking the legendary world of the Knights of the Holy Grail and the pure fool who brings healing power to the land. Peter Hofmann stars as the questing title hero, Jerome Hines sings the wise old man, Gurnemanz, and Mignon Dunn is the voluptuous Kundry, whose erotic temptations almost ensnare the young hero

Scenes from Die Walkuere by Richard Wagner( Recording )

2 editions published in 1957 in German and held by 73 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Aida by Giuseppe Verdi( )

8 editions published between 1950 and 2005 in Italian and held by 58 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Legendary soprano Ljuba Welitsch brings her incandescent temperament and soaring voice to the title role of Verdi's drama set in ancient Egypt. Ramon Vinay gives an impassioned performance as Radamès, Aida's warrior lover. Margaret Harshaw is Amneris, the Pharaoh's daughter and Aida's rival. A young Robert Merrill as Amonasro, the Ethiopian king and Aida's father, and the magisterial Jerome Hines as the high priest Ramfis complete the cast

Carmen by Georges Bizet( Recording )

10 editions published between 1946 and 1994 in French and English and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ultraphonic: 1660

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner( )

3 editions published between 1957 and 2008 in German and held by 54 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The beginning of Das Rheingold takes the listener right into the mystical atmosphere of the Ring cycle. Out of the darkness, from the depths of the River Rhine, come the mysterious notes that signal the birth of life itself. Soon we're in the middle of a rousing tale of ambition, greed, promises made and broken, of gods, dwarfs, and giants. They all desire one thing--the magical Rhine gold that bestows unlimited power over the world. Hermann Uhde is Wotan, lord of the gods, Ramon Vinay sings his cunning advisor Loge, and the young James McCracken, before his days as a dramatic tenor, shines as the god Froh

Elektra by Richard Strauss( )

2 editions published between 1961 and 2012 in German and held by 53 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An all-star cast delivers a stunningly dramatic performance of Strauss's landmark opera: Inge Borkh sings the title role of the royal daughter obsessed with avenging her father's murder. Leonie Rysanek is her sister, Chrysothemis, who longs for peace of mind and a normal life. The great Jean Madeira is their guilt-ridden mother, Klytämnestra, and Hermann Uhde sings Orest, the long-lost brother who finally brings about revenge. Ramon Vinay co-stars as Aegisth and Joseph Rosenstock conducts