Fischer-Dieskau also performed and recorded a great many operatic roles.

Beyond his recordings of Lieder and the German opera repertoire, Fischer-Dieskau also recorded performances in the Italian operatic field.

Freni starred in the 1975 film Madama Butterfly opposite Plácido Domingo, with von Karajan conducting and Jean-Pierre Ponnelle directing, and in 1976, played Susanna in the Ponnelle film Le nozze di Figaro, which also featured Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Hermann Prey.

Robert Shaw recorded the cantata already in 1946 and again in 1959, Günther Ramin conducted the Thomanerchor in 1950, Fritz Lehmann conducted the choir of the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Frankfurt with soloists Helmut Krebs and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, also in the Bach Year 1950, the anniversary of Bach's death.

“ Beckett adored Franz Schubert ’ s song cycle, Winterreise ( Winter Journey ) … used to listen spellbound to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ’ s stunning recording of the songs … He also knew about his connections with the town of Graz had stayed there for a time … In the Schubert Lieder, the traveller in the opening poem, Gute Nacht ( Good Night ) has lost his love and journeys disconsolately from May into snowy winter … provided Beckett with the formal structure of his play, moving from spring to winter … suggesting death .”

As an opera singer, Fischer-Dieskau performed mainly in Berlin and at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.

In 1951, Fischer-Dieskau made his first of many recordings of Lieder with Gerald Moore at the EMI Studios, London, including a complete Die schöne Müllerin, and they performed the work on 31 January 1952 at the Kingsway Hall, London in the Mysore Concerts of the Philharmonia Concert Society.

De los Ángeles performed regularly in song recitals with pianists Gerald Moore and Geoffrey Parsons, occasionally appearing with other eminent singers, such as Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

As Henry Pleasants has observed, she has a wider range than most opera singers, and many of the latter, including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, are among her biggest fans.

The diva made many recordings, including Eugene Onegin ( 1956 and 1970 ), Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death ( 1961 and 1976 ), Britten's War Requiem ( with Sir Peter Pears and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, conducted by the composer ; 1963 ), The Poet's Echo ( 1968 ), Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov ( 1970 and 1987 ), Puccini's Tosca ( 1976 ), Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades ( with Regina Resnik, 1976 ), Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk ( 1978 ), Tchaikovsky's Iolanta ( with Nicolai Gedda, 1984 ), and Prokofiev's War and Peace ( 1986 ).

The story regarding Wunderlich's discovery parallels many of his contemporaries ( notably Nicolai Gedda and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ).

Fischer-Dieskau sang parts in ' fringe ' operas by the likes of Ferruccio Busoni and Paul Hindemith as well as appearing in standard works by Verdi and Wagner.

Prey possessed a clear, polished tone-darker and deeper-sounding than his slightly older contemporary Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, but equally refined and equally capable of soaring into the tenor range without the smallest suggestion of vocal effort.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ( 28 May 192518 May 2012 ) was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous Lieder ( art song ) performers of the post-war period, described as " one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century " and " the most influential singer of the 20th Century ".

His music career was launched in 1988 when he won ARD International Music Competition in Munich, earning praise from the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

He has been active as a Lied accompanist and a chamber music partner, appearing with such singers as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elly Ameling and Peter Schreier and string players like Josef Suk and Antonio Janigro.

His older brother Klaus Fischer-Dieskau was a notable Berlin choral director who conducted Fischer-Dieskau several times, including in his only recording of a passion by Heinrich Schütz in 1961.

He accompanied notable instrumentalists such as Pablo Casals and the child prodigy Josef Hassid, but is perhaps best remembered for his work with singers, with notable partnerships including Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Victoria de los Ángeles, Elisabeth Schumann, Maggie Teyte and Kathleen Ferrier.

He had a particular affinity for the art song ( lieder ) repertoire ; the BBC has featured a number of his recordings in its Building a Library recommendations, including his 1961 recording of Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin with Fischer-Dieskau and the 1958 Salzburg Festival recording of Wolf lieder with Schwarzkopf.

Even though classical vocalists generally embark on successful performing careers as soloists by seeking out opera engagements, a number of today's most prominent singers have built their careers primarily by singing art songs, including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Quasthoff, Ian Bostridge, Matthias Goerne, Susan Graham, and

They brought together international stars and emerging talent, including world-renowned figures such as Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Yehudi Menuhin, Sviatoslav Richter and Mstislav Rostropovich, and young stars in the making such as Söderström, Perahia and Bream.

The first recording, featuring Vishnevskaya, Fischer-Dieskau and Pears, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Britten, was produced in 1963.

The French dubbed him " Le miracle Fischer-Dieskau " and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf called him " a born god who has it all.

Among notable singers who were never engaged by Sir Rudolf were Patricia Brooks, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maureen Forrester, Leyla Gencer, Chester Ludgin, Patricia Neway, Magda Olivero, Mirto Picchi, Miriam Pirazzini, Arlene Saunders, Nancy Shade, Rita Shane, Sills, Norman Treigle, Tatiana Troyanos, and Beverly Wolff.

* 1925 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone and conductor ( d. 2012 )

** Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German lyric baritone and conductor ( d. 2012 )

* May 18 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German lyric baritone and conductor ( b. 1925 )

* Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ( born 1925 ), German baritone and conductor

However, following the pioneering recordings of the work by baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau under conductors Paul Kletzki and Leonard Bernstein, the use of baritones in this work has become increasingly common.

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

* German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau had his home there, where he died.

The Daily Telegraph said that he " rivalled Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for the title of the greatest lyrical baritone of his age.

Of special importance is a recording of Mozart's The Magic Flute, conducted by Karl Böhm, in which Wunderlich gave a critically acclaimed performance as Prince Tamino, opposite baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the role of Papageno.

From this period dates the legendary Archiv production featuring baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Hermann Töttcher playing oboe and oboe da caccia in Bach's Cantatas Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 and Ich habe genug, BWV 82.

One of his famous recordings is not of opera but of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, made in 1967 with Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic ; his baritone partner is Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

* Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone singer

* Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone.

Fischer-Dieskau wrote in his introduction to the German edition of The Unashamed Accompanist that " there is no more of that pale shadow at the keyboard, he is always an equal with his partner " and " it is quite apparent how new and unique the type of accompanist is which he represents ," and Moore jealously protected this status of his art, complaining when accompanists he admired were not given billing in concert.

When he was drafted into the Wehrmacht during World War II in 1943, tending horses on the Russian Front, Fischer-Dieskau had just completed his secondary school studies and one semester at the Berlin Conservatory.

* Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

In 1947, Fischer-Dieskau returned to Germany where he launched his professional career as a singer in Badenweiler, singing in Brahms ' Ein Deutsches Requiem without any rehearsal.

* March 21 & 23 1961-EMI records the legendary performance of Brahms German Requiem with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer, with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as soloists.