Otto Peter is a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 classical baritone

Baritone

Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...

. He studied with the composer Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...

, the Swiss

Switzerland

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 violinist of Czech

Czech Republic

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 origin Petr Rybář, and singers Margherita Perras and Heinz Rehfuss

Heinz Rehfuss

Heinz Julius Rehfuss was a Swiss operatic bass-baritone, who later became an American citizen. He was particularly associated with the title roles in Don Giovanni and Boris Godunov, and Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande....

. He became famous as an interpreter of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...

 and performed frequently with the Zürich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

 Bach Choir (Zürcher Bach Chor). He was particularly active in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

 during the 1960s and 1970s where he worked frequently with the Prague Symphony Orchestra

Prague Symphony Orchestra

The Prague Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1934 by Rudolf Pekárek. In the 1930s the orchestra performed the scores for many Czech films, and also appeared regularly on Czech radio. An early promoter of the orchestra was Dr...

 (PSO) and Ars Rediviva

Ars Rediviva

Ars Rediviva was a Czech instrumental early music group, whose historically informed performances played a key role in the revival of Baroque music in Czechoslovakia.-Ars Rediviva chamber ensemble:...

. With the PSO he made recordings of the Johannes Passion

Johannes Passion

The St John Passion , BWV 245, is a sacred oratorio of Johann Sebastian Bach from the Passions. The original Latin title Passio secundum Johannem translates to "The Suffering According to John" and is rendered in English also as St. John Passion and in German as Johannespassion...

and the St Matthew Passion under conductor Jindřich Rohan. He also recorded several Bach cantatas with Ars Rediviva under the baton of Milan Munclinger

Milan Munclinger

Milan Munclinger was a significant Czech flautist, conductor, composer and musical scientist.-Biographical:...

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Recordings

• Heinrich Schütz
  Heinrich Schütz
  Heinrich Schütz was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi...
  
  : Saint Luke Passion, SWV 480 – Otto Peter (Baritone), Günther Ess (Tenor), Helen Ess (Soprano), Georg Jelden (Tenor), Hans Georg Fehr (Bass); Singkreis der Engadiner Kantorei Zürich Hannes Reimann (Conductor). Label: Cantate 57622

Sources

• Croucher, Trevor, Early music discography: from plainsong to the sons of Bach, Volume 1, Oryx Press, 1981. ISBN 0853656134, 9780853656135
• Schweizerische Musikzeitung: Revue musicale suisse, Volume 109, Gesellschaft Schweizerische Musikzeitung, 1969, p. 48
  
  

  External links

  • František Sláma Archive
  • Ars Rediviva Discography
  • In rehearsal with Otto Peter (J.S.Bach, Amore traditore, Aria Chi in amore ha nemica la sorte) and František Sláma on Otto Peter. Dedicated to the memory of the Swiss singer and composer
  • Milan Munclinger 1923-1986: Documents Czech Radio: Otto Peter's recordings
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