Reiner Goldberg

Reiner Goldberg ( born October 17, 1939 in Crostau / Upper Lusatia ) is a German opera singer (tenor ).

After his vocal studies at the Academy of Music " Carl Maria von Weber" in Dresden Goldberg debuted in 1967 at the state Sachsen in Radebeul. Moving on from 1973, the Saxon State Opera Dresden before the heroic tenor 1981 member of the ensemble of the Staatsoper Berlin was.

Since the early eighties, Goldberg has performed with almost all the major tenor roles of the operas of Richard Wagner in the leading opera houses of Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera - inter alia at the Vienna State Opera, the Bayreuth Festival and under Herbert von Karajan at the Salzburg Easter Festival in Salzburg.

During his performances ensured as Tannhäuser, Siegfried or Parsifal again and again for a great stir and cheering in the audience, prepared frequent cancellations and indisposition Goldbergs the intendances always problems. Such an indisposition - from influenza - led during a Tannhäuser performance in Vienna in October 1982 Vienna acclaimed debut of the Bulgarian tenor Spas Wenkoff.

In 1985 he was awarded the National Prize of the GDR III. Class of Arts and Letters honored.

Discography

  • L. van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Brilliant Classic 1974 / Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Masur / Soloist: R. Goldberg and other
  • A. Schoenberg: Moses und Aron / 1976 / Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Kegel / Soloist: Werner Haseleu, Reiner Goldberg
  • R. Strauss: Guntram / ​​Hungaroton 1985 / Hungarian State Orchestra, conducted by Eve Queller / Soloist: Reiner Goldberg, Ilona Tokody, István Gáti
  • R. Wagner: Die Walküre / EMI 1988 / Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra, conductor: Bernard Haiting / Soloist: R. Goldberg, Eva Marton, Cheryl Studer, Waltraud Meier, James Morris
  • R. Wagner: Siegfried / German Grammophon 1991 / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conducted by James Levine / Soloist: Reiner Goldberg, James Morris, Hildegard Behrens
  • R. Wagner: Götterdämmerung / German Grammophon 1991 / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conducted by James Levine / Soloist: Reiner Goldberg, Hanna Schwarz, Hildegard Behrens / received the Grammy ( Record Award ) 1992
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