Fischer-Dieskau

[ fish-er-dee-skou; German fish-uhr-dees-kou ]

noun

1. Die·trich [dee, -trik, dee, -t, r, i, kh], 1925–2012, German baritone.

Fischer-Dieskau

/ -ˈdiːskau /

noun

1. Fischer-DieskauDietrich19252012MGermanMUSIC: baritone Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1925–2012, German baritone, noted particularly for his interpretation of Schubert's song cycles

Example Sentences

Instead, she saw her position "as a kind of discrimination", as the male soloists, Peter Pears and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, were at the front, near the conductor.

From BBC

Having seen Fischer-Dieskau perform toward the end of his career in the 1980s, I had already half-learned this lesson.

From New York Times

Bumbry’s casting in a staging that included stars Wolfang Windgassen, Victoria de los Angeles and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau resulted in 200 protest letters to the festival.

From Seattle Times

The baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, among the leading lieder advocates of the 20th century, taped about half the songs in the 1970s.

From New York Times

“When I was starting off as a student, I kept seeing people like Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau because they had made so many recordings,” he said.

From New York Times