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“Nicht jeder Schreier ist ein Sänger, aber jeder Sänger wäre froh, ein Schreier zu sein.” “Not every screamer (Schreier) is a singer, but every singer would be glad to be a (Peter) Schreier.” Bass-baritone Theo Adam on his Dresden colleague Peter Schreier.
Thank you for that precious quote from another superb singer… I’ve always wanted to find a pithy comment about “Schreier,” but was never clever enough to come up with one! Many thanks to “the man” (Adam = man), and to you!
It comes not at all as a surprise that Schreier is lovely.
But Bjoerling had a one-in-a-million voice, and is absolutely heavenly in this recording.
Also a fantastic Mime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC2WRklz-9M
And a great witch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5N9TmE9sU8
Jussi Bjoerling gets my vote. What a singeer! Schreier is sometimes zu gut genannt, too-well named. I also like Gerhard Huesch, and Liszt’s transcription played by Rchmaninoff, Horowitz, and Sofronitzki.
Schreier: Exquisite, faultless, admirable…
Björling: Unparalleled voice, abundant passion in the expression, full of pathos, the CLEAR “winner”…