Hermann Prey
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Biography
As a young teenager the German baritone singer Hermann Prey narrowly escaped being drafted into the German army after the allied forces entered Berlin and hostilities ceased. Prey went on to study voice at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin and won the Hessischer Rundfunk prize at Frankfurt in 1952. He began to perform recitals and made his opera debut the following year playing Moruccio in Eugen d'Albert's 'Tiefland'. Following a series of performances of the opera with Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Prey joined the Hamburg State Opera where he remained until 1960.
Prey's natural ebullience made him a popular casting choice for directors looking for a leading baritone to play parts written in the comic Italian opera style. His virtuosic performances and natural comic acting ability endeared him to audiences around the world and he began to get film and TV parts performing opera; he played Figaro in the 1976 film 'Le Nozze di Figaro' produced by the French opera director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Prey became a popular TV celebrity in Germany often appearing with Fritz Wunderlich. Later in his career Prey taught at the University of Music in Hamburg. He died in Krailling, Bavaria at the age of 69 in 1998.
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- Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1: "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" featuring Hermann Prey
- Der Freischütz · Oper in 3 Akten: Ouvertüre (Orchester) featuring Hermann Prey
- Traditional: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier featuring Hermann Prey
- Capriccio, Op.85: Wir kehren zurück in die Welt des Salons featuring Hermann Prey
- Cavalieri:: Scena VII Nr. 31-45 "Io son, io son il Mondo" - O come il mondo" by Tatiana Troyanos
- Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1 - "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" featuring Hermann Prey
- Cavalieri:: Scena V Nr. 27/28 Corpo/Anima (con Echo): "Non so"/"Vò dimandarne al cielo" featuring Hermann Prey
- Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): Act II, "Bravo! Che bella voce!" featuring Hermann Prey
- Act II: Schäume, schäume by Hermann Prey
- Der Zigeunerbaron, Act II: So voll Fröhlichkeit gibt es weit und breit. Keine Stadt wie die Wienerstadt featuring Hermann Prey
- Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): Act II, "Voi che sapete" featuring Hermann Prey
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Arranged And Edited By Kurt Soldan / Act 2 - "Herrlich ist das Mahl bereitet" by Hermann Prey
- Act II: Da ihr befehlet, Königin (Pierrot Lied) featuring Hermann Prey
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Arranged And Edited By Kurt Soldan / Act 2 - "O hochverehrte Statue" by Hermann Prey
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Arranged And Edited By Kurt Soldan / Act 2 - "Hahahaha, vortrefflich!" by Hermann Prey
- Kommet ihr Hirten featuring Maria Stader
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Arranged And Edited By Kurt Soldan / Act 1 - "Auf denn zum Feste" by Hermann Prey
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Arranged And Edited By Kurt Soldan / Act 1 - "Ich muss auf alle Fälle für immer diesen saub'ren Herrn verlassen" by Hermann Prey
- Mozart: Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, K.588 / Act 1 - Non vè più tempo, amici featuring Hermann Prey
- Mozart: Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, K.588 / Act 1 - "Di scrivermi ogni giorno" - "Bella vita militar" featuring Hermann Prey
- Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): Act II, "Quante buffonerie!" featuring Hermann Prey
- Mozart: Die Zufriedenheit: Wie sanft, wie ruhig, K.473
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Arranged And Edited By Kurt Soldan / Act 1 - "Hurtig, hurtig, eh' er nahet" featuring Hermann Prey
- Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 - Arranged And Edited By Kurt Soldan / Act 1 - "Ei, da seht, diese Hexe!" featuring Hermann Prey
