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 coloratura soprano Janet Perry.[3]

References

Kaviraj (Kavi) Osho News, abgerufen am 3. Januar 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]. 2. Zürich: Chronos. pp. 1164–1165. ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3. LCCN 2007423414. OCLC 62309181.
Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). Malta, Alexander. Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.

External links

Literature by and about Alexander Malta in the German National Library catalogue
Alexander Malta discography at Discogs

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[1] Kaviraj (Kavi) Osho News, abgerufen am 3. Januar 2019

[2] 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]. 2. Zürich: Chronos. pp. 1164–1165. ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3. LCCN 2007423414. OCLC 62309181.

[Kutsch/Riemens-3] Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). Malta, Alexander. Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.