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...
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Karajan conducted Samuel Barber’s famous “Adagio for Strings” eight times in concert but there has been no recording of it so it seems that the live recording of Charles Ives’ “The Unanswered Question” is the only piece...
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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...
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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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