Karajan | Karajan artists: Gottlob Frick – improvising Wagner

27 March

Karajan artists: Gottlob Frick – improvising Wagner

Gottlob Frick was a basso profundo at the Vienna State Opera in the 1950s and 60s who performed no fewer than 88 times with Karajan...

31 January

Karajan artists: Wilma Lipp – first mother then daughter

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...

20 September

Karajan artists: Edith Mathis – a soprano for “heaven’s delights”

Edith Mathis (1938 - 2025) was a Swiss soprano who worked intensely with Karajan in the 1970s. No wonder their collaboration revolved largely...

27 June

Karajan artists: Anton Dermota – the concert tenor

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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