Herbert von Karajan

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08 December

Spotlight Bartók: “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta”

It is often said that Karajan wasn’t all that interested in contemporary music and when he conducted it, his commitment to a specific piece wasn’t unswerving. Bartók’s “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta”...

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01 December

Spotlight Humperdinck: “Hänsel und Gretel”

An opera for children? Karajan took it very serious like a mature Wagnerian score. Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel” is a “one-hit wonder” in the history of music and one of the...

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01 December

Karajan artists: Maria Callas – “fellow perfectionists”

When Walter Legge gave a demo tape to Karajan in 1953, he might have hoped that Karajan would listen to it and eventually contemplate to work with...

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23 November

Karajan artists: Mario del Monaco – a legendary Otello

Even though Karajan was not an Italian maestro, his authority in the Verdi repertoire was so undisputed that he was able to cast the best singers for his first “Otello” recording in 1961. Mario del Monaco...

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