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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012)

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He recorded in French, Russian, Hebrew and Hungarian. See more trivia »

Born:

Albert Dietrich Fischer
in Berlin, Germany

Died:

(age 86) in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
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1995 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Autumn Journey (TV movie)
 
1981 Das Käthchen von Heilbronn oder: Die Feuerprobe (TV movie)
Kaiser
 
1981 Elektra
Orestes
 
1975 Le nozze di Figaro
Il Conte di Almaviva
 
1972 Novae de infinito laudes (TV movie)
Baß
 
1971 Die Zauberflöte (TV movie)
Sprecher
 
1965 Don Carlo (TV movie)
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa
 
1963 Le nozze di Figaro (TV movie)
Il Conte Almaviva
 
1961 Don Giovanni (TV movie)
Don Giovanni
 
1960 Arabella (TV movie)
Mandryka
 
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2006 Children of Men (performer: "Kindertotenlieder: Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n" / as Dietrich Fischer Dieskau)
 
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley (performer: "MACHE DICH, MEIN HERZE, REIN")
 
1989 Too Beautiful for You (performer: "MESSE EN MI BEMOL MAJEUR D 950: Sanctus" / as Fischer-Dieskau)
 
1989 War Requiem ("War Requiem, Op. 66")
 
1988 Bright Lights, Big City ("Nun Will Die Sonn' So Hell Aufgehn")
 
1985 La huella del crimen: El caso del cadáver descuartizado (TV movie) (performer: "Sinfonia 4ª in E minor op: 9")
 
1979 Drugstore Romance (performer: "Requiem Opus 48")
 
1974 La gueule ouverte ("COSI FAN TUTTE")
 
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2012 Ouvertüre 1912 - Die Deutsche Oper Berlin (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Wagners Meistersänger, Hitlers Siegfried (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Julia Varady, ou Le chant possédé (TV documentary)
Himself - her husband
 
1982 Karl Böhm bei den Proben zu 'Elektra' (TV documentary)
 
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2013 The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (TV movie)
Himself - In Memoriam
 
1998 Mozart: A Quest for Freedom (TV documentary)
Il Conte di Almaviva
 
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Other Works:

(1965) He began his American tour in New York City to sing Schubert's opera, "Winterreise," cycle without intermission. See more »

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Trivia:

He recorded in French, Russian, Hebrew and Hungarian. See more »

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