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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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 faith in the personal presence of the individual singer, which is reflected in facial expressions, among other things.

– Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start.

– Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you are no longer audible as an interpreter.

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity.

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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 with playing, whether we play an instrument or a role.

– Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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 doing, there is a good chance that you will just collapse and drift.

– Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.

– Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

All music has to speak in some form or other.

– Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must resist it: levelling, and imitation of what others are already doing.

– Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out.

– Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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 the normal routine, and clear out the openings.

– Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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 what’s already there in the music.

– Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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