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Ian Bostridge takes up teaching post

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norman lebrecht

September 04, 2020

The English tenor has been named guest professor for singing at the University of Music and Theater Munich in the 2020-21 academic year.

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Guest says:

September 4, 2020 at 3:14 pm

This great news! Another generation of singers will be taught to employ straight tone when singing Lieder!

AngloGerman says:

September 4, 2020 at 5:37 pm

Or taught to sound (and look) like a cadaver…

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- Garech deb Brun says:
  
  September 4, 2020 at 5:47 pm
  
  What on earth is an Anglo German? Try to play the ball not the man.
  
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  - AngloGerman says:
    
    September 4, 2020 at 7:01 pm
    
    Whilst his interpretative thought may be in the right place (certainly from an academic standpoint), his singing is frankly atrocious, and I shudder at the thought of young singers copying his ‘technique’.
    
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  - Martin Snell says:
    
    September 5, 2020 at 5:21 pm
    
    I would assume that an Anglo German, as opposed to an anglophile German, is someone with dual nationality.
    
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- True North says:
  
  September 4, 2020 at 7:16 pm
  
  I have much enjoyed Mr. Bostridge’s recordings and recitals over the years. I don’t recall hearing yours…
  
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Anon says:

September 4, 2020 at 10:21 pm

What a wonderful professor he will be! I hope he’ll have a chance to share his extensive knowledge in non-musical areas as well. His academic accomplishments are impressive!

Eric says:

September 5, 2020 at 2:17 pm

What is he supposed to teach? How to have a career with no voice or real technique? Just watching him jiggle about on the stage while scrunching up his face in “expressive” concentration is unbearable.