Steffek, Hanny 1927-2010

Overview

Works:	149 works in 395 publications in 5 languages and 3,799 library holdings
Genres:	Operas Drama Live sound recordings Excerpts Musical settings Musicals Art music Arrangements (Music) Librettos Studio recordings
Roles:	Performer, Singer, Author, Other, Vocalist, s=s, Contributor, Musician
Classifications:	M1500, 782.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Hanny Steffek

Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( )

54 editions published between 1963 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,120 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two Italian soldiers test the faithfulness of their respective lovers by faking their departure to battle, reappearing in disguise as Albanians and proceeding to court them

Die lustige Witwe = [The merry widow] by Franz Lehár( )

15 editions published between 1863 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 524 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die lustige Witwe: Operette in drei Akten. Libretto: Victor Léon und Leo Stein

Intermezzo by Richard Strauss( )

7 editions published between 1963 and 2009 in German and Undetermined and held by 287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lucia Popp, soprano ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Adolf Dallapozza, tenor ; with supporting soloists ; Sinfonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks ; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

Palestrina : [musikalische Legende in drei Akten] by Hans Pfitzner( )

7 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in German and held by 286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Palestrina is claimed to have 'saved the arts of counterpoint and polyphony' in the face of a Papal edict that church music must be more traditional and revert to plainsong. Palestrina produces a work that contains all the 'modern' and 'sinful' musical styles the Pope disapproves of. Upon hearing the work, the Pope and Palestrina's arch critic, Archbishop Borromeo relents

Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell( )

2 editions published between 2010 and 2016 in English and held by 259 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

SYNOPSIS: In order to cure her unhappiness, Dido, queen of Carthage, marries the Trojan prince, Aeneas, who is madly in love with her. While Dido and Aeneas are out hunting, an evil Sorceress and her assistants plot the destruction of Dido and Carthage. Soon, an evil witch disguised as the God Mercury stops Aeneas. She tells him that he must abandon Carthage and found a new Troy on Latin soil. While Aeneas hates the thought of leaving Dido, he cannot refuse a god's command. In the end, Aeneas decides to defy the god's command and stay with Dido. Nevertheless, Dido refuses to stay with a lover who even considered leaving her and soon dies

The merry widow by Franz Lehár( Recording )

in German and held by 189 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( )

15 editions published between 1981 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 129 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

18. Jahrhundert; Oper

Orfeo ed Euridice : opera in three acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck( Recording )

9 editions published between 1966 and 1979 in Italian and held by 123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN. SOLTI, George (conductor)

The merry widow ; (Die lustige Witwe) operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár( Recording )

1 edition published in 1963 in German and held by 95 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Euryanthe by Carl Maria von Weber( )

5 editions published between 1985 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 91 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recorded June and July 1974, Lukaskirche, Dresden; previouly released; digitally remastered

The merry widow by Franz Lehár( Recording )

20 editions published between 1962 and 1987 in 3 languages and held by 83 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sadler's Wells Theatre presents The merry widoe

Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck( Recording )

8 editions published between 1966 and 1991 in 3 languages and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Odeon: 80756

Das Liebesverbot by Richard Wagner( Recording )

12 editions published between 1963 and 2005 in German and Undetermined and held by 47 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Das Liebesverbot oder Die Novize von Palermo: Grosse komische Oper in zwei Akten

Così fan tutte (Highlights) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( Recording )

4 editions published between 1963 and 1984 in Italian and held by 37 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln : Oratorium by Franz Schmidt( Recording )

9 editions published between 1962 and 1988 in German and Undetermined and held by 36 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The merry widow : highlights = (Die lustige Witwe) by Franz Lehár( Recording )

1 edition published in 1966 in German and held by 26 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln by Franz Schmidt( Recording )

8 editions published between 1976 and 1989 in German and Undetermined and held by 25 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln: Oratorium für Soli, Chor, Orgel und Orchester

Das Christelflein by Hans Pfitzner( Recording )

3 editions published in 1979 in German and Undetermined and held by 23 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Opera highlights : defining moments in the history of recording( Recording )

1 edition published in 2000 in French and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Liebesverbot by Richard Wagner( Recording )

1 edition published in 1982 in German and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide