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24 January

Karajan artists: Montserrat Caballé – the last diva

Karajan and Montserrat Caballé met only on a few occasions but the maestro impressed her deeply. When asked about him in 2008 (Karajan’s centenary) the singer...

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01 December

Spotlight Puccini: “Tosca”

During every decade of his career, Karajan had Puccini operas in his repertoire and some of his recordings are looked on as the best of all...

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01 December

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...

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07 November

Karajan artists: Tito Gobbi – the incomparable Falstaff

Recalling the great Italian singers Karajan worked with during the 1950s – del Monaco, di Stefano, Taddei...

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