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Peter Schreier

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Biography

German tenor and conductor Peter Schreier was a renowned member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor and Berlin State Opera. He began his career in a 1957 Dresdner Staatsoper performance of Beethoven's 'Fidelio', landing his breakthrough roles in 1962 as Belmonte in Mozart's 'Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail' and Tamino in 'The Magic Flute'. A member of Berlin State Opera and a regular guest of Vienna State Opera, he became one of just a handful of German singers to perform internationally, most notably at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He has performed the roles of Belmonte and Tamino on multiple occasions, with other roles including Mime in Wagner's 'Siegfried', Don Ottavio in Mozart's 'Don Giovanni', Flamand in 'Capriccio' by Richard Strauss and the title role in Mozart's 'Idomeneo'. He retired from operatic singing in 2005 but continued singing lieder by Schubert and Schumann, a genre in which he had received much critical acclaim. He passed away on Christmas Day 2019.
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  2.   Mozart: La finta semplice, K.51 - Sinfonia featuring Peter Schreier
  3.   Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act III, Scene Four: Die selige Morgentraum-Deutweise....Selig, wie die Sonne (Sachs/Eva/Walther/David/Magdalene) featuring Herbert von Karajan
  4.   J.S. Bach: Dich bet ich an, BWV 449 featuring Peter Schreier
  5.   J.S. Bach: Es kostet viel, ein Christ zu sein, BWV 459 by Hedwig Bilgram
  6.   J.S. Bach: Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille, BWV 460 featuring Peter Schreier
  7.   Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K.621 / Act 1 - "Te della patria il Padre" - "Basta, basta, oh miei fidi" featuring Peter Schreier
  8.   J.S. Bach: Brunnquell aller Güter, BWV 445 featuring Peter Schreier
  9.   J.S. Bach: Der lieben Sonne Licht und Pracht, BWV 446 featuring Peter Schreier
  10.   Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 / Act 1 - Aber Marzelline! Früher, da war ich der gute featuring Peter Schreier
  11.   J.S. Bach: Der Tag ist hin, BWV 447 by Peter Schreier
  12.   J.S. Bach: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469 featuring Peter Schreier
  13.   Act II:Dies ist die Stunde, wo sie oft (Sparlich, Cajus, Fenton) by Peter Schreier
  14.   J.S. Bach: Jesus, unser Trost und Leben, BWV 475 featuring Peter Schreier
  15.   Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 / Act 1 - "Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein" featuring Peter Schreier
  16.   J.S. Bach: Gott lebet noch, BWV 461 featuring Peter Schreier
  17.   Act II: Bessturmen denn die last'gen Freier (Fenton, Anna, Sparlich, Cajus) by Peter Schreier
  18.   J.S. Bach: Ich halte treulich still, BWV 466 featuring Peter Schreier
  19.   Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K.621 / Act 2 - Annio, che rechi? featuring Peter Schreier
  20.   Mozart: Lied der Freiheit, K.506 featuring Peter Schreier
  21.   J.S. Bach: Liebes Herz, bedenke doch, BWV 482 featuring Peter Schreier
  22.   Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K.621 / Act 2 - + tutto colà d'intorno featuring Peter Schreier
  23.   J.S. Bach: Ihr Gestirn, ihr hohen Lüfte, BWV 476 by Hedwig Bilgram
  24.   Mozart: An die Hoffnung, K.390 featuring Peter Schreier
  25.   J.S. Bach: Kommt wieder aus der finstren Gruft, BWV 480 by Peter Schreier
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