Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is dead.

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Ciaran
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is dead.

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Report in Suddeutsche Zeitung

The end of an era! This makes me sadder than I can say.

He died today at Starnberg in the Bavarian Mountains, not long before his 87th birthday.

Wikipedia article.
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A colossus. Sad news indeed.
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Very sad news indeed but he leaves a monumental and treasured legacy of recordings for posterity to enjoy.
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What sad news.
I only heard him live once, in the 1986 Salzburg Festival.
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This is very sad news, may he Rest In Peace. I must listen to his singing Mahler and Schubert in celebration of his wonderful legacy.
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how fitting that I was only listening to him, in the car on the way home... :-(

also, we have just been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first performance of Britten's War Requiem, which he sang in, at Coventry Cathedral...

very sad news indeed.
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