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Category: Opera

Posted on 2023-09-152023-09-15

Birgit Nilsson: Opera singer with heart and soul (2.)

Continued from part one Birgit Nilsson’s time at the Metropolitan Opera in New York left such a strong mark on her that she devoted a …

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Posted on 2023-09-102023-09-10

Birgit Nilsson: The soprano who had too beautiful a voice (1.)

Part one “They were sent from heaven” wrote Birgit Nilsson in her memoirs, looking back on the fortunate circumstance that one day in the early …

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Posted on 2023-07-302023-07-30

Virginia Zeani: From Transylvania to the World

She was one of those opera singers of the last century who are very often neglected: Virginia Zeani (1925 – 2023). In her younger years, …

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Posted on 2023-05-282023-05-28

Peter Anders: The Brilliant Tenor

At a time when all the top-class tenors had left Germany, he was one of the few remaining singers in the thirties and forties who …

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Posted on 2023-05-022023-05-01

Max Lichtegg: The Universal Tenor (3.)

Continued from part two In 1949 Max Lichtegg celebrated a kind of “return to Vienna” – to the city where his musical career had begun. …

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Posted on 2023-04-292023-05-02

Max Lichtegg: The Ambassador of Music (2.)

Continued from part one One might think that Max Lichtegg had also been a celebrated recording star by now: However, that was not the case. …

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Posted on 2023-04-262023-05-01

Max Lichtegg: The Charmingboy (1.)

Part one Looking back on her career, Maria Callas once said that the art of opera was dead and must be rejuvenated. This radical statement …

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Posted on 2023-03-182023-07-05

Joseph Schmidt: A Radio Tenor Finds His Way to the Stage

Continued from part one At the end of 1935, a radio broadcast with Joseph Schmidt was broadcast to the United States: sitting in front of …

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Posted on 2023-03-152023-07-05

Joseph Schmidt: The Microphone Was His Concert Hall

Part one Early in his career, Joseph Schmidt sang roles that pushed other tenors to the limits of their vocal abilities at the height of …

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Posted on 2023-02-102023-02-09

Christa Ludwig: It Takes More Than Only Primadonnas

The philosopher Theodor W. Adorno once said that a person’s musical education begins nine months before birth. Christa Ludwig proves Adorno right: In her memoirs, …

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