Eberhard Wächter (baritone)
Eberhard Freiherr von Waechter (9 July 1929 – 29 March 1992) was an Austrian lyric baritone (categorized as a Kavalierbariton in the German Vocal Fach System), celebrated for his performances in the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. After retiring from singing, he became Opera manager, intendant of the Vienna Volksoper and the Vienna State Opera. Career Born in Vienna, Waechter studied at the University of Vienna and the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1953, he began voice lessons with Elisabeth Rado, Elisabeth Radó. That same year he made his operatic debut, as Silvio in Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Leoncavallo's ''Pagliacci'', at the Vienna Volksoper. In 1954, he debuted at the Vienna State Opera. In 1956, he debuted at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as Count Almaviva in Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro'', and at the Salzburg Festival, as Arbace in Mozart's ''Idomeneo''; in 1958, at Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, as Amfortas in Wagner ...
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