Word: lieder
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...lieder of Brahms showed what an energetic performance can do for songs that are sometimes the deadliest bores of a concert program. Miss Wheeler did not explore the expressive sound of German words as much as she might have, but she colored her voice effectively with the changing moods of the text. In arias by Handel and Mozart, as well as in the Brahms songs, she seemed most comfortable in the middle range...
Before she hit the Met, Irmgard Seefried completed her third tour of the U.S. hinterland. On the road, she sang lieder, folk songs, occasional operatic arias and, usually, one or two songs by contemporary composers. A gusty, warmhearted woman of 33, she quickly developed an enthusiasm for U.S. audiences and her own philosophy about singing for them...
Soprano Schwarzkopf chose her favorite form, German lieder, and, from the time she first opened her mouth, never uttered an unpleasant sound. She ranged with practiced ease from a fragile, little-girl voice in such songs as Schubert's Die Vogel to big, dramatic tones in Hugo Wolf's Kennst Du das Land. She could soar high into the flute altitudes with the same rich quality that she used in her cello-like middle register. Before her program was half over, the audience was convinced; by the end, it was shouting its approval...
Critics were almost as enthusiastic as the audience, decided that, with a touch of temperament, she could be the successor to such great lieder singers as Lotte Lehmann and Elisabeth Schumann. "A stunning example of vocal artistry," said the New York Times. "A memorable demonstration," said the Herald Tribune...
Lenora Lafayette would like to crash the U.S. musical world as a lieder singer after another year in Europe. "Opera," she says, "is so limited...