Friday, May 18, 2012

Singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau has died

Berlin - The singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau has died in the Bavarian mountains near Starnberg, shortly before his 87th Birthday, as his wife, Julia Varady announced. The "singer of the century" Fischer-Dieskau was regarded as probably the most important representatives of romantic lieder singing. He also made it as an opera singer, music teacher and aspiring novelist.