Summary: On May 22, 2003, I met Astrid Varnay at the Munich home of her co-biographer, Donald Arthur. We talked about her life up until her departure from the Met in 1956. This recording became the basis for my documentary “Never before: The Life, Art First New York Career of Astrid Varnay”. This episode deals with her childhood, early studies with her mother and her spectacular Metropolitan Opera debut singing Sieglinde in Die Walküre on December 6, 1941 (Part 1 of 4).
