Karajan | Karajan artists: Henri-Georges Clouzot – a great (concert) film maker

2 JANUARY 2025

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...

20 DECEMBER 2024

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...

12 DECEMBER 2024

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...

6 DECEMBER 2024

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...

1 DECEMBER 2024

Karajan artists: Erika Köth – Queen and chamber maid

Karajan had little need for coloratura sopranos but for two standards of his repertoire they were indispensable – “The Magic Flute” and “Die Fledermaus”. For both operas he worked with the German singer Erika Köth...

15 NOVEMBER 2024

Karajan artists: Lisa della Casa – Karajan’s Sophie and Marschallin

Regarding the popularity of Karajan’s first “Rosenkavalier” film in 1960 with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, it is not generally known that Karajan chose Lisa della Casa...

7 NOVEMBER 2024

Karajan artists: Tito Gobbi – the incomparable Falstaff

Recalling the great Italian singers Karajan worked with during the 1950s – del Monaco, di Stefano, Taddei...

31 OCTOBER 2024

Karajan artists: Vinson Cole – from audition straight to Salzburg

For a young singer it could definitely pay off to do an audition with Karajan. In later years, Karajan had...

18 OCTOBER 2024

Karajan artists: Otto Edelmann – a “noble man” as Sachs and Ochs

Otto Edelmann (the name means “noble man” in German) was a singer Karajan loved to work with. The bass-baritone from Vienna was “trained” by Karajan...