Dietrich fischer dieskau biography of mahatma

Fischer-Dieskau's professional career as a singer began in 1947 in Müllheim when he sang in Brahms' 'German Requiem' without any rehearsal as a last-minute substitute for an indisposed singer.

He gave his first lieder recital in Leipzig in the fall of 1947 and followed it soon afterward with a highly successful first concert at Berlin's Titania-Palast.

In the fall of 1948 he was engaged as principal lyric baritone at the Municipal Opera (Städtische Oper) in Berlin, making his debut as Posa in Verdi's 'Don Carlos' under Ferenc Fricsay.

Dietrich fischer dieskau biography of mahatma

Subsequently, Fischer-Dieskau made guest appearances at the opera houses in Vienna and Munich. After 1949 he added concert tours in England, Holland, Switzerland, France, and Italy. He made regular opera appearances in Bayreuth between 1954 and 1961, and in Salzburg from 1956

until the early 1970's (he made his Salzburg concert debut in 1951 with Mahler's 'Songs of a Wayfarer' under Wilhelm Furtw&au