Word: fischer-dieskau
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...Cross, the cantata retells, in Latin, the parable of the good Samaritan. Shorter and less dramatic than Britten's widely performed War Requiem, it is nevertheless eloquent as performed by the London Symphony orchestra and chorus, conducted by Britten, with Peter Pears as the Samaritan and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as the Jewish traveler...
Married. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 40, famed German lieder singer; and Ruth Leuwerik, 39, German film star; both for the second time (his first, Cellist Irmgard Poppen, died in childbirth in 1963); in Zollikon, Switzerland...
RICHARD STRAUSS LIEDER (London). While Strauss's songs unquestionably sound better when sung by a soprano, Hermann Prey does all that a young rich baritone possibly can. While he cannot claim Fischer-Dieskau's crown as a lieder singer, his open, direct approach gives this record considerable charm...
While Dietrich is making records in London, Fischer is giving a lieder recital at Carnegie Hall, and Dieskau is appearing as Falstaff at the West Berlin Opera. Or so one critic claims. Actually, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is not a brother act but one man. It is just that, as one of the world's busiest, most sought-after singers, he often seems to be-smiling, stage center, ready to go -everywhere at once. Last week he popped up at the Munich Opera Festival singing the lead role in Hindemith's rarely performed Cardillac. Premiered in 1926, the opera...
...rarely get the girl, but this year they take the cake. Geraint Evans turns in one of opera's great characterizations as the lecherous old swindler in RCA Victor's Falstaff, amply supported by the other singers and by Conductor Georg Solti. In Rigoletto (Deutsche Grammophon), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. best known for his sorrowful lieder. proves himself equally expressive as the tragic hunchback in a powerful performance led by Rafael Kubelik...