(Wikipedia) Franz Schubert Winterreise: Gute Nacht. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Winterreise: Auf dem Flusse. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Winterreise: Die Wirthaus. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Winterreise: Der Leiermann. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Philip Glass Music in Similar Motion. Signal, Brad Lubman Music in Twelve Parts: 4 Einstein on...
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I first saw Dietrich Fischer Dieskau in 1977 at the Edinburgh Festival. If memory serves me correct he appeared in Mozart operas at the Festival in 1976 and 1977 but I didn't see him in those. However, as 1977 was Peter Diamond's fi... Read Post
(Getty Images via @daylife) Obviously, the blogging overlap between aworks and opera chic is minimal but even I have to respect this quote: One doesn't want to get too eschatological, too misty, but if one day we're called to justif... Read Post
Though there is a long and distinguished history of mezzo-soprano's singing Schubert's Die Winterreise, the pairing still isn't all that common and often results in something extra special. Alice Coote is an artist who combines beau... Read Post