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Karajan artists: Hans Hotter – setting standards for Wagner

Hans Hotter was a major figure in Karajan’s Vienna years as artistic director (1956 – 1964)...

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Spotlight Monteverdi: “L’incoronazione di Poppea”

Not many conductors in musical history have had a repertoire as broad as Karajan’s. But he is not usually associated with the music of Claudio Monteverdi. In November 1953...

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Karajan artists: Rolando Panerai – “a most balanced man”

Rolando Panerai never embodied a title role in a Karajan production, so unlike with other soloists it is difficult to name the Karajan/Panerai production. But Panerai worked...

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Spotlight Stravinsky: “Le sacre du printemps”

Karajan’s first approach to Stravinsky’s “Le sacre du printemps” came quite late, in 1962. At that time, the piece had been in the repertoire for a long time...

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