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...
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When Karajan recorded and staged “Siegfried” at the Easter Festival in 1969...
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Edith Mathis (1938 - 2025) was a Swiss soprano who worked intensely with Karajan in the 1970s. No wonder their collaboration revolved largely...
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Without any doubt Maurice André was the most popular classical trumpet player in the 20th century...
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Karajan’s and Kathleen Ferrier’s collaboration took place in the context of the 1950 “Bachfest”, an event that settled Karajan’s status...
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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”...
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The lyric tenor Anton Dermota was a member of the legendary “Mozart ensemble” at the Vienna State Opera, an ensemble assembled...
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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...
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The great Italian tenors in the era after World War II – Karajan worked with all of them. Among the giants of this species...
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Four broadcast recordings, nine performances – Karajan and Astrid Varnay didn’t do all that much together but...
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Here you can download the full curriculum vitae of Herbert von Karajan!