Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is dead.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is dead.
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.
Re: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is dead.
A colossus. Sad news indeed.
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Re: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is dead.
Very sad news indeed but he leaves a monumental and treasured legacy of recordings for posterity to enjoy.
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Re: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is dead.
What sad news.
I only heard him live once, in the 1986 Salzburg Festival.
Next to Caruso and Maria Callas, certainly the most influential singer of the XX Century.
I only heard him live once, in the 1986 Salzburg Festival.
Next to Caruso and Maria Callas, certainly the most influential singer of the XX Century.
Re: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is dead.
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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Re: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is dead.
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.
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.