This man explained his conducting style by referring to his contemporaries as "coffee-cup conductors," and he conducted the Czech Philharmonic in a notable recording of Harold in Italy with Josef Suk as soloist.
This man explained his conducting style by referring to his contemporaries as "coffee-cup conductors," and he conducted the Czech Philharmonic in a notable recording of Harold in Italy with Josef Suk as soloist. He got his start as a last-minute substitute for a performance of Brahms's A German Requiem, while his operatic singing debut came as Posa in Don Carlos under the baton of Ferenc Fricsay. He premiered Benjamin Britten's Songs and Proverbs of William Blake and joined Galina Vishnevskaya and Peter Pears as a soloist in the premiere of War Requiem. His American debut in St. Paul was accompanied by Gerald Moore, who also accompanied him on several recordings of Wintereisse and virtually every song ever written by Schubert and Schumann. Noted for his performance of romantic lieder, for 10 points, name this German lyric baritone, probably the most notable one with a hyphenated last name.
This man explained his conducting style by referring to his contemporaries as "coffee-cup conductors," and he conducted the Czech Philharmonic in a notable recording of Harold in Italy with Josef Suk as soloist.
Dietrich {Fischer}-{Dieskau}