Peter Lika

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Peter Lika (born 1947) is a German bass in opera and concert, focused on both oratorio singing as on historically informed performances.

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Life

Lika was born in Augsburg in 1947. [1] He began his singing career as a boy soloist with the Regensburger Domspatzen. [2] [3] He studied voice in Munich, and won prizes at competitions in there, in Geneva and Verviers. He was a member of the Stadttheater Augsburg from 1972 to 1977, and again from 1980 to 1981. [2] He performed with the Bayerische Kammeroper in Veitshöchheim, a chamber opera where Baroque operas were performed in historically informed performance. [2]

He became known for singing and recording the title roles in Mendelsohn's oratorio's Elias and Paulus , in Max Bruch's Moses oratorio, and in Haydn's Die Schöpfung and Die Jahreszeiten . Lika performed with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Peter Schreier, Helmuth Rilling, John Eliot Gardiner, Neville Marriner, Roger Norrington, Sergiu Celibidache and Philippe Herreweghe and orchestras such as the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and German radio orchestras. He toured in Europe, Asia and the U.S..

He took part at the Salzburg Festival, in 1986 in a church concert, and in 1989 in a concert performance of Orff's Antigonae (as a messenger). [2] [4] [5] In 1991 he sang the bass solo in Mozart's Requiem in Brussels. [2]

Lika is experienced in historically informed performance. His repertoire also includes Lieder, recording Schubert lieder with Wolfgang Sawallisch.

Lika is married and has six sons, two from his first and four from his second marriage, including Benedikt Lika  [ de ].

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References

  1. ↑ "Lika, Peter". Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online  [ de ] (in German). Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kutsch, K.-J.; Riemens, Leo (2003). "Lika, Peter". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). Walter de Gruyter. p. [ page needed ]. ISBN   978-3-59-844088-5.
  3. ↑ "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Paulus". KIT-Konzert Chur (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kirchenkonzert" (in German). Salzburg Festival . Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Carl Orff Antigonae" (in German). Salzburg Festival . Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Bach, Johann Sebastian: Matthäus-Passion : BWV 244". Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Die Jahreszeiten / Haydn". Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Elias : Oratorium in zwei Teilen / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy". Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Moses : Oratorium ; opus 67 / Max Bruch". Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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