Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

The Marriage of Figaro (1975)

Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is a comedy whose dark undertones explore the blurred boundaries between dying feudalism and emerging Enlightenment. Herman Prey's Figaro is admirably sung in a firm baritone and aptly characterized. So too, is his antagonist, Dietrich ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
CAST:  Hermann Prey  •  Mirella Freni  •  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau  •  Kiri Te Kanawa

Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is a comedy whose dark undertones explore the blurred boundaries between dying feudalism and emerging Enlightenment. Herman Prey's Figaro is admirably sung in a firm baritone and aptly characterized. So too, is his antagonist, Dietrich ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
CAST:  Hermann Prey  •  Mirella Freni  •  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau  •  Kiri Te Kanawa

Elektra (1981)

Strauss's opera adapted to the screen by Gotz Friedrich.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Götz Friedrich
CAST:  Leonie Rysanek  •  Astrid Varnay  •  Catarina Ligendza  •  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Strauss's opera adapted to the screen by Gotz Friedrich.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Götz Friedrich
CAST:  Leonie Rysanek  •  Astrid Varnay  •  Catarina Ligendza  •  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Don Carlos (1967)

This performance, taped for TV in 1967, has many of the most famous singers in the German orbit of the time, mostly in prime form, in roles that suit them, a great conductor in his prime, and is a well thought out production. Don Carlos is given in German, in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustaf Rudolf Sellner
CAST:  James King  •  Pilar Lorengar  •  Josef Greindl  •  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

This performance, taped for TV in 1967, has many of the most famous singers in the German orbit of the time, mostly in prime form, in roles that suit them, a great conductor in his prime, and is a well thought out production. Don Carlos is given in German, in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustaf Rudolf Sellner
CAST:  James King  •  Pilar Lorengar  •  Josef Greindl  •  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Die Zauberflöte (1971)

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DIRECTION:  Peter Ustinov
CAST:  Hans Sotin  •  Nicolai Gedda  •  Christina Deutekom  •  Edith Mathis

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DIRECTION:  Peter Ustinov
CAST:  Hans Sotin  •  Nicolai Gedda  •  Christina Deutekom  •  Edith Mathis

The Golden Ring (1965)

Watching the Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti, and a stellar cast record Wagner's immense Götterdämmerung for Decca in the fall of 1964 provides a thousand lessons in the art of working under pressure. For this classic documentary, The Golden Ring, a BBC camera ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Humphrey Burton
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  John Culshaw  •  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau  •  Gottlob Frick

Watching the Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti, and a stellar cast record Wagner's immense Götterdämmerung for Decca in the fall of 1964 provides a thousand lessons in the art of working under pressure. For this classic documentary, The Golden Ring, a BBC camera ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Humphrey Burton
CAST:  Georg Solti  •  John Culshaw  •  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau  •  Gottlob Frick

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DIRECTION:  Dieter O. Holzinger
CAST:  Wolfgang Gasser  •  Dolf Lindner  •  Karl Böhm  •  Rosalind Elias