Fritz Peter (singer)

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Fritz Peter (* 7. November 1925 in Camorino , † 8. January 1994 in Oberrieden ZH ) one was Swiss singer of the vocal range tenor .

Live and act

Fritz Peter initially did an apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer . He then studied singing from 1945 to 1948 with the soprano Annelies Gamper and Elfriede Lemmer in Winterthur , from 1948 to 1955 with the soprano Margherita Perras in Zurich and then with Vito Frazzi in Siena and with Alphons Fischer in Stuttgart .

From 1955 to 1961 he was engaged at the Städtische Bühne Ulm , where, in addition to roles as a lyric tenor, he also took on roles as a hero tenor , such as Florestan in Fidelio , Don José in Carmen , Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera and Max in Der Freischütz . He then worked at the Zurich City Theater / Opera House until 1990 . There he sang tenor roles in operas and operettas such as Si j'étais roi , Lulu , Wozzeck , Il matrimonio segreto , Martha , Il re cervo , Jenůfa , Der Graf von Luxemburg , Paganini , Don Giovanni , Die Entführung aus dem Serail , Die Zauberflöte , The merry women of Windsor , Orpheus in the underworld , Il barbiere di Siviglia , L'italiana in Algeri , The Bartered Bride , The Gypsy Baron , The Mastersingers of Nuremberg , Tannhauser and The Bird Trader .

In world premieres he sang in Greek Passion by Bohuslav Martinů (1961, director: Herbert Graf , musical director: Paul Sacher ), Barbasuk by Paul Burkhard (1961, director: Kurt Wilhelm , musical director: Victor Reinshagen ), Madame Bovary by Heinrich Sutermeister ( 1967, director: Michael Hampe , musical director: Reinhard Peters ) and An Angel Comes to Babylon by Rudolf Kelterborn (1977, director: Götz Friedrich , musical director: Ferdinand Leitner ).

As a soloist, Fritz Peter received invitations to guest appearances, for example at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Oper Frankfurt am Main , the Hamburg State Opera , the Grand Théâtre de Genève , the Theater St. Gallen , the Theater Basel , and the Lucerne Theater and the Nice Opera . With the ensemble of the Zurich Opera House, he made guest appearances at La Scala in Milan , at the Dresden State Opera , at the Helsinki Opera , at the Wiener Festwochen and at the Edinburgh Festival .

Fritz Peter also appeared as a concert singer . In 1990 he retired, but continued to appear in smaller roles at the Zurich Opera House until 1993.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Work data on L'incoronazione di Poppea based on the MGG with discography in Operone
  2. ↑ Work data on Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria based on the MGG with discography in Operone
  3. ↑ Magic world of opera at Discogs (English)
  4. ↑ Immortal Operetta at Discogs (English)
  5. ↑ Cornelius: The Barber Of Baghdad on arkivmusic.com
personal data
SURNAME Peter, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Camorino
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1994
Place of death Oberrieden ZH