Fischer-Dieskau

American  

[fish-er-dee-skou, fish-uhr-dees-kou] / ˈfɪʃ ərˈdi skaʊ, ˈfɪʃ ərˈdis kaʊ /

noun

1. Dietrich 1925–2012, German baritone.

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Fischer-Dieskau British  

/ -ˈdiːskau /

noun

1. Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1925–2012, German baritone, noted particularly for his interpretation of Schubert's song cycles

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Example Sentences

Bumbry’s casting in a staging that included stars Wolfang Windgassen, Victoria de los Angeles and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau resulted in 200 protest letters to the festival.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023

Henze and his forces, which included famed baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, did, though, go into the recording studio.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2018

And so you get these two odd, coinciding figures: Frank and Sinatra, the Chairman of the Board and the Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau of pop—really, the first artist to make thought-through pop albums.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 8, 2015

“Winterreise” itself has been recorded by scores of singers, at least five times by baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2015

I’ve always loved the 1976 recording led by the eminent German conductor Eugen Jochum, with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Hans Sachs.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2015