Eberhard Wächter (July 9, 1929 – March 29, 1992) was an Austrian baritone, particularly celebrated for his performances in the operas of Mozart, Richard Wagner, and Richard Strauss. After retiring from singing, he became an administrator of the Vienna Volksoper and the Vienna State Opera.
Born in Vienna, Wächter studied at the University of Vienna and the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1953 he began voice lessons with Elisabeth Radó. That same year ...
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Eberhard Wächter (July 9, 1929 – March 29, 1992) was an Austrian baritone, particularly celebrated for his performances in the operas of Mozart, Richard Wagner, and Richard Strauss. After retiring from singing, he became an administrator of the Vienna Volksoper and the Vienna State Opera.
Born in Vienna, Wächter studied at the University of Vienna and the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1953 he began voice lessons with Elisabeth Radó. That same year he made his operatic debut, as Silvio in Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, at the Vienna Volksoper. In 1954 he debuted at the Vienna State Opera. In 1956 he debuted at Covent Garden, as Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, and at the Salzburg Festival, as Arbace in Mozart's Idomeneo; in 1958, at Bayreuth, as Amfortas in Wagner's Parsifal; in 1959, at the Paris Opera, as Wolfram in Wagner's Tannhäuser; in 1960, at both La Scala and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, as Count Almaviva; and, in January 1961, at the Metropolitan Opera, as...
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