Rydl, Kurt

Overview

Works:	548 works in 1,277 publications in 6 languages and 14,546 library holdings
Genres:	Operas Live sound recordings Drama Excerpts Filmed performances Musical settings Songs Music videos Televised performances Oratorios
Roles:	Performer, Singer, Vocalist, Other, Musician, Author
Classifications:	M1500, 782.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Kurt Rydl

Der Megabass Kurt Rydl mit über 400 Archivbildern und einer DVD der Highlights aus dem Portrait der Galdiator by Oliver Spiecker( Book )

Most widely held works by Kurt Rydl

Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss( )

31 editions published between 1991 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 904 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recorded Lukaskirche, Dresden, Aug. 1990

Great stars of opera live in concert. (Brindisi) by Giacomo Puccini( Visual )

5 editions published between 2000 and 2005 in Italian and German and held by 766 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is a performance of Ferilli's Un amore cosi grande

Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi( Recording )

14 editions published between 1983 and 2021 in 3 languages and held by 711 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A lyric drama in four parts

Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini( Recording )

25 editions published between 1984 and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 610 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Puccini's opera about a pair of doomed lovers

St. Luke Passion by Krzysztof Penderecki( )

24 editions published between 1990 and 1991 in 5 languages and held by 533 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Passio et mors Domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Lucam: Lukas-Passion für Soli, Sprecher, Knabenchor, drei Chöre und Orchester

Les contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach( )

13 editions published between 1982 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 521 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pierre Monteux, a master of French repertoire, conducts in this 1955 performance of Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffman. This Metropolitan Opera production features an all-star cast that includes Rise Stevens, Richard Tucker, Roberta Peters, and Lucine Amara

Aida by Giuseppe Verdi( Visual )

19 editions published between 1981 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 483 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Verdi's enduring masterpiece of musical theatre, Aida, is a marvellous blend of human emotion and grand spectacle, full of Egyptian pomp and pageantry. In Sam Wanamaker's lavish production, highly acclaimed for its extraordinary musical performances, Margaret Price is outstanding as the Ethiopian slave, Aida, Luciano Pavarotti makes a triumphant debut in the role of Radames, commander of the Egyptian Army, and the entire performance is masterfully shaped by the Spanish conductor, García Navarro

Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner( )

21 editions published between 1994 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 419 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An opera about the captain of an infamous Dutch ghost ship who can be freed only by a woman who consents to marry him

Der Rosenkavalier highlights by Richard Strauss( )

2 editions published in 2007 in German and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Performed by the the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Peter Kay Children's Choir and the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, conducted by David Parry. Produced under the auspices of the Peter Moores Foundation

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner( )

9 editions published between 1989 and 2012 in German and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Under James Levine's thrilling direction the famous Met Orchestra is at its best in this first installment of Wagner's Ring cycle. From the dark, mysterious beginning in the depths of the Rhine River to the blazing end as the gods cross the rainbow bridge into their new home of Valhalla, this is a searing performance. James Morris is the commanding Wotan, the god who thinks he has everything under control, even as he unwittingly sows the seeds of his own destruction

Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner( Recording )

8 editions published between 1989 and 2012 in German and No Linguistic content and held by 350 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

Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln by Franz Schmidt( )

13 editions published between 1987 and 2010 in German and Undetermined and held by 341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Siegfried by Richard Wagner( )

17 editions published between 1991 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is one of the legendary performances from the Met's vast archive of historic broadcasts. The incomparable Lauritz Melchior stars in the title role of the young hero who sets out to explore the world--killing the fierce dragon Fafner (Eduard Habich) and the evil dwarf Mime (Karl Laufkötter) along the way. When Wotan (the great Friedrich Schorr) tries to stop him, Siegfried uses his sword to break the god's spear and makes his way to the sleeping Brünnhilde (a radiant Kirsten Flagstad). He awakens her with a kiss--and sets in motion the events that, in the following opera, will bring about the end of the world. Kerstin Thorborg co-stars as Erda and Artur Bodanzky conducts

The magic flute : highlights by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( )

8 editions published between 1997 and 2006 in German and English and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Der Ring des Nibelungen, ein Bühnenfestspiel für drei Tage und einen Vorabend. by Richard Wagner( Visual )

7 editions published in 2006 in German and held by 315 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In the fourth and final part of the epic saga Der Ring Des Nibelungen (The Ring), the treachery and betrayal which leads to Siegfried's death also heralds the downfall of the gods and the return of the gold to the Rhine

Szenen aus Goethes Faust by Robert Schumann( )

6 editions published in 2014 in German and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Am Pult des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks: der herausragende englische Dirigent Daniel Harding. Er präsentiert mit den "Faust-Szenen"ein groß angelegtes Meisterstück, das die komplexe und hochphilosophische literarische Vorlage von Goethe in einer losen Szenenfolge musikalisch nachzeichnet. Immer wieder beschäftigte sich Schumann gerade in seinem letzten Lebensjahrzehnt mit den Möglichkeiten, die im vokal-symphonischen und musikdramatischen Komponieren liegen. Die Partie des Faust gestaltet der außergewöhnliche Bariton Christian Gerhaher, ihm zur Seite stehen Christiane Karg als Gretchen sowie weitere international hoch angesehene Solisten, der Kammerchor der Augsburger Domsingknaben und der Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks" (br.de)

Die Entführung aus dem Serail : Singspiel in three acts, K. 384 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( Visual )

8 editions published in 2009 in German and held by 307 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An intelligently innovative account of Mozart's 1782 comic tale of abduction, love, loyalty, and forgiveness. Features the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, and the Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera. Bonus features include cast gallery; behind the scenes, and interviews

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner( )

6 editions published between 1987 and 2005 in German and held by 304 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg): Overture performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra with Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting. [Note: This product is an authorized CD-R and is manufactured on demand]

Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart( )

5 editions published between 1994 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 301 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This abridged English-language version of Mozart's immortal opera, seen at the Met as the annual holiday presentation for families, is conducted by renowned Mozartian Jane Glover. Alek Shrader stars as Tamino, the young prince who finds himself on a quest to rescue and win the beautiful Pamina, sung by Heidi Stober. Nathan Gunn is Tamino's companion, the birdcatcher Papageno, and Eric Owens sings Sarastro, the man who holds Pamina captive--to protect her from her mother, the evil Queen of the Night, sung by Kathryn Lewek

Die Walküre by Richard Wagner( Visual )

8 editions published between 1999 and 2013 in German and Undetermined and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The second in Wagner's series of four operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen, focusing on the lives of Sigusmunde and Siegeslinde, children of Wotan and Earth