Hans Hotter-Mastersinger A big Wagnerian voice, which is heavy, has its problems adjusting to Lieder, but if a ' forte' is a big apple, then a ' piano ' is not a slice of that apple, but a whole small apple.
In conversation with Michael Oliver , the German bass-baritone
Hans Hotter talks about his career as a leading soloist, opera producer and now a teacher, as well as his meetings with Richard Strauss , the opera producer
Wieland Wagner and the conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler. Producer JOHN BOUNDY