Alexander Malta
Alexander Malta (28 September 1938 as Alexander Lagger – 23 August 2016[1]) was a Swiss operatic bass-baritone.
Alexander Malta
Life
Born in St. Gallen, after the Matura at the Kantonsschule Trogen, studied in Zurich and Italy and made his debut in 1966 in Stuttgart as Monaco in Don Carlos. Engaged in Munich, he performed in Cologne, Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, Geneva, Milan and Florence, where he sang Landgrave (Tannhäuser) in 1983. He made his American debut in San Francisco in 1976, then appeared in Chicago and Philadelphia in 1985.[2]
He was Peter Lagger's younger brother and married the American soprano Janet Perry.[3]
References
- Kaviraj (Kavi) Osho News, retrieved 3 January 2019.
- Paul Suter (2005). "Alexander Malta". In Andreas Kotte (ed.). Theaterlexikon der Schweiz (TLS) / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse (DTS) / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero / Lexicon da teater svizzer [Theater Dictionary of Switzerland]. Vol. 2. Zürich: Chronos. pp. 1164–1165. ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3. LCCN 2007423414. OCLC 62309181.
- Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). Malta, Alexander. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
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External links
- Literature by and about Alexander Malta in the German National Library catalogue
- Alexander Malta discography at Discogs
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