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Paul Frey (geboren am 20. April 1941) ist ein kanadischer Heldentenor, der international für seine Auftritte in Opern von Richard Wagner bekannt ist. Er sang oft auf den Bayreuther Festspielen und in der Metropolitan Opera in New York. Man kann ihn sich auf CD anhören und auf DVD ansehen.
Frühes Leben und Bildung
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Paul Frey wurde in Heidelberg, Ontario geboren. Er hat einen mennonitischen Hintergrund. In den frühen 1960ern sang er in einem Männerquartet inseiner Heimatstadt and in the Schneider Male Chorus in Kitchener, Ont, whose director Paul Berg encouraged him to take voice lessons. He was a professional hockey player[1] and owned a trucking business.[2] He trained his voice at the University of Toronto Opera School as the first recipient of the Edward Johnson Scholarship.
Karriere
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]In 1978 Frey was engaged at the Stadttheater Basel where he sang the lead roles in Werther (his debut), Fidelio, and The Bartered Bride. He was engaged in February 1986 to substitute for Peter Hofmann in the title role of Lohengrin at Mannheim.[3] Wolfgang Wagner heard the acclaimed performance and signed Frey to sing at the Bayreuth Festival, where he debuted in 1987 as Lohengrin (later broadcast by the CBC) and reprised the role in 1988 under conductor Peter Schneider and stage director Werner Herzog. After his Bayreuth debut, he performed at most of the major European opera houses, especially as Wagner's Lohengrin, Parsifal, Erik, and Walther von Stolzing, although he has sung a wide variety of lyric and heldentenor roles, including the title role in Britten's Peter Grimes, Aeneas in Berlioz' Les Troyens, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Titus in La Clemenza di Tito, and Corrado in Verdi's Il Corsaro; he is also renowned as Florestan in Fidelio and Max in Der Freischütz. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1987 as Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos.[2]
He can be seen on DVD as Walther von Stolzing (from the Australian Opera) and as Lohengrin (from Bayreuth).
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[[Kategorie:Heldentenor]] [[Kategorie:Geboren 1941]]
- ↑ Frey, Paul | Encyclopedia.com.
- ↑ a b Referenzfehler: Ungültiges
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