Karajan | Karajan artists: Wilma Lipp – first mother then daughter

31 JANUARY 2025

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...

1 DECEMBER 2024

Karajan artists: Erika Köth – Queen and chamber maid

Karajan had little need for coloratura sopranos but for two standards of his repertoire they were indispensable – “The Magic Flute” and “Die Fledermaus”. For both operas he worked with the German singer Erika Köth...

15 NOVEMBER 2024

Karajan artists: Lisa della Casa – Karajan’s Sophie and Marschallin

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...