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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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Lady Tottington	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau	Lead	[-]
May 22 12 11:07 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For fans of opera it is a sad day. At 86, Fischer-Dieskau has passed away in Berlin. He had a magnificent baritone voice. Since 1951 he appeared 123 times at Austria's Salzburg Opera and was a mainstay at the Bayreuth Wagner Festival. Many Saturday afternoons I would put on the live broadcast from the Met---and if it was a German Opera, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was there! For those who do not know him, check out Schubert's Winter Journey.
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Elisabeth		#1	[-]
May 22 12 3:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	How he will be missed..... :-( "E" Your Signature ... "....I do hope he won't upset Henry..."
atenolol		#2	[-]
May 22 12 8:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think of this singer as a lieder singer. I am not familiar with his opera career, but have several older CD's with Gerald Moore accompaning doing Shubert and Wolf. He had a precise style and always gave interesting interpretations. Certainly near the top of the male lieder singers along with Hans Hotter and Gerhard Hursch RIP to a great artist in his field. I noticed that he was voted the #2 classical singer of the 20th century in 1999, behind only Jussi Bjoerling.
Michael Blake		#3	[-]
May 23 12 12:18 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Guess the Fat lady has sung. RIP

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