Karajan | Karajan artists: Thomas Stewart – breakfast with Wotan

10 OCTOBER 2024

Karajan artists: Thomas Stewart – breakfast with Wotan

The singer who sang Wotan in the “Ring” studio recordings must have been a special one for Karajan. Thomas Stewart...

4 OCTOBER 2024

Karajan artists: Zoltán Kelemen – the constant gardener

When Karajan selected the cast for his complete “Ring” recording he naturally tried to get the best available singers for every part. His Alberich was certainly the best in his generation – Zoltán Kelemen...

27 SEPTEMBER 2024

Karajan artists: Reri Grist – Karajan’s woodbird

When Karajan recorded and staged “Siegfried” at the Easter Festival in 1969...

20 SEPTEMBER 2024

Karajan artists: Edith Mathis – a soprano for “heaven’s delights”

Edith Mathis (1938 - 2025) was a Swiss soprano who worked intensely with Karajan in the 1970s. No wonder their collaboration revolved largely...

30 AUGUST 2024

Karajan artists: Maurice André – the trumpeter of the century

Without any doubt Maurice André was the most popular classical trumpet player in the 20th century...

12 JULY 2024

Karajan artists: Kathleen Ferrier – the alto voice from heaven

Karajan’s and Kathleen Ferrier’s collaboration took place in the context of the 1950 “Bachfest”, an event that settled Karajan’s status...

4 JULY 2024

Karajan artists: Peter Hofmann – Parsifal and rock music

What we turn to is certainly one of the most unusual careers among Karajan’s artistic partners. Karajan cast Peter Hofmann for the title-role in his “Parsifal”...

27 JUNE 2024

Karajan artists: Anton Dermota – the concert tenor

The lyric tenor Anton Dermota was a member of the legendary “Mozart ensemble” at the Vienna State Opera, an ensemble assembled...

21 JUNE 2024

Karajan artists: Yo Yo Ma and Antonio Meneses – Karajan’s cello fellows

They were Karajan’s musical partners in their early years and they are now two great cellists of our time. Yo Yo Ma and Antonio Meneses benefited from Karajan’s intention...