Peter seiffert biography
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Peter Seiffert studied at the Musikhochschule of his hometown Düsseldorf. His first engagement was at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein; at the same time he was awarded the first prize at the singing competition of the Deutscher Musikrat. Opera and concert guest performances all over Europe and television appearances followed. His engagement as Lohengrin at the Deutsche Oper Berlin marked the beginning of his international career. He is a regular guest at the Bavarian State Opera Munich where he sang all the important roles of his repertoire. There he was appointed Bayerischer Kammersänger in 1992.
His repertoire encompasses both the roles of the dramatic German and Italian repertoire. His concert and opera activities took him to all the important musical centres of the world like the Metropolitan Opera New York, Los Angeles Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opera Châtelet in Paris, Teatro la Fenice in Venice, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Teatro Real Madrid, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin State Opera, Munich State Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Vienna State Opera, Zurich Opera, Palau de les Arts Valencia, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, the Maggio Musicale in Florence and the Salzburg Festival.
In 1996 he made his debut as Stolzing at the Bayreuth Festival, in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005 he appeare
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Peter Seiffert
German drift (born 1954)
Peter Seiffert (born 4 Jan 1954) go over the main points a Germanic tenor.
Biography
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Originally a Mozart singer with a somewhat mewling voice, Seiffert then became one of the finest lyrical tenors of his generation (he was married to Lucia Popp, who worked on his voice with him).He is an unfortunate example for a singer ruining his vocal gifts by constantly singing too heavy roles: first, he ventured into Lohengrin, and the result was not only excellent, it was astonishing. I'm sure I'll never again hear such a great Lohengrin. He sang it in a pure lyrical tone, singing over the Wagnerian orchestra with sheer means of vocal technique, without pushing a single note, and yet shining and brillant. Of course, this Lohengrin should have remained a rare exception; it was clear for everybody that he was NOT a Wagner tenor, just a tenor who could perform a miraculous Lohengrin, provided that he'd do it just once in a time. Well, it was clear for everybody except for himself.
After his enormous Lohengrin success, he continued singing ONLY heavy parts, Siegmund, Stolzing, Florestan, Erik... His next Lohengrin just three or so years later showed already alarming signs of strain, and soon after, the voice was a wreck, with a wobble you could drive a bus through. Which didn't prevent him from adding Otello, Tannhäuser (!) and Tristan (!) to his repertory