Wilma Lipp made her debut as an opera singer at the age of 17, became a member of the Vienna State Opera at 20, had her breakthrough as “Queen of the Night” at 23 and recorded the opera with Karajan when she was...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot was one of the best-known film-makers in French cinema, internationally acclaimed for films like...
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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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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...
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