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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From the middle of the 1970s up to the maestro’s death in 1989 David Bell was Karajan’s favourite organ player. Bell was an EMI assistant producer for Karajan’s “Lohengrin” recording in 1976. When the schedule...
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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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Hans Hotter was a major figure in Karajan’s Vienna years as artistic director (1956 – 1964)...
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