Podcast appearances and mentions of Brigitte Fassbaender

Johannes Brahms spielte gerne Walzer am Klavier und ließ sich dazu immer wieder neu inspirieren - vor allem, wenn er wieder einmal in Wien war, in der großen Walzermetropole. BR-KLASSIK stellt seine Liebesliederwalzer mit Brigitte Fassbaender vor.

I have been reminded over and over again in recent weeks of the preciousness of life as numerous dear friends and family members face loss of loved ones and their own life-altering health crises. This got me to thinking about how much my mentors have shaped my life. So with this latest episode I inaugurate a new Countermelody series entitled “Honor Your Mentors.” I have already posted numerous times on the podcast about my beloved teacher John Wustman. This coming July my friend and colleague Chanda VanderHart's monumental book Accompaniment in America: Contextualizing Collaborative Piano, co-authored with Kathleen Kelly and Elvia Puccinelli, will be published by Routledge. Chanda has put together an astonishing digital archive featuring a wealth of material related to the book: https://accompanimentinamerica.website/index.html Included in this material is an interview I did with Chanda about Mr. Wustman. Chanda has given me permission to include that interview on my podcast. This is supplemented by a sampling of (mostly) studio recordings of John featuring, among others, Régine Crespin, Carlo Bergonzi, Brigitte Fassbaender, Luciano Pavarotti, and Irina Arkhipova: truly an astonishing feast for the ears! Additionally, I was enormously saddened last week to read of the death of Joan Caplan, my first serious voice teacher in New York, and a phenomenal singer in her own right. Joan also remained a close friend through the years. In recent years she had been living at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey. I was able to visit her there last summer and had intended to go see her again later this month. Alas, that can no longer happen, but I will also be featuring Joan in an upcoming episode in the “Honor Your Mentors” series. In her memory today, I present her in a scintillating recording of Orsini's Brindisi from Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia. Finally, though I'm sure no one needs to be reminded of this, please, my dears, tell all those you love how much they mean to you; don't wait until their funerals to give them their flowers! Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

Over the course of the past year, I have done a number of episodes on contraltos singing a wide range of material. Toward the end of last year, I did a program on Bach contraltos, which featured just a few of the best (and my favorite) contraltos in this genre. At the time, I had an overflowing cornucopia of material and today I have reorganized and expanded that material to bring you a set of Bach arias particularly appropriate for the Lenten Season. And thus I present to you today, arias from the Passions sung by Julia Hamari, Marian Anderson (pictured), and Friedel Beckmann, but also cantata arias by such eminent contraltos as Kathleen Ferrier, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Carol Brice, Jennie Tourel, Carolyn Watkinson, Ria Bollen, Brigitte Fassbaender, Norma Lerer, Alfreda Hodgson, Birgit Finnilä, Elena Obraztsova (yes, you read correctly!), Anna Reynolds, and Else Brems. Non-contralto guest appearances include Arleen Augér, Peter Schreier, and Aldo Baldin. If you are not a Christian, fear not, for behold, there is much in Bach's music that draws the listener in on any number of levels, not just (or even primarily) a theological one. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

Right after the disastrous US election of November 2024, I published an episode entitled “Mezzos on the Verge,” which featured some of my favorite mezzos in rafter-shaking performances of “on the edge” repertoire. At the time, I had enough additional material to produce a second episode, which I have called “Mezzos in Extremis.” And what better time to present that episode than as the new regime has begun its process of dismantling democracy. The material today ranges from Mozart to Britten, Handel to Janáček, Bach to Wagner, and features performances both live and studio from exceptional singers as Fedora Barbieri, Eva Randová, Margarete Klose, Irina Arkhipova, Brigitte Fassbaender, Viorica Cortez, Giulietta Simionato, Joyce DiDonato, Jennie Tourel, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, and Dunja Vejzović, among others. I have structured the program so that the explosive expressions of insanity, fury, and rage gradually give way to the quieter (and possibly more profound) emotions of sadness, doubt, and contrition. And because I always like to compare and contrast singers, I take great joy in presenting several pairs of contrasting singers in the same repertoire: Dunja Vejzović and Paula Rasmussen in Handel's Serse; Giulietta Simionato and Brigitte Fassbaender as Dorabella in Così; and Fedora Barbieri and Joyce DiDonato as Dejanira in Handel's Hercules. The episode is offered in solidarity with all those who find themselves today in extreme situations. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.  

Sometimes when I look back on past episodes of Countermelody, I surprise myself with how good they were, even in the early days when I was still trying to figure everything out. This episode, first posted as a bonus episode five years ago is a good example of that. Earlier that season I had coined the term “Full-Figured Baroque” to describe the “old-fashioned” style of Baroque performance that I personally prefer to what one currently hears in churches and concert halls around the world and on recordings. This episode was devoted to Baroque music composed specifically for the Christmas season, recorded between 1940 and 1992, and performed in deliciously non-period style, replete with deliberate tempi, judiciously applied vibrato, and stately ritardandi. There is a special focus on the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah and Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium and assorted cantatas for the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany season. Singers include Janet Baker, Tom Krause, Jerry Hadley, Margaret Marshall, Francisco Araiza, Russell Oberlin, Helen Watts, William Warfield, John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Schreier, Heather Harper, Shirley Verrett, Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Marga Höffgen, Agnes Giebel, Kurt Equiluz, Florence Quivar, Aksel Schiøtz, Kirsten Flagstad, Christa Ludwig, Edith Mathis, Brigitte Fassbaender. Ernst Haefliger, Jennifer Vyvyan, Anna Reynolds, Judith Blegen, Fritz Wunderlich, Elly Ameling, Peter Schreier, and Gundula Janowitz. Conductors include Neville Marriner, Raymond Leppard, Colin Davis, Karl Richter, Lorin Maazel, Helmut Winschermann, Vittorio Negri, Karl Münchinger, Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, Eugene Ormandy, Adrian Boult, Andrew Davis, and Eugen Jochum, among others. Don't miss out on this full-figured Christmas treat! Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

This week I pull out all the Baroque stops (appropriately enough), to present you with an episode chock full of contraltos, all singing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. I have chosen 28 different contraltos, active between the late 1930s and the early 2000s, who excelled in the singing and interpretation of this most spiritual, and most genius, of composers. I am dividing this episode into two separate segments, the first of which I present here, a group of singers which includes such legendary historical figures as Kathleen Ferrier and Marian Anderson, and Christa Ludwig, as well as such exceptional voices from the Americas as Maureen Forrester and Carol Smith; and, from the continent, Aafje Heynis, Germaine Cernay, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Claudia Hellmann, Marga Höffgen, and Margarethe Bence. These women are joined by a further a group of British contraltos and mezzo-sopranos, each with distinctive and exceptional approaches to the music of Bach, including Helen Watts, Norma Procter, Maureen Lehane (for me, the big discovery of the week), and of course Janet Baker, beloved to all of us. I also pay tribute to a select group of exceptional Kapellmeister including Karl Richter, Helmuth Kahlhöfer, Fritz Werner, Kurt Thomas, and Hans Thamm, who thrived in recordings and live performances from the 1950s and beyond. If certain favorite names of yours are missing from this week's setlist, no worries: they may well appear on next week's episode, which continues to combine Bachian expressive profundity with plummy contralto depths. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

Die Opernlegende Brigitte Fassbaender ist zu Gast im dritten Festspielfrühstück. Bei den Bregenzer Festspielen führt sie heuer Regie im Opernstudio. Die gebürtige Berlinerin, die heuer ihren 85. Geburtstag feiert, erzählt warum sie bei ihrer Arbeit am glücklichsten ist. Festspielfrühstück vom 11.08.2024 mit Jasmin Ölz.

Am 3. Juli 2024 feiert Brigitte Fassbaender ihren 85. Geburtstag. Sie gehört zu den großen Sängerinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Dabei hat Brigitte Fassbaender, die in Berlin zur Welt kam und in Dresden, mit einigem Glück, die Schrecken des Krieges überstand, erst nach dem Abitur mit dem Singen angefangen. (Wdh. vom 20.12.2019)

It's been a whirlwind of a week chez Gundlach and I find myself at the end of it without a new episode ready to post. In addition to that, we are already halfway through Pride Month and I realized this morning that I had no new queer material up my sleeve. So I'll tell you what I'm gonna do: I am going to get to work on a brand new episode which will post sometime early next week. But in the meantime, I'm going to do my own Listener's Favorite episode, one which I posted during the very first season of Countermelody, a wondrous compilation entitled “Sisters in Sappho.” It features not only two of my favorite mezzos of all time (Tatiana Troyanos and Brigitte Fassbaender – both of whom happen to have been lesbians); but also a sampling of the key figures in the Women's Music Movement of the 1970s, including Meg Christian, Cris Williamson, Margie Adam, Holly Near, and Deidre McCalla. In celebrating these pop icons, I also pay tribute to those who, in turn, paved the way for them, including icons Janis Ian, Dusty Springfield, and Ronnie Gilbert, as well as tipping my hat to two of the queer Black singers (Toshi Reagon, Meshell Ndegeocello), that followed in the wake of these women. We all owe an enormous debt of gratitude to these extraordinary artists, who paved the way for us, their musical and artistic descendants, at the same time setting standards that will stand the test of time. Vocal guest stars include Janet Baker, Ileana Cotrubas, Cecilia Gasdia, Nicolai Gedda, Margaret Price, Gundula Janowitz, Arleen Augér, and Reri Grist. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

Ein lüsterner Kerl interessiert sich gleichzeitig für zwei Frauen, die sich deshalb an ihm rächen: William Shakespeares "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" schafften es in den Vertonungen von Giuseppe Verdi und Otto Nicolai auf die Opernbühne. Letztere Version kommt am 26. April im Gärtnerplatztheater heraus. Es inszeniert Opernlegende Brigitte Fassbaender. BR-KLASSIK hat mit ihr gesprochen.

On today's episode we welcome the brilliant, Swiss pianist, Sebastian Issler.  Sebastian was in London during the beginning of the pandemic. He was in need of lessons online and remembered watching 'The Choreography of the Hands' a few years before. He then sought out Robert Durso. Since then, he has been having lessons with Robert Durso online and has travelled to Philadelphia several times for in person lessons. His story demonstrates  the possibility of excelling in the Taubman Approach through a combination of online and in person lessons. Sebastian is an inspiring pianist! Please visit Sebastian's website at: www.sebastianissler.com Swiss Pianist Sebastian Issler received the Jean Meikle Prize for best Duo at the 2022 Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition, together with British-Hungarian soprano Anna Cavaliero. He is the winner of the 2022 Paul Hamburger Prize for Lieder, finalist of several international competitions, including the International Schubert Competition Dortmund, and multiple prize winner of the Swiss Youth Music Competition.​Sebastian is the first pianist-in-residence at the City Music Foundation in London, which also acts as his management.​With his duo partners, Sebastian has performed at Milton Court Concert Hall, International Lied Festival Zeist, LIEDBasel Festival, Origen Festival Cultural, Liedrezital Zurich, Abbey Library of Saint Gall, Tonhalle Zurich, Barts Heritage Great Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and Wigmore Hall, among others. He also appears regularly as an accompanist in masterclasses with luminaries such as Brigitte Fassbaender and Thomas Hampson, and recently as a soloist with the Collegium Vocale Lenzburg in Switzerland.​In 2021, he recorded his unique programme ‘The World of Song' for the Montreux Jazz Festival China at the Schubertiade Hall. ‘The World of Song' was first broadcast in an immersive cinema in 360 Reality Audio at the festival in Hangzhou, China.​He is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, where he completed his Artist Diploma as a Guildhall Scholar working with Julius Drake and was a member of Graham Johnson's Song Guild. Prior to his studies in London, Sebastian completed two master's degrees, both with distinction, at the Zurich University of the Arts. He is a scholarship holder of Arosa Kultur and LIEDBasel.​Sebastian is influenced greatly by working with Robert Durso at the Golandsky Institute in New York which significantly changed his own playing and teaching style. He is based in Zurich and enjoys teaching, specializing in the Taubman Approach.​He is currently a fellow at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he gives his lecture ‘Choreography of the Hands' to piano master students in the piano accompaniment programme. Sebastian is a teacher for piano accompaniment at the Zurich University of Teacher Education and is a guest lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts.The Golandsky Institute's mission is to provide cutting-edge instruction to pianists based on the groundbreaking work of Dorothy Taubman. This knowledge can help them overcome technical and musical challenges, cure and prevent playing-related injuries, and lead them to achieve their highest level of artistic excellence.Please visit our website at: www.golandskyinstitute.org.

Mehr als 30 Jahre wurde die Mezzosopranistin Brigitte Fassbaender auf den Bühnen der ganzen Welt gefeiert, sie war Intendantin und ist u.a. als Regisseurin nach wie vor kreativ. In Dresden sprach sie mit Michael Ernst.

Dedicamos el programa a Schubert, un compositor siempre presente entre nosotros. Y lo seguirá estando. Hemos elegido algunos de los lieder más conocidos y magistrales del músico. El primero, Gretchen am Spinrade, el famoso y juvenil Margarita en la rueca sobre poema de Goethe. Dos sopranos bien distintas nos lo ofrecen: Irmgard Seefried y Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. El siniestro Erlkönig, El rey de los alisos, nos llega en las voces de la mezzo Brigitte Fassbaender y el bajo Alexander Kipnis. Este último ofrece la mejor interpretación que se haya grabado nunca del lied, escrito asimismo sobre poema de Goethe. No le va a la zaga la de Fischer-Dieskau, con su fiel Gerald Moore (que también acompañaba a Kipnis por cierto), en la recreación del sobrecogedor Der Doppelgänger (El doble). Aclaramos el panorama con An die Musik y An Sylvia cantados por la espejeante y clara voz de Elly Ameling. Cerramos con el corretón Abschied, interpretado con singular donosura por el gran Hans Hotter. Escuchar audio

Der neue "Ring" bei den Tiroler Festspielen ist in jeder Hinsicht unaufgeregt: Für Regieexperimente ist Brigitte Fassbaender nicht bekannt. So entstand eine solide, am Ende pessimistische Deutung auf Wagners vierteiliges Weltenspiel.

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durée : 00:19:03 - Disques de légende du mercredi 31 mai 2023 - Brigitte Fassbaender fut l'une des plus grandes chanteuses lyriques avant de se retirer de la scène en 1995 pour se consacrer à la mise en scène.

durée : 01:58:35 - Relax ! du mercredi 31 mai 2023 - par : Lionel Esparza - Votre grand défi subliminal va commencer, nous jouons au Petit Poucet. Disque de légende : Brigitte Fassbaender interprète Schumann

Franz Schubert ist ihre große Liebe (neben ihrem Kater Oskar). Und im nächsten Leben möchte sie Dirigentin werden, um Schuberts 5. Sinfonie dirigieren zu können.

Segunda parte de nuestro viaje musical por esta gozosa ópera de Richard Strauss. Abrimos con le entrega de la rosa de plata y el maravilloso dúo subsiguiente. Octavian actúa como emisario y portador en representación del Barón Ochs. Sophie recibe el presente. Los dos jóvenes se quedan prendados el uno del otro. Escuchamos la versión dirigida por Carlos Kleiber en la Staatsoper de Baviera a Lucia Popp y Brigitte Fassbaender. Seguimos con la escena de conjunto del primer acto con el ápice del aria del tenor italiano. En el foso, Karajan. El tenor es Nicolai Gedda. Crhistian Thielemann al frente de La Filarmónica de Munich nos ofrece a continuación los Preludios del tercer y del primer acto, por ese orden. Enlazamos con una nueva versión del famoso Trío Mariscala, Octavian y Sophie, en este caso la gobernada, en la Ópera de Viena, por Hans Knappertsbusch, con las voces de Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac y Hilde Gueden. Por último, el final de la ópera con Popp y Fasabaender. Escuchar audio

This week I celebrated my birthday, so today is the second of this month's birthday celebrations. A number of my listeners have been asking me for a while to post an episode featuring my favorite singers and recordings. So here it is! We lead off with a brief memorial tribute to Angela Lansbury, who died in the early California morning of my birthday. The rest of the episode features many recordings that I first got to know as I began exploring the world of great singing on records. Leontyne Price, Maria Callas, Alexander Kipnis, Elisabeth Söderström, Richard Lewis, Renata Scotto, Adele Addison, Gundula Janowitz, Margaret Price, Teresa Stratas, Gérard Souzay: all of these artists were formative figures in my early listening experience. My appreciation of some others came later: Hina Spani, Brigitte Fassbaender, Georges Thill, Sylvia Sass, Nicolai Gedda, Kirsten Flagstad. By this late date, all of them have been favorite artists of mine for decades and are represented on the episode by some of their greatest recordings. The episode concludes with a brief tribute to the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams on the occasion of his 150th birthday, also celebrated this week. P.S. Two years ago I did another Happy Birthday To Me episode, which featured performances by some of my favorite pop divas. The episode can be found for a limited time at the top of my LinkTree chain. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

[@ 3 min] It's the return of the beloved ‘Spring Training for Your Ears' segment… Sound like a pro when you talk about the three operas that a real opera fan should know, but that no one has time to listen to… [@ 57 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill'… Key'mon Murrah continues to benefit from the OBS bump, and Brigitte Fassbaender reveals the love of her life… operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Iniciamos una nueva serie en la que se estudiará la fructífera colaboración entre los dos insignes artistas, compositor y libretista. Iremos marcando ese contacto y acompañándolo de música alusiva. En esta primera entrega escuchamos una selección de los valses de El caballero de la rosa dirigidos por el propio Strauss, el final del segundo acto de esa ópera en la imponente voz de Emanuel List, un Ochs extraordinario, el monólogo del Compositor del Prólogo de Ariadna en Naxos por Irmgard Seefried con dirección de Karajan. Luego el maravilloso dúo de Arabella y Zdenka de Arabella con Lisa della Casa e Hilde Gueden bajo la batuta de Solti, el monólogo de Elektra por Astrid Varnay, también con Karajan y, como postre, el Trío de El caballero dirigido por Carlos Kleiber en Munich en 1973 con las voces de Claire Watson, Brigitte Fassbaender y Lucia Popp. Escuchar audio

Today in honor of Women's History Month and the people of Ukraine, I present a compendium of eight different Liedersängerinnen singing Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreise, set to poems by Wilhelm Müller. When I am in despair, I turn to Schubert, who, even in such a bleak piece as Winterreise, offers incomparable insight and empathy into our shared humanity. Though it is often held that this is a cycle that should sung exclusively by men, these eight women put the lie to that faulty premise. Featured singers are Lois Marshall, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lotte Lehmann, Elena Gerhardt, Christa Ludwig, Margaret Price, Mitsuko Shirai, and Alice Coote. Pianists are Paul Ulanowsky, Erik Werba, James Levine, Hartmut Höll, Julius Drake, Coenraad Bos, Aribert Reimann, Wolfram Rieger, Anton Kuerti, and Thomas Dewey. This is an episode that I have been planning for some time, and with so many people forced to take precarious and life-threatening winter journeys, there was no time like the present than to share this music, and these singers, with you. Warning: This is at least a six-hanky episode! Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

Mer Schubert såklart, på det tidlösa ämnet "döden". Idag är man alltjämt ung vid 45 men var Schuberts 31-åriga liv egentligen så kort?Ingela redogör för den spännande genomkomponerade musikaliska formen i "mini-operan" Nachtstück och vi reder i begreppet svanesång, högaktuellt nu när Covid-19 verkar vara inne på refrängen.Med Ingela Tägil och Karin M Nilsson.Vi har licens från både Ifpi och Stim. Musik i avsnittet är: Der Wegweiser ur Winterreise. Sång: Gerald Finley, piano: Julius Drake (hämtad från https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/).Nachtstück. Sång: Helena Ek, piano: Karin M Nilsson (från SchubertAppen, inspelad på Nilento Studio i Göteborg)Der Tod und das Mädchen. Sång: Brigitte Fassbaender, piano: Graham Johnson (hämtad från https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/).Liebesbotschaft ur Schwanengesang. Sång: John Mark Ainsley, piano Graham Johnson (hämtad från https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/).Der Wanderer Sång: Florian Boesch, piano: Roger Vignole (hämtad från https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/)Markus Göranson stod för mix och Karin M Nilsson klippte.Support till showen http://supporter.acast.com/liederpodden. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Una nueva inmersión en el fluir lírico de la inagotable liederística schubertiana engarzada en el numen poético de Schiller. Analizamos y escuchamos hoy las siguientes canciones: Leichenfantasie, Das Mädchen aus der Fremde, Die Erwartung, An die Freude y Das Geheimnis por Fischer-Dieskau y Gerald Moore, y Thekla por Brigitte Fassbaender y Graham Johnson. Escuchar audio

This week I feature nearly a century's worth of recordings of pop music by singers who also, and in some cases primarily, were great singers of art song. Many of my favorite singers figure into the mix, including Hermann Prey (who was the inspiration for this episode), Grace Bumbry, Helen Donath, Roberta Alexander, Elly Ameling, Peter Schreier, Lotte Lehmann, Gérard Souzay, Brigitte Fassbaender, Bryn Terfel, Richard Tauber, José van Dam, Peter Schreier, Leontyne Price, Donald Gramm, and many, many others. They perform everything from Broadway standards to jazz to Deutsche Schlager to tangos to the Great American Songbook to 80s power ballads. This episode was such a joy to put together and I hope that you will enjoy this cornucopia of vocal and interpretive bounty. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

durée : 01:58:54 - Relax ! du jeudi 28 octobre 2021 - par : Lionel Esparza - Le Diapason du mois octobre propose une très belle playlist de la mezzo-soprano allemande Brigitte Fassbaender. Lionel Esparza fait un focus sur ce portrait chinois de la chanteuse. - réalisé par : Antoine Courtin

durée : 01:59:00 - Relax ! du lundi 17 mai 2021 - par : Lionel Esparza - Au sommaire du dernier Opéra Magazine, un entretien avec l'actuel directeur de l'Opéra de Tours Laurent Campellone, et les interviews croisées de quatre grandes interprètes féminines du cycle "Winterreise" de Schubert : Christa Ludwig, Brigitte Fassbaender, Nathalie Stutzmann & Joyce DiDonato... - réalisé par : Antoine Courtin

Sie ist aus dem deutschen Opernbetrieb seit mehr als 50 Jahren nicht wegzudenken; Nach einer großen internationalen Karriere wechselte die Mezzosopranistin und gebürtige Berlinerin Brigitte Fassbaender die Seiten und bestimmt nun vom Regiepult aus, was sich auf der Bühne abspielt. In "Parlando" blickt sie zurück auf eine Kindheit im Krieg, was es heißt Tochter eines berühmten Sängers zu sein und wie es sich anfühlt, bedeutender Teil einer Jahrhundertaufführung zu sein.

This week I turn to the music of Gustav Mahler, specifically his orchestral settings of poems from the influential collection of folk poetry, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, collected by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano and published in three separate volumes between 1805 and 1808. The themes of war, death, and humor, the latter often of the grimmest variety, pervades the texts that Mahler set. I present recordings of each of the fifteen orchestrated songs (several of which form movements of three of his symphonies) by such singers as Janet Baker, Christa Ludwig, Maureen Forrester, Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbaender, Irmgard Seefried, Bernd Weikl, Geraint Evans, Walter Berry, and many others, in performances conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Klaus Tennstedt, Wyn Morris, Bernard Haitink, and Adrian Boult. I also include a tribute to the Hungarian baritone István Gáti on the occasion of his 72nd birthday and a commemoration of the Dutch contralto Aafje Heynis on the fifth anniversary of her death. From chaos to transfiguration, Mahler conjures and depicts a world perhaps not far-removed from our own. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” Occasional guests from the “business” (singers, conductors, composers, coaches, and teachers) lend their distinctive insights. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content. And please head to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available only to Patreon supporters are currently available, including a new extra episode further exploring today’s topic.

Bruce Springsteen hat ein neues Studio-Album eingespielt / Im Museum Lothar Fischer in Neumarkt werden Radierungen von Francisco de Goya gezeigt / Bilanz der Hofer Filmtage 2020, die unter Pandemie-Auflagen stattfanden / In Regensburg inszeniert Brigitte Fassbaender die romantisch-komische Oper "Dame Kobold" von Joachim Raff

Eine Oper namens "Dame Kobold"? Das sagte der Sängerin und Regisseurin Brigitte Fassbaender gar nichts. Bis sie vom Theater Regensburg den Auftrag bekam, ebendiese Oper von Joachim Raff zu inszenieren. Mittlerweile ist Brigitte Fassbaender überzeugt: Diese Musik hat Ohrwurm-Potenzial.

Carolin Emcke widmet sich Gustav Mahler. Brigitte Fassbaender und Christian Gerhaher singen "Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht".

I awoke Saturday morning in Berlin to the apocalyptic news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. Once again a crisis in the United States has prompted me to quickly put together a different episode than originally planned. The late Justice Ginsburg was a particular lover of opera, and so I have decided to showcase some of her favorite operas and performers. We will hear extended scenes from La Gioconda, Le nozze di Figaro, Der Rosenkavalier, Otello, Don Giovanni, La Fanciulla del West, Fidelio, Götterdämmerung, and others in performances featuring favorite singers of hers, including Jussi Björling. Renata Tebaldi, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, and Cesare Siepi. Other featured singers are Gottlob Frick, Fernando Corena, Margaret Price, Leonard Warren, Arlene Saunders, Carol Neblett, Gianpiero Mastromei, Beverly Sills, Gwyneth Jones, Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbaender, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Elisabeth Söderström, Eileen Farrell, among many others. The episode also incorporates a memorial tribute to Maria Callas on the 43rd anniversary of her death, and to Jessye Norman on what would have been her 75th birthday. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” Occasional guests from the “business” (singers, conductors, composers, coaches, and teachers) lend their distinctive insights. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content. And please head to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available only to Patreon supporters are currently available!

durée : 01:58:39 - Relax ! du mercredi 02 septembre 2020 - par : Lionel Esparza - Portrait de la magnifique mezzo-soprano allemande Brigitte Fassbaender, qui fut entre autres une grande chanteuse de Lie­der­. Et notre disque de légende est la BO mythique du film "2001 : L'Odyssée de l'espace" de Stanley Kubrick ! - réalisé par : Antoine Courtin

The first of my two Queer Pride episodes is devoted to a group of pioneering lesbians in the 1970s and beyond, in both classical and pop music. Two iconic mezzo-sopranos whose careers began in the 1960s and extended through the 1990s are the Greek-American Tatiana Troyanos and Brigitte Fassbaender, daughter of the German baritone Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender. I explore the similarities and differences in the repertoire and career paths of these two unique artists, and share examples of them singing repertoire from Handel to Weill, Scarlatti to Penderecki, with particular focus on Fassbaender’s Lieder performances and Troyanos’s work in bel canto. Then I turn to key figures in the Women’s Music Movement of the 1970s, including Meg Christian, Cris Williamson, Margie Adam, Holly Near, and Deidre McCalla, while also paying tribute to those who, in turn, paved the way for them, including Janis Ian, Dusty Springfield, and Ronnie Gilbert. We also acknowledge the work of queer African American singers, including Deidre McCalla, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Toshi Reagon. We all owe an enormous debt of gratitude to these extraordinary artists, who created a world of possibility for their musical and artistic descendants, at the same time setting standards that will stand the test of time. Vocal guest stars include Janet Baker, Ileana Cotrubas, Margaret Price, Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Arleen Augér, Cecilia Gasdia, and Reri Grist. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great classical and opera singers of the past and present with the help of guests from the classical music field: singers, conductors, composers, coaches, agents, and voice teachers. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content. And please head to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

Brigitte Fassbaender zählt zu den größten Sängerinnen ihrer Generation. Sie gilt aber nicht nur als Weltstar der Oper wie des Liedgesangs, sondern auch als leidenschaftliche wie erfolgreiche Operndirektorin, Regisseurin, Librettistin und Pädagogin. "Komm' aus dem Staunen nicht heraus" ist der Titel ihrer Autobiografie, die Andreas Göbel heute vorstellt.

Franz Schubert is the composer who speaks to me like no other. His insight into the human condition is profound: in particular, he explores that narrow strip of land where joy and sorrow meet, converse, and commiserate. I have devoted this episode entirely to performances of his Lieder, the songs divided into three separate (and often overlapping) categories: those dealing with mental states, those that seek to bridge gaps of time and space, and those that address social isolation. Featured are some of my favorite singers: Irmgard Seefried, Walter Berry, Alexander Kipnis, Janet Baker, Hans Hotter, Judith Raskin, Gundula Janowitz, Heinrich Rehkemper, Christa Ludwig, Peter Schreier, Brigitte Fassbaender, Gérard Souzay, and Karl Erb (with a few additional surprises along the way), accompanied by such great collaborative pianists as Erik Werba, Irwin Gage, Hertha Klust, John Newmark, Dalton Baldwin, Aribert Reimann, András Schiff, Paul Hamburger, and Bruno Walter, among others. I am particularly proud of this episode and hope that it brings you comfort and solace, as only Schubert can. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glories of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great classical and opera singers of the past and present with the help of guests from the classical music field: singers, conductors, composers, coaches, agents, and voice teachers. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please also visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content. And please head to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your support at whatever level you can afford.

Sie hat mit den ganz Großen gearbeitet, als Opern- und Liedsängerin, später dann als Regisseurin und als Intendantin. In ihrer Autobiographie macht sie keinen Hehl daraus, dass das Singen für sie schon wegen ihres furchtbaren Lampenfiebers nie die ungetrübte Freude war. Moderation: Ursula Heller

Med stor scenisk udstråling og med en varm, mørk stemme spillede den tyske mezzosopran Brigitte Fassbaender en vigtig rolle i årtier i de store operahuse og på koncertscenen.Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben og andre lieder. Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzosopran.Erik Werba, klaver.(Koncert i Kleines Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 13. august 1977). Vært: Rie Koch. www.dr.dk/p2koncerten (Sendt første gang 14. april).

1961 startete Brigitte Fassbaender ihre Karriere. Als Mezzosopranistin war sie eine der gefragtesten Sängerinnen auf der Opernbühne - bis zu dem Tag, an dem sie ihre Gesangskarriere aus freien Stücken beendete. Von Glanz und Elend ihres Berufs schreibt die 80-Jährige in ihrer Autobiographie.

durée : 00:28:12 - Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano (5/5) - par : Emilie Munera - Musique = Clapping de Steve Reich Voix = Coco Bonnier - réalisé par : Lionel Quantin

durée : 00:27:46 - Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano (4/5) - Musique = Clapping de Steve Reich Voix = Coco Bonnier

durée : 00:27:41 - Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano (3/5) - Musique = Clapping de Steve Reich Voix = Coco Bonnier

durée : 00:31:53 - Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano (1/5) - Musique = Clapping de Steve Reich Voix = Coco Bonnier

Erst eine Karriere als Kammersängerin, dann als Intendantin und Regisseurin. Egal wie lange sie schon im Business arbeitet: Für Brigitte Fassbaender bleibt jede Oper eine neue Herausforderung. Am 23. Mai 2019 feiert ihre Inszenierung der Komischen Oper "Der junge Lord" von Hans Werner Henze am Gärtnerplatztheater Premiere. Inwieweit aktuelle politische und gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen mit einfließen, verrät sie BR-KLASSIK im Interview.

I programmet diskuterades Haydn-symfonier med Il Giardino Armonico, Alice Coote sjunger sångcykler av Mahler, Krystian Zimerman spelar Schubert samt sena verk av Elliott Carter. Johan möter Schwabe. I panelen Alexander Freudenthal, Evert van Berkel och Johanna Paulsson som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor:  GUSTAV MAHLER Sångcykler Alice Coote, mezzosopran Nederländska filharmonikerna Marc Albrecht, dirigent Pentatone PTC 5186 576 FRANZ SCHUBERT Pianosonater D 959 och D 960 Krystian Zimerman DG 479 7588 JOSEPH HAYDN DOMENICO CIMAROSA Il Distratto Symfonier nr 60, 70, 12 Il Maestro di Cappella Riccardo Novaro, baryton Il Giardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini, dirigent Alpha Classics ALPHA 674 ELLIOTT CARTER Late Works Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Colin Currie, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras Birmingham Contemporary Music Group BBC symfoniorkester Oliver Knussen, dirigent Ondine ODE 1296-2 Johan möter Gabriel Schwabe Johan Korssell träffade den 29-årige cellisten på Stockholms-visit, ett samtal om sin alldeles färska CD där han är solist i Saint-Saëns cellokonserter. Schwabe spelar tillsammans med Malmö symfoniorkester under ledning av Marc Soustrot. Inspelningen är gjord på Naxos.  Referensen Schuberts Sonat D 960 Johan jämför med och refererar till Schuberts pianosonat nr 21 D 960 B-dur, med pianisten Wilhelm Kempff. Inspelad 1967 på DG. Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Haydns symfonier i komplett utgivning (box med 32 CD) med The Academy Of Ancient Music, London, ledd av Christopher Hogwood på skivmärket Oiseau Lyre. Il Giardino Armonico ledd av Giovanni Antonini i Mozarts violinkonserter med Isabelle Faust som solist, inspelad på Harmonia Mundi. Mahlers sångcykler med mezzosopranen Christa Ludwig tillsammans med Philharmonia Orchestra i inspelningar ledda av Otto Klemperer och Adrian Boult på märket EMI samt med Berlins filharmoniker ledda av Herbert von Karajan på DG. Vidare rekommenderades Christa Ludwig ackompanjerad på piano av Leonard Bernstein på Sony; Janet Baker tillsammans Halléorkestern under John Barbirolli på EMI; Brigitte Fassbaender med Deutsche Sinfonieorchester ledda av Riccardo Chailly på Decca samt med barytonen Thomas Hampson ackompanjerad av Wiens filharmoniker dirigerade av Leonard Bernstein på DG. Schuberts pianosonater med Wilhelm Kempff på skivmärke DG (Referensen); Andreas Staier, hammarklaver, på Teldec; Alfred Brendel på Philips; Svjatoslav Richter på Music & Arts; Clara Haskil på Archipel; Artur Rubinstein på Philips samt med András Schiff på Decca. Nelson Freire spelar Bach på Decca. Arkadij Volodos spelar Brahms på Sony Classical. Elliott Carters klarinettkonsert med solisten Michael Collins och Londons Sinfonietta ledda av Oliver Knussen på DG. Elliott Carters orkestermusik med Londons Sinfonietta ledd av Oliver Knussen på Virgin Classics. Inget Svep denna vecka

Nach neun Jahren als künstlerische Leiterin verlässt Kammersängerin Brigitte Fassbaender das Richard-Strauss-Festival, das am 24. Juni in Garmisch beginnt. Sylvia Schreiber sprach mit Brigitte Fassbaender unter anderem über den nahenden Abschied, Richard Strauss und welche Stücke des Komponisten am Besten für Kinder geeignet sind.

Ist Benjamin Brittens Bühnen-Erstling "Paul Bunyan" nun Oper, Operette oder Musical? Egal, jedenfalls macht die Geschichte Spaß und Brittens Musik ist ebenso witzig wie originell. Brigitte Fassbaender inszenierte das Werk in Frankfurt - und zündet ein Feuerwerk der präzise gesetzten Pointen.

Unter der Sonne Mallorcas fand mein 1. Gesangs-Workshop im Ausland statt. Mit an Bord war Oresta Cybriwsky, Pianistin, Korrepetitorin, Liedbegleiterin und Vocalcoach. So habe ich die Gelegenheit erfasst und ein Interview mit ihr gemacht. Da wir das auf dem Hotelbalkon geführt haben, sind natürlich Hintergrundgeräusche zu hören. Oresta kommt aus einer Familie von Pianisten und übt den Beruf in der 4. Generation aus. Ihre Wurzeln entstammen der Ukraine, ihre Eltern lernten sich in Salzburg kennen, sie selbst ist in den USA geboren. Schon früh kam sie nach Deutschland, zunächst nach Stuttgart, dann später ans Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, wo wir uns auch kennenlernten. Inzwischen ist sie musikalische Mitarbeiterin an der Bayerischen Theaterakademie. Sie hat zudem viel Erfahrung mit Workshops. Regelmäßig begleitet sie die Teilnehmer der Meisterklassen  von  Christa Ludwig, Brigitte Fassbaender, Sylvia Geszty u.a. Oresta Cybriwsky ist Vermittlerin zwischen den Kontinenten dieser Erde. Sie hat unzählige Länder bereist, Konzerte gemacht und Sänger begleitet. Die deutsche Sprache liegt ihr sehr am Herzen und sie liebt sie, weil sie so ausdrucksstark ist. Kulturaustausch ist ein großes Thema in unserem Gespräch, aber auch, warum sie so großen Wert auf Körperarbeit beim Singen legt. Rhythmus ist nicht im Kopf, sondern im Körper. Deswegen ist sie wie ich der Meinung, dass Tanz sehr wichtig für den Gesang ist. Körpergefühl ist für eine wohlklingende Stimme unabdingbar. Gesang bringt gerade für Menschen, die mitten im Business stehen, viele positive Aspekte. Weil sie sich mit sich selbst beschäftigen müssen und einen anderen Zugang durch die Stimmarbeit zu sich und ihrer Umgebung bekommen. Durch das Singen bleiben sie zudem geistig und körperlich fit. Singen vereint Körper, Geist und Seele. Im Interview gibt es drei Einspielungen mit Oresta Cybriwsky. Zu hören sind die Préludes von Frédéric Chopin op. 28 Nr. 10, 11 und 3 in dieser Reihenfolge. Orestas derzeitiger Leitsatz: Alles hat seine Zeit. Ich vertraue der göttlichen Zeit. Kontaktdaten: Oresta Cybriwsky   Was sie gerade liest: Kleopatra von Stacy Schiff Das hat sie vorher gelesen: Die Glut von Sándor Márai  

Jeden Sommer findet in Garmisch-Partenkirchen das einwöchige Richard-Strauss-Festival statt, das sich in diesem Jahr unter dem Motto "Von Narren und Weisen" den mittleren Tondichtungen des Komponisten widmet. Brigitte Fassbaender, seit 2009 Intendantin des Festivals, gibt vorab einen Einblick.

In A Hologram For The King, Tom Hanks stars as a stressed-out executive with problems at home, trying to land an IT deal with the King of Saudi Arabia. Sue Turton, a former correspondent with Al Jazeera and Channel Four, assesses whether the film captures the realities of doing business in the region.Michael Morpurgo's book Running Wild, about a young boy's adventures lost in the Indonesian jungle, has been brought to life by Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London. Morpurgo, the play's director Timothy Sheader, and Toby Olie - designer of many of the animal puppets - discuss the challenges of the production.Jo Brand returns as nurse Kim Wilde in Going Forward, a brand-new three-part TV comedy series that turns the spotlight on domiciliary care. It's a spin-off series of the critically acclaimed Getting On. Dreda Say Mitchell reviews.After winning the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Opera Awards on Sunday, the German mezzo-soprano opera singer and director Brigitte Fassbaender discusses the difference between singing a Strauss opera and Schubert's lieder, and reveals how despite all her years of performing and directing, she still suffers from dreadful nerves.

Zum 150-jährigen Jubiläum wartete das Münchner Gärtnerplatztheater mit einer Neuinszenierung auf: Rossinis "La Cenerentola". Dazu hat man sich eine große Dame der Oper ans Regiepult geholt: Brigitte Fassbaender.

Soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa chooses the singers she loves the most illustrating with both music and experiences from her own life and career. In this episode Brigitte Fassbaender.

Ein Schauspieler erzählt die alte Sage vom Ritter Peter und der Königstochter Magelone. Zwischendurch erklingen Lieder zu Klavierbegleitung und berichten als Stimmungsbilder vom Auf und Ab der Gefühle. Brigitte Fassbaender konnte in diesem Zyklus ihrer Virtuosität freien Lauf lassen. Julika Jahnke hat sie erzählt, warum dieses starke Stück für sie so besonders ist.

 Under the leadership of conductor Georges Pretre, here are three lovely ladies in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. They are Gundula Janowitz,Brigitte Fassbaender, and Ileana Cotrubas, with Karl Ridderbusch as Baron Ochs.   (69 min.)