Albums by Walter Berry
ALBUMWagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90Birgit Nilsson, Jon Vickers, Ruth Hesse, Walter Berry, New Philharmonia Chorus, Orchestre National de France & Karl Böhm
ALBUMDon Giovanni, Wozzek, Fidelio, Frau ohne Schatten, Lohengrin, Cosi fan tutte, Nozze di Figaro, Rosenkavalier, Parsifal, Falstaff & CapriccioWalter Berry
ALBUMHandel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (Sung in German)Lucia Popp, Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Munich Philharmonic & Ferdinand Leitner
ALBUMVerdi: Falstaff (Excerpts)Walter Berry, Pilar Lorengar, Patricia Wise, Christa Ludwig, Giorgio Zancanaro, Francisco Araiza, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera & Lorin Maazel
ALBUMAdam: La poupée de Nuremberg (Sung in German)Kurt Tenner, Das große Wiener Rundfunkorchester, Friedrich Berger, Walter Berry, Franz Fuchs & Elisabeth Roon
ALBUMRichard Strauss: Anniversary Edition, Vol. 1Karl Böhm, Peter Klein, Georg Müller, Alfred Neugebauer, Lisa Otto, Alfred Poell, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Rudolf Schock, Paul Schoffler, Irmgard Seefried, Rita Streich, Vienna Philharmonic, Lisa Della Casa, Walter Berry, Franz Bierbach, Oscar Czerwenka, Murray Dickie, Hilde Gueden & August Jaresch
ALBUMRichard Strauss: Anniversary Edition, Vol. 9 (Live Recordings 1960)Karl Böhm, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Christel Goltz, Hermann Uhde, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Paul Schoffler, Walter Berry & Anton Dermota
ALBUMSiv Wennberg: A Great Primadonna, Vol. 3Royal Court Orchestra, Berislav Klobucar, Matti Kastu, Siv Wennberg & Walter Berry
Artist Biography
Bass baritone Walter Berry was one of modern-day opera's most prolific performers, singing 100 different roles in more than 1,280 appearances at the State Opera, as his interpretations of classical lieder by fellow Austrian Franz Schubert won him his most loyal following in Berry's native land of Austria. Berry made his singing debut in 1953 at the Salzburg Festival and performed throughout Europe for the remainder of the decade. In 1955, Berry was part of the original cast of singers that performed at the re-opening of the State Opera (it had been rebuilt after being destroyed in allied bombing during World War II). He also sang the roles of Wozzeck in Alban Berg's opera of the same name, and Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni, while his debut on the U.S. stage occurred eight years later at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Berry also received acclaim for singing other operatic works, namely parts in Gottfried Von Einem's The Trial and Werner Egk's Irish Legend, and in 1989, Berry became a professor at the Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts. Berry died of a heart attack in Vienna on October 20, 2000, at 71 years of age. ~ Greg Prato
Hometown
Vienna, Austria
Genre
Classical