On June 7, 2026, Günther Schneider-Siemssen would have celebrated his 100th birthday. Although he spent most of his career behind the scenes, few stage designers were as closely associated with the visual world of Herbert von Karajan as he was. Over nearly three decades, conductor and designer developed a distinctive…
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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...
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This is really a farewell piece. The Requiem was Mozart’s last work (completed by his pupil Süßmayr) and it was performed at Karajan’s memorial service...
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No wonder Karajan was fascinated. Jean Cocteau was one of the last universal artists, a poet, painter, actor, filmmaker and stage designer. There was simply no one in Parisian artistic circles...
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