Olaf Bar

国籍：德国

生日：1957-12-19

Olaf Bär (born 19 December 1957 in Dresden) is a German operatic baritone.

从艺历程：The German baritone, Olaf Bär, is considered to be one of the foremost Lieder interpreters of his generation and regularly appears in the world's greatest recital venues.

Olaf Bär sang in the Kreuzchor of Dresden from 1966 to 1975 and studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden. In 1982 he won the 1st Prize in Dvořák vocal competition in Karlovy Vary, and, in 1983, 1st prize in the vocal competition sponsored by the East German opera houses and the Walter Grüner Lieder Competition in London.

In 1981 Olaf Bär made his operatic debut in Dresden, and from 1985 to 1991 he was a principal member of the State Opera there. He made his British debut in a recital at London’s Wigmore Hall in 1983, returning to London in 1985 to make his operatic debut as Strauss Harlekin at Covent Garden.

Olaf Bär has made major recital tours of Australia and Japan and has given recitals in New York, San Francisco, Washington and Philadelphia, in addition to many international festivals including Salzburg. He is currently one of the most frequent recitalists at the Wigmore Hall in London. Future recital venues include Barcelona, Dublin, Brussels, Munich, Toronto, Washington, Siena, Genova, Stockholm, Istanbul, Madrid and Vienna's Musikverein.