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Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you are no longer audible as an interpreter.
Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs, we can be reminded, among other things, of the social conditions under which... →
Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and... →
Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must... →
If you only do little clusters - three or four songs by one, and another, and then yet another - you lose the opportunity to think your way into the... →
In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of every artist. Our life is occupied... →
It's not all that different with the orchestra. There are orchestras that seem to be encased in dough, so that first you have to break through... →
Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to be very careful. If, at that point, you abandon the work you have been... →
The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the... →
Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking his way into the minds of others, causing them to speak on his behalf, but... →
Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only the works of a single composer, so that the audience could be... →
Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The trick is just to wake thmem up, to sharpen their ears for... →
You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little dolls on the stage. In such an enormous space you can't put much... →
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