Fritz Peter (singer)
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.
Discography
- L'incoronazione di Poppea , direction Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Telefunken, 1979
- Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria , directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Telefunken, 1980
- on Zauberwelt Der Oper , Concert Hall: Don Pasquale (Ernesto), Der Freischütz (Max), Tristan und Isolde (Tristan), Die Walküre (Siegmund)
- on Immortal Operetta , Concert Hall: Paganini (Paganini), Viktoria und her Husar (Stefan Koltay), Mask in Blue (Operetta) (Armando Cellini), Madame Pompadour (Count René)
- The Barber of Baghdad , led by Ferdinand Leitner , profile, 2008
literature
- Paul Suter: Fritz Peter . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1396 f.
- Peter, Fritz. In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 4. de Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-598-44088-X , p. 3622 ( Google books ).
Web links
- Fritz Peter in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Fritz Peter at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Work data on L'incoronazione di Poppea based on the MGG with discography in Operone
- ↑ Work data on Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria based on the MGG with discography in Operone
- ↑ Magic world of opera at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Immortal Operetta at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Cornelius: The Barber Of Baghdad on arkivmusic.com
personal data | |
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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 |