I had the privilege to hear him sing this in person (albeit in English.) Delightful as always. He doesn't have Fischer-Dieskau's diction, but then he was not a native speaker, either.
I had this on video for a while and It was terribleIt frighten me as a little kid. It was terrifying and dull. However this Papageno is the best one I have ever seen on video. The only time it is watchable Is when he is on but he's worth it I'm straight but I have a crush on him. It's sad he died young he would have been great in so many productions. I would love to have seen him in the excelent 1991 Levine/ Battle/Moll production (I have nothing against Manfred Hemm).
I want to buy a dvd of The Magic Flute but am worried I'll be disappointed it won't be as good as this production... anyone have any suggestion?
babette602001 4 months ago
I had the privilege to hear him sing this in person (albeit in English.) Delightful as always. He doesn't have Fischer-Dieskau's diction, but then he was not a native speaker, either.
OlDoinyo 1 year ago
Beautiful.
BrianJosephMorgan 1 year ago
I thought I would never get to see this again!
Thanks so much for posting it. Such a wonderful talent, what a loss.
sittinginthebasement 2 years ago
Bravo!
BrianJosephMorgan 2 years ago
I had this on video for a while and It was terribleIt frighten me as a little kid. It was terrifying and dull. However this Papageno is the best one I have ever seen on video. The only time it is watchable Is when he is on but he's worth it I'm straight but I have a crush on him. It's sad he died young he would have been great in so many productions. I would love to have seen him in the excelent 1991 Levine/ Battle/Moll production (I have nothing against Manfred Hemm).
beatlesopera 3 years ago
this is a really nice performance, but his German is not very good.
neshamah08 3 years ago 5
I really adore him. <3
KMMconnection 4 years ago
I do too. Very sorry to read that he died in 1991 at age forty. A loss for all of us.
rhody17 3 years ago 3
He's soooo great!
arash505 4 years ago
This is the best Papagena I've heard for a long, long, time.
nishmat 4 years ago
I have seen lots of Papagenos over the years and no one has been better than Stephen Dickson.
BurghTunes 4 years ago 2
I really enjoy his voice. However, have you heard Simon Keenlyside do this? I LOVE his interpretation. I think it's the best I've heard
tiernan87 3 years ago
ich liebe dich
VnKSoN 4 years ago