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Article: Haefliger, Ernst
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- Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Ernst Haefliger
The Swiss tenor Ernst Haefliger (1919-2007) was termed
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one of the finest of all lyric tenors
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by London's
Daily Telegraph.
Haefliger never achieved the superstar status of tenors like Luciano Pavarotti or Pl
á
cido Domingo. Yet among connoisseurs of classical vocal art his reputation remained at the highest level over a career that lasted more than 60 years. Haefliger's strength was his versatility. While most singers in the field of classical music specialize in a single area, such as opera, classical songs, or oratorios like Handel's
Messiah
, Haefliger performed music from all of these areas with equal confidence and with a characteristic grace and ...
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Article: For Haefliger, a Fine Debut
The Washington Post;
December 5, 1994 ;
468 words
... ... joined by a new poet of the keyboard, Andreas Haefliger. The son of vocalist Ernst Haefliger made an auspicious Kennedy Center recital debut ... he listens to himself intently as he plays. Haefliger already has amassed an impressive list of credits ...
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