- Peter Seiffert
Peter Seiffert (born
January 4 ,1954 , inDüsseldorf ) is a Germantenor .Biography
Seiffert studied at the Musikhochschule in
Düsseldorf and made his debut in1978 at the Deutschen Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf-Duisburg. In1979 , he was awarded second place in the "Deutscher Musikwettbewerb" ("German music competition"), and appeared on the TV show "Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre" ("Anneliese Rothenberger gives herself the honour [of meeting ...] ").In 1986, he married the singer
Lucia Popp , 15 years his senior; later, he married another singer,Petra-Maria Schnitzer .His career became consolidated at the
Bayreuth Festival , with his stock role being "Lohengrin", which he last performed in 2005 with his wife Schnitzer in the role of "Elsa ". In 2002 he was awarded theGrammy forBest Opera Recording , for his performance ofTannhäuser , underDaniel Barenboim . Nowadays, he is one of the most sought-afterHeldentenor s, so his repertoire already includes many of the title roles of Wagner's best-known operas.ources
Most of the information in this article is taken from the [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Seiffert German Wikipedia article] .
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* [http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de/popups/k_biographie.php?id=204 Biography at the Bayerischen Staatsoper (German)]
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