Dear Mark and list: I appreciated the part of your letter when you quote: "In the Whitton book, page 245: Clearly he is aided by the phenomenal speed with...
Ronnie, This is from the Whitton book, page 225, concerning Dvorak's Biblische Lieder: Fischer-Dieskau had found the German translations that he was to sing so...
Dear Celia and List, ich habe ein Bild mit DFD (Mittenhofer) und Hans Werner Henze zu den Photos. Am 2. Sept 1961 schreibt Hans Werner Henze aus Muenchen an...
Dear Monika & List, Thank you for the photo and the information. I believe that Henze was sincere in his comment to Ingeborg Bachmann. Even though Henze and...
Dear Karen & List, Thanks for posting the photo of DFD as Mittenhofer. Yes, the resemblance to G. Hauptmann is striking, and yes, that is a scary picture of...
I did some searching for Fischer-Dieskau and Mittenhofer on the web, and I came across this information from Celia back in 1996, and since Ronnie asked about...
... I feel rather ashamed to be interested in FiDi's so called "dark side" - we all have one & none of us I am sure would like to be subjected to serious...
Hello! Regarding the opera Elegy for Young Lovers, I checked the biography of Auden by Carpenter. The book states that there is a "superficial resemblance"...
Noelle and list, I was hoping someone else would deal with this delicate matter, but so far no one posted an answer so I will try. I also bought the Neunzig ...
I have always enjoyed coming daily to "the list" to see what's new with the MAN. But now I must say that there is a taint on the list as far as I am concerned....
Joyce, I understand your concern, and I am sorry if you are offended. I made references to sources which are more balanced and sympathetic than it might...
I understood from people in Germany that knew the situation that the second divorce ended for the same reason so many marriages between actors end - Ruth...
... Are not biographical and historical information of interest as part of the whole picture? I don't see why wanting to fill in the whole picture of a...
Hello Mark...................thanks for your response..........yes, I read Reverberations and saw many of the things that you tell us about. I think it was...
Joyce and list, The thought had not occurred to me that DFD would actually read the posts on this list. I think I would have worded some of my remarks...
... I am sorry you feel I was out of order with my curiosity & concern about FiDi"s "dark side" - it was not my term to begin with, & was certainly not meant...
Noelle, ... but I felt that the more information one had the deeper the understaing one would have of the artist himself, in the same way that Beethoven's...
Hi Noelle Please forgive me for rushing to judgement without even knowing you! I am not usually like that. I am so overly protective of DFD--he has always...
... From: MargaretJoy@... To: Fischer-DieskauList@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:29 AM Subject: [DFDList] Re: Noelle....: ) Hi Noelle ...
... From: MargaretJoy@... To: Fischer-DieskauList@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 10:29 AM Subject: [DFDList] Re: Noelle....: ) Hi Noelle ...
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday in the Christian Church Year. There is such an abundance of recordings that DFD has left us..... I plan to search through all mine...
In the Neunzig biography of DFD, there are several pages devoted to answering criticisms of DFD's singing. I had previously read in a library this section of...
Margaret and all, It has been years since I heard the "Ich habe genug" sung by DFD, I heard both versions you mention, but I recall being impressed by it, and...
Dear Mark, Margaret, and everyone: How about DFD singing Max Reger's sacred work for Voice and Organ? It is my most favorite sacred music recorded by DFD. My...
Dear List, Hello! My name is Alejandro Skorzewski and I am 14 years old. I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I practically grew up listening to DFD because HE...
Dear Everyone, Don't forget the Kreuzstab Cantata - BWV56 - really wonderful when he sings it. And isn't there a recording of thr Via Crucis by Lizst? I am...
Dear Alex: I really can't recommend what book you should buy because here in the Philippines, we don't have such valuable books available. I am now turning...
Hi Ronnie and thank you for your tip! I'll send Claude Duvet an email. Sorry you can't get the books. It is not at all easy here either. These are in a...
Hi folks, Dana Sanderson has just informed me about the upcoming release on DVD of the 1991 Schubertiade Feldkirch performance of "Die schoene Muellerin" by...
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