By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer It could not have been otherwise. In keeping with his unmistakable style, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died on May 18, on the same day as his championed Gustav Mahler. In May, as in Schumann Dichterliebe’s In the Marvelous Month of May, the song with which that baritone opened up an undreamed-of universe … Continue reading Farewell to Atlas: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012)