"The audience is a community of interpreters" • Christian Gerhaher, baritone - LTCL Ep 90 

"We don't always have to convince the audience - we make an offer." -Christian Gerhaher
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Baritone Christian Gerhaher describes what the NYT called “the world’s greatest song partnership” with pianist Gerold Huber. He also talks about his encounters with legendary singers Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, and why he spearheaded the German artists’ fight against a pandemic lockdown all the way to the Supreme Court.
Running time 50 minutes • filmed May 2021 Munich • film katalog-film.de
0:00 Intro and Schumann Excerpt
1:10 Host intro and title sequence
1:56 Start of conversation: wellness, community, lawsuits
7:01 Bringing audiences back
11:19 Start with medical studies, Musical start
15:25 Gerold Huber, collaborative pianist
17:05 Arranging your own concerts?
20:57 Musician’s health, pacing
23:46 Perfection, nerves, concentration?
29:48 Practicing by not singing?
31:46 Becoming an operatic role?
37:06 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
42:13 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf anecdote
46:30 Inspirations and hopes
49:12 End Credits