Peter Schreier made his stage debut as First Prisoner in Beethoven's Fidelio and went on to perform at major opera houses worldwide, including the Berlin State Opera, Bayreuth, Vienna State Opera, La Scala, the Met, and Teatro Colón.
Performer Biography
Peter Schreier received numerous awards, including the Siemens Music Prize during GDR times, and later the Bach Prize of the Royal Academy of Music (2009), the International Mendelssohn Prize of Leipzig, the Hugo Wolf Medal (both 2011), and the Leipzig Bach Medal (2013).
Performer Biography
As a boy, Peter Schreier joined the choir of the Dresden Kreuzkirche when it was re-established in July 1945, where choirmaster Rudolf Mauersberger recognized his talent.
Performer Biography
Peter Schreier was involved with the Salzburg Festival for a quarter of a century after his 1967 debut as Tamino in Mozart's Magic Flute, spending six to eight weeks there every summer.
Cultural Impact
Peter Schreier sings Christmas carols, released forty years ago, was the best-selling gramophone record in the GDR, selling about 1.4 million copies, and was also internationally known.
Interpretation
Peter Schreier found a sympathetic piano partner in Norman Shetler for his lieder performances, and also explored lieder with guitarist Konrad Ragossnig, noting that the guitar allows for timbres not possible with the piano.
Performer Biography
Peter Schreier, the tenor featured on this album, was born in Meißen in 1935 and grew up in a choirmaster-organist's house in nearby Gauernitz.
