02 January
Karajan artists: Henri-Georges Clouzot – a great (concert) film maker
Henri-Georges Clouzot was one of the best-known film-makers in French cinema, internationally acclaimed for films like...
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Artists
20 December
Karajan artists: David Bell – Karajan’s man for the queen of instruments
From the middle of the 1970s up to the maestro’s death in 1989 David Bell was Karajan’s favourite organ player. Bell was an EMI assistant producer for Karajan’s “Lohengrin” recording in 1976. When the schedule...
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12 December
Karajan artists: Rita Streich – Karajan’s only Zerbinetta
Rita Streich was – like Wilma Lipp and Erika Köth – a singer cast by Karajan in the 1950s and 1960s when he was in need of a coloratura soprano with strong nerves...
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06 December
Karajan artists: Helen Donath – a youthful voice
When he cast singers for young characters like Eva in “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” and Marzelline in “Fidelio” Karajan was always keen on voices that sounded really young. Helen Donath had such a voice...
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