The Divine Melancholy of Fritz Wunderlich

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[@musicalme27]

The first lines of this aria are on my husband's (zt'l) gravestone, in the original Russian. It was special message between us. Thank you Lohengrin, from an unending broken 💔.

[@rq3tgunm]

🌈🌈🌈

[@julioverne579]

We are one. Germans. Russians. I Was born in Brazil. Culture makes us one. Politics and Economics devides us.

[@Sauntallday]

"Culture makes us one. Politics and economics divide us." That would make a great tattoo.@@julioverne579

[@johnthetenor]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@britswitz]

Jeder, der ihn, in dieser Rolle erlebt hat, hat gesagt, es wäre seine beste und intensivste gewesen...

[@Praetoriusify]

He's got the tears in his voice! Nobody compares to Fritz, in my book. Such a free lovely sound with power and sensitivity.

[@LohengrinO]

Him and Vickers for me... not Corelli, not DiStefano, not Kraus...

[@veramayer9571]

What a gift he had! No, you will never be forgotten, dearest Fritz... You will live on, with your bright voice, forever youthful, forever bringing us both joy and tears... Whatever he sings is just supremely beautiful and touching. I must say, after hearing Lensky's aria in his rendition, I stopped caring about any of the other characters in the opera.

[@Musicdok]

O my, der Fritz, live in München in 1962 if I am not mistaken. Honestly, his Lensky is incomparable. Even in German, which was customary in the fifties and sixties, singing opera in your native language, I don’t even notice the difference. Like I think his wife said, in many ways Fritz felt a close kinship to the Lensky character. He was and remains THE consummate male singer IMHO.

[@siegfriedderheld7806]

He had a beautiful instrument combined with intelligent interpretation. Alas, death came way too early for this wonderful singer.

[@susanvaughan4210]

And he's my favorite Schubert interpreter!

[@XPRT10R]

My favourite Tenor

[@juanmorales569]

Thank you Lohengrin what a mesmerizing talent he had. It is fascinating how many gifted singers can sing an aria correctly even beautifully but so few can communicate feelings. He can do it form the very first note. What a talent, what an artist!

[@secretofsinging]

He really was/is a WUNDERBAR WUNDERLICH SINGER !!!! SUCH A GORGEOUS VOICE AND...BEAUTIFUL EMOTION !!! HE MADE ME SO HAPPY AND MOVED ME TO CRY...OOOHH SO HEARTBREAKING...

[@evemaniac]

Sogar in deutsch einfach atemberaubend schön.

[@ТатьянаДанилова-э7ы]

Warum "sogar"?😊

[@evemaniac]

@@ТатьянаДанилова-э7ы weil deutsch nicht so einfach gesungen werden kann wie zum Beispiel italienisch. Und weil deutsch für nicht deutsche Ohren hart klingt.

[@sbrysac]

One of your favorites and mine, Montserrat Caballe, talked about Wunderlich and chose Tamino's aria, Das Bildnis....for one of her Desert Island discs. It's available on the BBC site. She sang Pamina with him and gave him a locket with her picture in it.

[@LohengrinO]

many many many singers were extremely to phenomenally talented but even fewer had Magic in their singing (as Onegin65 usually says)... Wunderlich had that unexplained element of Magic that totally transfers you in another realm

[@essevikt]

"Куда, куда вы удалились, весны моей златые дни?" Какой же дивный, просто невероятный это был певец! В его исполнении эта ария звучит совершенно конгениально исполнению на языке оригинала.

[@pilouetmissiou]

Oh Dio mio che bellissimo cantare .... È magnifico.. che pienezza di senso....che artista !

[@LohengrinO]

He is Divine

[@pilouetmissiou]

@@LohengrinO yes..he is...

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

He really is the ultimate, refined crooner.

[@victoriagrapsidou3474]

Μαγικός τενόρος. Υπήρχε πληθώρα καλών καλλιτεχνών τότε.. και ξεχώριζαν οι πραγματικά υπέροχοι. Σήμερα είναι μετρημένοι στα δάκτυλα του ενός χεριού..

[@СветланаКоломыйченко-ц1ж]

Блестящее исполнение!!! Даже забыла, что не на русском языке. Браво, браво, браво!!!

[@predickament]

I heard him in recital in Salzburg doing Dichterliebe and Schone Muellerin with at least 12 encores! Also saw his Tamino there - what an incredible experience and what a beautiful voice

[@marlenehartley7742]

Wonderful❤

[@bernardlowe7191]

Beyond sublime.

[@coloraturaElise]

Nobody sang it better!

[@essevikt]

Сергей Лемешев, - не хочу сказать, что лучше, но, по меньшей мере, на том же уровне гениальности.

[@TD05SSLegacy]

Breath for days! Amazing 😊 !!!

[@PaulFagundes]

Flawless!

[@АронВольфман]

Ария Ленского из "Евгения Онегина"... Тенор прекрасное звучание!

[@aetion]

Μία από τις ωραιότερες φωνές λυρικού τενόρου τής μεταπολεμικής περιόδου. Ευαίσθητη, αισθαντική, συναρπαστική. Κρίμα που έχασε τόσο νωρίς και τόσο άδικα την ζωή του. Σίγουρα είχε να μάς προσφέρει τόσα, μα τόσα πολλά. Ευχαριστώ φίλε μου.

[@LohengrinO]

Τον μουτζωσανε ολοι μαζι

[@augustovalenca796]

Miraculous! This is music making of the highest order. Wunderlich was a consummate master of his craft, and it's such a pleasure to hear him accompanied by such responsive, noble playing from the orchestra. I wonder who's the conductor here. Thank you once again for yet another gem.

[@highbaritone]

Thank you for sharing. A heart stopping sound.

[@Danielap4513]

Grazie Theo per Tchaikovsky. Bravissimo il cantante e magnifica la musica.

[@gabrielefontana908]

Grazie per questa delizia assoluta

[@ulrikemorollo6872]

Grossartig !!!!! Bellissimo!!!!

[@fclpjg]

Ach, a most cherished and dearly missed artiste singing Tchaikovsky on Chinese New Year Second Day evening…

[@KAZELLA1]

Изумительное исполнение. Великий был мастер

[@davidbagnall335]

Great Video ! You might consider Fritz Wonderlich and the H Orchestra etc for a list and did you say "Pink Floyd, The Wall was the last half opened can of Worms " by that T-Shirt selling band ? Great Video !

[@filipp721]

Please in the future add in the description the aria and the opera, as it helps us, who are less experienced, research!! Thanks!

[@musicalme27]

Lensky's aria, from Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky.

[@johnthetenor]

Gorgeous even in German

[@Sauntallday]

His acting is so understated in the quiet moments. Really amazing. Also, it goes without saying that his voice is tremendous. :)

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

PRECIOSA

[@fernandowohllkbody1871]

Maravilloso

[@parisdim4685]

Ευχαριστούμε πολύ!

[@ArianaGramsci]

I found Fritz when I was trying to study Dies Bildnis ist Bezaubernd Schön. His voice is so amazing, and his renditions are always so artistic! He became a big vocal inspiration for me

[@massimocassano2545]

❤

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

Did he ever record "Im Frühling"?

[@erwannarbarz7718]

Ca serait également sympathique de citer le compositeur, qui n'est pas non plus sans talent

[@maxgor-rus8838]

C"est Petr Tchaikovsky ---air de Lensky. "Eugene Oneguine", le grand opera.

[@erwannarbarz7718]

@@maxgor-rus8838 merci pour lui

[@trueimagename]

This is not Lohengrin!!

[@LohengrinO]

Neither am I :D

[@ilecier]

Not Lohengrin? Then it must be Götterdämmerung....😂