Hey tumblr-folk! I'm Cassie, 20, preparing for my senior year at VCU for vocal performance. i dream of being on the opera stages of the world... or any opera stage will do. this is a place for my musical madness, be it rants, pictures, quotes, personal thoughts, epiphanies or worries, and even my attempt of musical fridays. i try to post a recording of me singing/playing any song on a friday, i don't always get to it, but i try. i do (by the way) take requests, and my ask box is always open.
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I can’t stand Natalie Dessay. Her voice is colourless, her interpretations are uninspired, and her acting is rubbish.
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not alone! sorry. it’s not that i can’t stand her, but i so do not like her voice, watching videos of her singing makes me feel uncomfortable and awkward for her. so, totally agree, i am so glad i am not alone in this!
I’m ending my tribute to baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau with this sublime version of Strauss’s ‘Morgen’ with pianist Wolfgang Sawallish at the piano, 1974.
It’s been so beautiful to see the outpouring of love for DFD; your comments on my posts and throughout tumblr just show how wholly affecting a great artist is, and how he affected all of us.
Gustavo Dudamel leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Once again, I shall remind you all about how much I love his hair.
What makes Fischer-Dieskau such a significant artist, especially when it comes to lieder, is just the way he throws himself completely into the music. You have the sense that he’s examined it from every possible angle and he’s chosen this way to go with it. The shading and the sensitivity with which he works with words, not only their meaning but the way he caresses their phonemes, is quite remarkable.
— Critic and author Tim Page on baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who died this morning at 86.
(via thisdeepdream)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings “O wüsstest du” from Hugo Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch, accompanied by Gerald Moore
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau passed away today.
opera stars teaching singers how to sing.
RIP Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. It always saddens me when a great singer passes away. He will always live on and inspire through the great recordings he left us.
RIP Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. 28 May, 1925 - 18 May, 2012
he is always the first on the list when my teacher asks me to research german lied. one of the greatest lieder interpreters, as well as one of the greatest baritones to grace our ears.
A very fond farewell to one of the greatest singers of all time.
R.I.P. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
This man is an inspiration and a treasure.
I’m really torn up about Baritone and unparalleled lieder interpreter Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s death this morning. So I’ll be featuring him today and possibly tomorrow as well. Here he is singing Mahler’s ‘Ich Bin Der Welt’ from the Ruckert-Lieder.
Rest in peace, you beautiful artist. And thank you.
