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  Obituary: Ernst Haefliger | Obituaries | guardian.co.uk
The final teacher of Ernst Haefliger was Fernando Carpi, not Capri as originally stated in this article.
The distinguished Swiss tenor Ernst Haefliger, who has died aged 87, was one of the most versatile singers of his time, equally at home in opera, oratorio and recital.
From 1952, Haefliger was resident at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin.
www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,,2037874,00.html   (586 words)

  
 Ernst Haefliger (Tenor) - Short Biography
Ernst Haefliger studied at the Wettinger Seminary and the Zürich Conservatory.
Ernst Haefliger is applauded as one of the world's great Lieder singers, and his recitals have evoked the highest praise from critics throughout the world.
Ernst Haefliger was Professor of singing at the Munich Hochschule für Musik from 1971.
www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/Haefliger-Ernst.htm   (648 words)

  
 Classical Music News:: The Classical Source News:: Ernst Haefliger Dies Aged 87 :: Classical Music News
Ernst Haefliger the Swiss tenor was born on 6 July 1919 and died on 17 March 2007.
Ernst Haefliger also appeared at the Proms in 2002, in the speaking part of Schoenberg's "Gurrelieder".
Ernst Haefliger was also a champion of new music as well as being active as a recording artist; his discography includes two notable versions of Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde", one conducted by Bruno Walter, the other by Eugen Jochum.
www.classicalsource.com /db_control/db_news.php?id=693   (148 words)

  
 Swiss tenor Ernst Haefliger dies
Haefliger was the leading lyric tenor with the Deutsche Oper Berlin between 1952 and 1972 and sang all of the tenor parts for Mozart's compositions.
Haefliger, who was born July 6, 1919, in Davos, studied singing and violin in Zurich, before becoming a singer with the Zurich Operahouse.
Haefliger's son Andreas is a noted concert pianist who performs around the world with many orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Danish Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
www.cbc.ca /arts/music/story/2007/03/18/haefliger-tenor-obit.html?ref=rss   (809 words)

  
 Ernst Haefliger, 87, Swiss Tenor Famous for Lieder and Oratorios, Dies - New York Times
Ernst Haefliger, a Swiss tenor who was most renowned as an interpreter of German art song and oratorio roles, died on Saturday in Davos, Switzerland, where he maintained a second home.
Ernst Haefliger (pronounced HEFF-ligger) was born in Davos on July 6, 1919, and studied at the Wettinger Seminary and the Zurich Conservatory before moving to Vienna, where he became a student of the tenor Julius Patzak.
Haefliger made his debut at Glyndebourne in 1956, as Tamino, and at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, in the same role, in 1966.
www.nytimes.com /2007/03/21/arts/music/21haefliger.html?ex=1332129600&en=5f34e936b35dd3c0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (524 words)

  
 Music news: Tenor Ernst Haefliger Dies at 87
Ernst Haefliger, the Swiss tenor noted for his interpretations of oratorio and lieder, died on Saturday (March 17) at age 87, reports the Associated Press.
Haefliger was the leading lyric tenor with the Deutsche Oper Berlin between 1952 and 1972, where he sang numerous Mozart roles as well as Hans in Smetana's Bartered Bride.
A regular guest at the festivals of Salzburg, Glyndebourne and Lucerne, Haefliger was particularly praised for his interpretation of the Evangelist in Bach's Passions with the Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra under Karl Richter (with whom he recorded the works for DG Archiv).
www.grassrocks.com /2007-03-23/257.html   (599 words)

  
 New Year Concert 2006_ÐÂÄêÒôÀÖ»á
Haefliger will also tour Switzerland with the Slovenian Philharmonic, and performs a Mozart concerto in the Beijing New Year's concert.
Andreas Haefliger has devised a recital series "Perspectives on Beethoven", which he will perform over six years, placing the sonatas of Beethoven in a different musical context each season, and recording each programme for the Avie label.
Haefliger has most recently released a disc of Mozart's Piano Sonatas on the Avie label, shortly followed by a mixed recital disc including works by Beethoven and Thomas Ad¨¨s, both of which have attracted widespread critical acclaim.
www.emmaent.com /newyear/pianist.asp   (417 words)

  
 Wolfgang Lempfrid: Ernst Haefliger (DW)
Für einen Sänger ein mutiges Unterfangen, denn Haefliger verzichtet damit auf all das, wodurch sich das Publikum und die Stimmfetischisten beeindrucken lassen: Anstelle von Klangschönheit, strahlender Höhen und lyrischem Schmelz erarbeitet er ein subtiles, bis in die letzten Nuancen stimmiges Psychogramm des Menschen Florestan.
Die folgen den Monate nutzte Haefliger zur Vorbereitung: Er studierte bei Julius Patzak in Wien und bei Francesco Carpi in Prag.
1949 wirkte Ernst Haefliger bei der Uraufführung von Orffs "Antigonae" in Salzburg mit.
www.koelnklavier.de /texte/interpreten/haefliger.html   (751 words)

  
 Andreas Haefliger   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Swiss pianist Andreas Haefliger (born in Berlin) is now is regarded as one of the foremost pianists of his generation.
Haefliger will also be performing extensively in recital including at the Wigmore Hall in London, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus and Lisbon as well as in the USA in Cleveland, Washington DC and Toronto.
In June 1998, Haefliger made his debut in Japan with both the NHK Symphony Orchestra and Kioi Hall Orchestra, which included performances in both Tokyo and Osaka.
www.ehrsamproductions.com /archive/inter/artist/haefliger.html   (1131 words)

  
 The two tenors: Ben Heppner and Ernst Haefliger are voices above the crowd in 'Gurrelieder'
In the present performances that artist will be retired Swiss tenor, Ernst Haefliger, 80 -- a stalwart of the LP era, whose recordings of the Mozart opera, mostly conducted by the late Ferenc Fricsay, are classics of their kind still unmatched by anything produced in the era of CDs.
Haefliger describes as a high point of his seven-decade career a performance of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" in which the great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau" was the Speaker (in this opera, a principal singing role).
Haefliger's two sons are poised to continue the family's musical tradition.
www.post-gazette.com /magazine/19990917heppner3.asp   (1275 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Swiss Opera Singer Ernst Haefliger Dies - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment
Ernst Haefliger, the Swiss opera singer renowned for his oratorio and lieder, has died, a Lucerne Festival spokeswoman said Sunday.
Haefliger died Saturday from acute heart failure in the southeastern town of Davos, said Barbara Higgs, spokeswoman for the yearly Lucerne music event.
Haefliger was born July 6, 1919, in Davos.
www.foxnews.com /printer_friendly_wires/2007Mar18/0,4675,ObitHaefliger,00.html   (273 words)

  
 Ernst Haefliger (Tenor), Jorg Ewald Dahler (Hammerflugel) / Schubert: Schwanengesang
Ernst Haefliger (Tenor), Jorg Ewald Dahler (Hammerflugel) / Schubert: Schwanengesang
Schubert: Winterreise Ernst Haefliger (Tenor), Jorg Ewald Dahler (Hammerflugel)
Schubert Lieder Ernst Haefliger (Tenor), Jorg Ewald Dahler (Hammerflugel)
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 Expect Exciting Finish To Howland Piano Festival
Andreas Haefliger has garnered high praise in Europe, North America and Asia for interpretations that are poised, elegant and filled with an unusually rich musical culture.
A prolific recitalist, Haefliger performs regularly in all the major music capitals and collaborates with several artists, including his father, the eminent tenor Ernst Haefliger, with whom he performed Schubert’s Winterreise at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as well as in London and Milan.
A native of Switzerland, Andreas Haefliger has been steeped in music since childhood, growing up in a musical household and completing his studies at the Julliard School.
www.pcnr.com /news/2003/0226/Cultural_Events.htm/023.html   (243 words)

  
 Ernst Haefliger - Biographie - Musinfo
Ernst Haefliger is one of the most legendary oratorio and lieder singers of this century.
Haefliger, under the direction of Ferenc Fricsay, recorded numerous Mozart operas and Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’ for Deutsche Gramophon, he also recorded ‘Das Lied von der Erde’ under the direction of Bruno Walter Mahler for Columbia Records.
Haefliger continues to impart his bel canto technique at numerous master classes in Zurich, Japan and America.
www.musinfo.ch /index.php?content=maske_personen&pers_id=203&action=open_it   (216 words)

  
 Ernst Haefliger - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Ernst Haefliger (Davos, 6 de julio de 1919).
Ernst Haefliger es miembro honorífico de la Hochschule für Musik und Theater de Múnich.
Artículo sobre Ernst Haefliger en el Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ernst_Haefliger   (385 words)

  
 Swiss Tenor Ernst Haefliger; Pillar of Berlin Opera, European Festivals - washingtonpost.com
Ernst Haefliger, the Swiss opera singer renowned for his oratorio and minstrelsy, died March 17 from acute heart failure in the southeastern town of Davos, Switzerland.
Haefliger was the leading lyric tenor with the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1952 to 1972 and sang all of Mozart's tenor parts and performed as Hans in Smetana's "Verkaufte Braut."
Haefliger earned particular praise for his interpretation of the Evangelist in Bach's Passions with the German Bach choir of Munich, directed by Karl Richter, according to an appraisal by the Lucerne Festival.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031901822.html   (522 words)

  
 Swiss opera singer Ernst Haefliger dies at 87 - International Herald Tribune
LUCERNE, Switzerland: Swiss opera singer Ernst Haefliger — renowned for his oratorio and Lieder — died in the southeastern town of Davos, a Lucerne Festival spokeswoman said Sunday.
Haefliger died from acute heart failure on Saturday, said Barbara Higgs, spokeswoman for the yearly Lucerne music event.
A regular guest at the festivals of Salzburg in Austria, Glyndebourne in Britain and Lucerne, Haefliger earned particular praise for his interpretation of the Evangelists in Bach's Passions, with the German Bach choir of Muenchen directed by Karl Richter, according to an appraisal by the Lucerne Festival.
www.iht.com /articles/ap/2007/03/18/arts/EU-A-E-MUS-Switzerland-Obit-Haefliger.php   (407 words)

  
 Ernst Haefliger | Times Online Obituary
Haefliger was the principal lyric tenor at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, from 1952 to 1972.
Haefliger was always praised for his innate artistry.
Ernst Haefliger, tenor, was born on July 6, 1919.
www.timesonline.co.uk /tol/comment/obituaries/article1593369.ece   (803 words)

  
 Ernst Haefliger, 87, Opera Tenor - March 19, 2007 - The New York Sun
LUCERNE, Switzerland — Ernst Haefliger, the Swiss opera singer renowned for his oratorio and Lieder, died Saturday in the southeastern town of Davos, a Lucerne Festival spokeswoman said.
Haefliger died from acute heart failure, Barbara Higgs, spokeswoman for the yearly Lucerne music event, said yesterday.
A regular guest at the festivals of Salzburg in Austria, Glyndebourne in Britain, and Lucerne, Haefliger earned particular praise for his interpretation of the Evangelists in Bach's Passions, with the German Bach choir of München directed by Karl Richter, according to an appraisal by the Lucerne Festival.
www.nysun.com /obituaries/ernst-haefliger-87-opera-tenor/50716   (310 words)

  
 En bref - Mort du ténor suisse Ernst Haefliger
Davos/Lucerne -- Le célèbre ténor suisse Ernst Haefliger s'est éteint samedi à Davos à l'âge de 87 ans.
Ernst Haefliger est né le 6 juillet 1919 à Davos.
Doté, selon les critiques, d'une voix d'une grande pureté au timbre argentin, Ernst Haefliger a enregistré de nombreux disques.
www.ledevoir.com /2007/03/19/135610.html   (225 words)

  
 Classical music/dance Reviews: Schwarz conducts a magnificent concert
Andreas Haefliger was the soloist in Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto and Gerard Schwarz, after an absence from the podium for more than a month, was the conductor.
The Swiss-born musician, son of the great tenor Ernst Haefliger, has long enjoyed an admirable reputation as a pianist of refinement and taste.
Haefliger is a musician with a highly cultivated sensibility.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /classical/248915_sso19q.html?source=rss   (927 words)

  
 Ernst Haefliger, Swiss Tenor, Dies at 87 - New York Times
Ernst Haefliger was born in Davos on July 6, 1919, and studied at the Wettinger Seminary and the Zurich Conservatory before moving to Vienna, where he became a student of the tenor Julius Patzak.
In recent years, he appeared as the Speaker in Schoenberg’s “Gurrelieder” with James Levine and the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 2001; he sang the Schubert song cycle “Die Winterreise” in a recital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his son the pianist Andreas Haefliger in 1995.
Haefliger taught for many years at the Munich Hochschule für Musik and published a book, “Die Singstimme” (“The Singing Voice”), in 1983.
www.nytimes.com /2007/03/20/arts/music/20haefliger.html?ex=1332043200&en=9f45482d76b8b3f5&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (508 words)

  
 Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
When he does tinker with the text, for instance emphasizing the low trombones to usher in the Credo's coda, the result invariably sounds right: it's the most thrilling version of this passage on disc.
Excellent soloists, tenor Ernst Haefliger in particular, cap an enduring vision of the work.
Yes, Haefliger uses the German version (a fact that will make purists cringe but that was inevitable in 1964--remember, DG was basically a local German label then), but better a singer who understands what he is singing about than one who does not.
www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=4964   (342 words)

  
 Swiss opera singer Ernst Haefliger dies at 87 | www.azstarnet.com ®
Swiss opera singer Ernst Haefliger dies at 87
LUCERNE, Switzerland — Ernst Haefliger, the Swiss opera singer renowned for his oratorio and lieder, has died, a Lucerne Festival spokeswoman said Sunday.
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 Swiss Opera Singer Ernst Haefliger Dies
LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) - Ernst Haefliger, the Swiss opera singer renowned for his oratorio and Lieder, died Saturday in the southeastern town of Davos, a Lucerne Festival spokeswoman.
Haefliger died from acute heart failure, Barbara Higgs, spokeswoman for the yearly Lucerne music event, said Sunday.
A regular guest at the festivals of Salzburg in Austria, Glyndebourne in Britain and Lucerne, Haeflinger earned particular praise for his interpretation of the Evangelists in Bach's Passions, with the German Bach choir of Muenchen directed by Karl Richter, according to an appraisal by the Lucerne Festival.
www.breitbart.com /article.php?id=D8NUL8680&show_article=1   (297 words)

  
 Ernst Haefliger, opera tenor, dies : Obituaries : The Rocky Mountain News
Ernst Haefliger, opera tenor, dies : Obituaries : The Rocky Mountain News
LUCERNE, Switzerland - Ernst Haefliger, the renowned Swiss opera singer, has died, a Lucerne Festival spokeswoman said Sunday.
Haefliger died Saturday from acute heart failure in the southeastern town of Davos, said Barbara Higgs, spokeswoman for the yearly music event.
www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/obituaries/article/0,1299,DRMN_45_5427490,00.html   (397 words)

  
 Journal • Arts • Lorenz Keyboard Concert
The Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concerts will present pianist Andreas Haefliger playing works by Beethoven, Bartok and Brahams on Friday, Feb. 25 at 8 p.m.
On Saturday, the Keyboard Concerts and The Music Teachers Association of California, Fresno Branch, will co-host a lecture by Haefliger entitled, “Beethoven Perspectives.” It will be held at 10 a.m.
Son of the great tenor Ernst Haefliger, the Swiss pianist has secured for himself international status of the highest order as a leading soloist with orchestra, recitalist, chamber musician, and recording artist.
www.csufresno.edu /journal/vol8/06/arts/lorenz.shtml   (151 words)

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