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Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 9:39 am Post subject: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau dies

Oh, black day...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18118722

artemisia · Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 875 Location: the world

Goodbye Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. There'll never be anyone like you again : (

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayIrOHMKFFQ&feature=related

johnslat · Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 1:41 pm Post subject:

Oh man - he was stupendous. Rest in Peace.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 6:05 am Post subject:

Wotan's farewell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CLzk5R6reA

Dedicated · Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 972 Location: UK

I can remember as a young teenager in 1962 being taken to listen to Benjamin Britten's Requiem in the newly rebuilt Coventry Cathedral that had been virtually destroyed by German bombers in WW2.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was the soloist. His baritone voice was sublime.
Even as a youngster, I was moved.

Isla Guapa · Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 1:45 am Post subject:

Here's an interesting article in his honor: http://www.wqxr.org/#!/blogs/operavore/2012/may/18/dietrich-fischer-dieskau-leading-interpreter-lieder-and-opera/.