Christa Ludwig is such a lovely woman as well as a legend in her own right.

@garyfreedman4389

3 жыл бұрын

She was a beautiful person.

Dear friends, I just came across this wonderful interview. Christa Ludwig was a famous singer, but I did not know her charm and talent for storytelling until today. I am German, but lived in the USA for 30 years. I would like to thank the person who wrote the English subtitles! There were maybe two or three minor glitches (just in case someone wants to be extra perfect), but what a wonderful job, and so important for those of you who want to learn and understand more about Karajan.

What a beautiful voice she had!

Karajan was a genius. A fact that irritates many. But a genius he was.

@Don-md6wn

3 жыл бұрын

I think more people are irritated that he was a Nazi.

@garyfreedman4389

3 жыл бұрын

Karajan was scary brilliant.

@TheVaughan5

3 жыл бұрын

@@Don-md6wn Nonsense. He was cleared by the allied investigators. He joined the party to further his career but took no role in the war or nazi crimes. This is only promoted by jealousy.

@jean-christopheMiquel-ef3ur

3 жыл бұрын

KARAJANIS WAS A NAZI

@jean-christopheMiquel-ef3ur

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheVaughan5 He was not cleared by the allied invistigations. HE WAS IN NAZI PARTI : NSDAP Card n* 237349 He has been a racist and nationalist young austrian.

Thank you Christa Ludwig and well done in this downright honest and plausible eye-witness report !

Rest in peace wonderful Christa. Her performance in "Fidelio" is legendary.

@Don-md6wn

3 жыл бұрын

Also the Das Lied Von Der Erde with Wunderlich conducted by Klemperer. I listened to it yesterday after reading that Ms. Ludwig had died.

@marquefan1

3 жыл бұрын

And Eboli, and Octavian, and Amneris ... and and and

FRau Ludwig, an inmense artist and a lovely lady.

Her passing is a sad loss for the opera world. In the opinion of many (self included), she was the greatest mezzo of the post-war era. Thankfully she has left a huge recorded legacy. Also her many interviews such as this one attest to her down-to-earth, lovely, warm personality. RIP

She looks great.

Christa Ludwig has now passed away. RIP

Karajan spielte offensichtlich mit seiner Macht. Wer seine Gnade nicht mehr hatte, wurde abserviert. Für über 90 sieht Christa Ludwig toll aus. Ihre Karriere ist mittlerweile 27 Jahre her. Und sie erinnert sich offensichtlich noch gerne daran, obwohl sie immer sagt: Ich war froh, als es vorbei war.

@onkelgreifenklau

2 жыл бұрын

wenn man Christa Ludwig zuhört, war er offensichtlich primär Perfektionist und nicht Machtmensch - zumindest im Umgang mit Sängerinnen und Sängern. Wie sonst erklärt sich die Anekdote „du weißt, wo Du mich finden kannst?“

Had his badge only on his desk. How sweet.

Thank you for this! What a treasure...

Die letzte Mezzo-Göttin 🥰

Very good. I'd like to hear from Gundula Janowitz, too.

@garyfreedman4389

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, yes!

In memoriam.

Unforgettable interpreter and marvelous orchestra director

Frau Ludwig should now embark upon her next career as Queen Elizabeth's body double, while for someone who smoked cigarettes on an apparently daily basis (as was the case too with Fischer-Dieskau) her longevity is amazing! Thanks CL for your great music making legacy.

@babsfocker7751

2 жыл бұрын

since the queen's execution on dec 5 2019, I agree Ludwig could play her, but now they have this other old hag, who is complaining daily about playing elizabeth and wants desperately the MSM to finally reveal her death. 2 1/2 years now this double has been playing the queen and she is tired of it.

@stillstanding6031

Жыл бұрын

Cigarettes? Really? Surprising although it's not the first time I've heard this: Caballe proprortedly was a heavy smoker---Camels, no less!

@MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist

Жыл бұрын

Though I recall reading that she very suddenly stopped smoking. At what stage of her life I can’t remember.

Wonderfull

e buon compleanno!

wise words

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

One of the few singers who worked with Karajan as an equal. Most worked with him as subordinates, and we see the results. And then there was Nilsson, who shot from the hip and was arguably even more powerful in the opera world.

Es una pena que estos videos tan interesantes NO estén subtitulados a otros idiomas como el ESPAÑOL. Una verdadera pena. Presumimos de vivir en una época super-tecnologica, y no somos capaces de subtitular estos videos a otras lenguas, que no sea el "dichoso" inglés. Se podrá subsanar esto algún día...???!!! No pierdo la esperanza. Saludos.

RIP

@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536

Жыл бұрын

You too. 🙏.

What is the music excerpt used at the beginning of each of your excellent videos? Is it from Karajan's recording of Adam's Giselle?

@Karajan

3 жыл бұрын

Dear Geoffrey, thank you for your praise! The excerpt is from the comic ballet "Coppélia ou la Fille aux yeux d'émail" by Léo Delibes. Or more precisely Act 1, N.07 "Variation sur un theme slave". The recording is from 1961-04-28 at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche Berlin. With the Berlin Philharmonics conducted by Karajan.

GOD. GENIUS

How would it feel to be a genius

What’s the opening piece?

Nope. No subtitles.

No hay subtitulos

Where are the promised subtitles?

@Don-md6wn

3 жыл бұрын

You have to click on the "cc" button at the bottom of the video.

@jeffreymiller4814

3 жыл бұрын

@@Don-md6wn on your iPhone click the CC in the upper right corner.

Where are the subtitles to the interview?

Why do you say there are English subtitles when there are absolutely none? Where are the English subtitles?

@Jakegothicsnake

3 жыл бұрын

There should be a Closed Caption icon at either the bottom or upper right hand corner of the screen.

I see no English titles.

@Jakegothicsnake

3 жыл бұрын

There should be a Closed Caption icon at either the bottom or upper right hand corner of the screen.

Aufnahme zu leise, man hört ja nix. Für 90 sieht die Ludwig noch toll aus.

@Bumblebeebeebee

3 жыл бұрын

Vielleicht ein Hörgerät? Wenigstens scheinen Nörgeln und Gucken noch zu funktionieren...

where the hell arethe subtitles??????????????????????????????????????

Natürlich perfekt. Ich heisse Jan Neele Perfekt.

ショックを受けた

She finds Karajan's explanation for being a Nazi morally acceptable? ACK

@papagen00

3 жыл бұрын

Karajan was a flawed genius. Let it go.

Interesting.it’s nice to say that he just had the party member card in order to be able to work but others prefered to be honourable.

@stillstanding6031

Жыл бұрын

Frau Ludwig might feel diifferently if she were Jewish. It's easy to explain away inconvenient truths if you were never to object of discrimination. That said, Frau Ludwig was a great artist.

I listened to about 20 seconds of this and then stopped. Christa Ludwig is a hero to me. She is someone whose humanity shines through everthing she has ever done. She is a true artist who speaks to humanity. That is not true of Karajan. He was a technically competent artist who was ambitious and, through good fortune (including an unfortunate past conveniently forgotten - extremely unfortunate, let's be honest) and especially through good marketing (not to say "rehabilitation"which seems to go on well beyond his death - this video is an extraordinary example of it) has somehow - and God know how - a somehow untarnished reputation. Let's turn the page on Karajan and instead celebrate the life and career of Christa Ludwig . .

@MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist

3 жыл бұрын

“an unfortunate past conveniently forgotten” As a totality , it has been exhaustively documented in all the films/ books on him. Also, some of his closest assosciates were Jewish: Alexis Weissenberg and Michel Glotz, and many others. Would they have tolerated him if he clung on to Nazi ideals? I doubt it. “technically competent artist” You need a *bit* more than that to pull you through the complexities (both technical and musical) of Berg’s Three Orchestral Pieces and Mahler 9 to mention just two pieces in his repertoire. It was a very particular vision, and not suited to everything but at his best, the results were extraordinary.

@fiogray

3 жыл бұрын

Even to another great conductor, Sir Georg Solti, Karajan "was perhaps the greatest conductor of the XX century".

@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536

Жыл бұрын

Amen.

Eine Lehrstunde des Interview-Journalismus: "How NOT to do it!"

Genau ein Jahr vor ihrem Tod!

I've always adored Christa Ludwig for her beautiful voice, her musicianship, her artistry, and her willingness to tell the details of her private life in her autobiography (very much recommended). But Karajan? As Birgit Nilsson said, "Nu, where's Herbie?" When you take the lift up the ski slope, nobody gets killed. But the Nazis killed millions of Russians, Jews, Poles, Brits. Sorry, no, I can't get past it -- to me, Karajan was lower than the dirt. I'd happily listen to any other conductor.

So Karajan went to the Nazis to make a faster and better career? And nobody seems to care later. And Ludwig says this like a little joke, a funny story??? That tells you a lot about Karajan and Ludwig. IT MAKES ME PUKE. I am from Salzburg, I am a musician myself.

@marcmitchel25

3 жыл бұрын

@@garynilsson416 If I interpret Birgit Nilsson as she meant, her view was interesting.

@MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist

Жыл бұрын

some of his closest associates were Jewish , and - in one case- had been incarcerated in a concentration camp (Alexis Weissenberg). He was no saint, but.... alot of armchair criticism going on

@ER1CwC

11 ай бұрын

@@MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist Depends on whether its worse to be an opportunist or to be a true believer. I see what you are saying. But Karajan was under no illusions.