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// on May 2013
Singers on Singing: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
The late, legendary baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau has a unique position in the history of musical interpretation...
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Bartók
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Debussy
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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interview
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Jon Tolansky
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Lieder
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Mahler
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opera
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Otello
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Pelléas et Mélisande
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performance technique
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Schubert
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Singers on Singing
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Strauss
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Verdi
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vocal technique
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Wagner
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Winterreise
Singers on Singing: Marilyn Horne
"[My technique] was constantly evolving...all the time." ~ Marilyn Horne...
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audio recording
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Barber
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Bernstein
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Bizet
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Bolcom
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Carmen
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Händel
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interview
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Jon Tolansky
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La Gioconda
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Mahler
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Mahler Symphony No. 2
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Marilyn Horne
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opera
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performance technique
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Renata Tebaldi
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Rinaldo
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Rossini
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Saint-Saëns
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Samson et Dalila
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Semiramide
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Singers on Singing
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Stravinsky
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Verdi
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vocal technique
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Wozzeck
Singers on Singing: Ruggero Raimondi
"It is quite difficult to sing a Verdi role. The most important thing is...the passion that Verdi asks from the interpreter." ~ Ruggero Raimondi...
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audio recording
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Boris Godunov
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Debussy
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Don Carlos
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Don Giovanni
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Don Quichotte
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interview
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Jon Tolansky
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Massenet
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Mozart
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Mussorgsky
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opera
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performance technique
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Puccini
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Ruggero Raimondi
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Scarpia
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Singers on Singing
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Tosca
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Verdi
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vocal technique
Singers on Singing: Mirella Freni
"The voice gives me incredible emotions...it's the best instrument we can have." ~ Mirella Freni...
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Aida
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audio recording
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breathing
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Covent Garden
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Eugene Onegin
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interview
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Jon Tolansky
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La Bohème
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Madama Butterfly
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Mirella Freni
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opera
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Otello
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performance technique
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Puccini
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Singers on Singing
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Tchaikovsky
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Verdi
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vocal technique
Singers on Singing: Jon Vickers
"I don't think there's any weakness in love. I think that love is a very powerful thing." ~ Jon Vickers...
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Aida
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audio recording
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Beethoven
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Britten
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Covent Garden
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Fidelio
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Händel
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interview
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Jon Tolansky
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Les Troyens
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Messiah
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opera
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Otello
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performance technique
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Peter Grimes
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Singers on Singing
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Tristan und Isolde
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Verdi
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vocal technique
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Wagner
Singers on Singing: Angela Gheorghiu
"Opera is music for your soul." ~ Angela Gheorghiu...
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Angela Gheorghiu
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audio recording
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Bizet
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breathing
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Carmen
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Covent Garden
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interview
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Jon Tolansky
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La Bohème
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La Rondine
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La Traviata
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Madama Butterfly
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Manon
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Manon Lescaut
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Massenet
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Mimi
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opera
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performance technique
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Puccini
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Singers on Singing
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Verdi
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Violetta
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vocal technique
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Werther
Annual Erich Leinsdorf Lecture, January 2010
“Listening to Thought: The Awakening of the American Voice."...
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Bernstein
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Burleigh
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Civil War
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George Sand
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Hindemith
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John Adams
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Look Down Fair Moon
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Marietta Alboni
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Naginski
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To What You Said
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Verdi
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Weill
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Whitman
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Wound Dresser
Walt Whitman & Song
An essay by Thomas Hampson and Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold from the CD booklet of the EMI recording “To the Soul”...
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Anne Gilchrist
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Bernstein
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essay
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George Sand
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Hindemith
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Leaves of Grass
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Look Down Fair Moon
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Marietta Alboni
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Naginski
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opera
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Rorem
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SongFest (song cycle)
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To What You Said
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Verdi
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Weill
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Whitman
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