WMathieu Karl Maria Ahlersmeyer was a German operatic baritone and actor.
WJimmy Bowien is a record producer, songwriter and composer. He started playing the piano at the age of 5 and studied classical music. Later on in life he moved to Hamburg-Germany to become an opera singer (Baritone). After finishing his studies he started to work for the record label Polydor, where he initially wrote advertising copies and created a large body of work.
WRichard Breitenfeld was a German baritone. He was a member of the Frankfurt Opera ensemble and was murdered in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
WRobert Burg, real name Robert Bartl, was a German baritone in opera, concert and recital. He belonged to the opera in Dresden for almost three decades, where he shaped the revival of Verdi operas. He performed in world premieres including the title roles of Busoni's Doktor Faust and Hindemith's Cardillac. Burg also appeared regularly at the Bayreuth Festival and gave international guest performances.
WFlorian Cerny is a German-Australian actor and operatic baritone.
WMarcel Cordes was a German baritone in opera and concert. He was regarded as a leading baritone of German origin for Italian opera in the 1950s and 1960s. He appeared at major opera houses in Europe, and made recordings of complete operas and excerpts, including in 1956 the first complete recording of Carl Orff's Die Kluge.
WLeopold Demuth (real name Leopold Pokorny was an operatic baritone.
WWilli Domgraf-Fassbaender was a German operatic baritone, particularly associated with Mozart and Verdi roles. He is considered to have been one of the best lyric baritones of the inter-war period.
WDietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous Lieder performers of the post-war period, best known as a singer of Franz Schubert's Lieder, particularly "Winterreise" of which his recordings with accompanist Gerald Moore and Jörg Demus are still critically acclaimed half a century after their release.
WHans-Joachim Frey is a German cultural manager. From 1997 to 2007 he was Artistic Director of Operations and Director of Opera at the Semperoper in Dresden from 2007 to 2010 and general director at the Theater Bremen. In January 2013 he was responsible in the European Capital of Culture in Linz / Austria as a board director and artistic director of Liva, where he was also on the Bruckner House, the International Bruckner Festival and the clouds of sound.
WChristian Gerhaher is a German baritone and bass singer in opera and concert, particularly known as a Lieder singer.
WMatthias Goerne is a German baritone.
WOtto Goritz was a baritone with the Metropolitan Opera from 1903 to 1917. He then sang for the Hamburg State Opera.
WFranz Grundheber is a German operatic baritone. At the Hamburg State Opera, he performed over 150 roles from 1966. His voice is flexible enough to sing Italian opera as well as Wagner roles and contemporary opera; he is a stage presence in acting and singing. He has performed at major international opera houses and is known for his performance of the title role of Alban Berg's Wozzeck, filmed for DVD in 1994 in a production staged by Patrice Chéreau.
WEugen Gura was a German operatic baritone.
WJohannes Hill is a German baritone in concert and in oratorios, who has performed internationally. Singing in choirs from age 10, he has performed major roles in oratorios, such as both Jesus and Pilate in Bach's Passions, and Pope Francis in the premiere of Laudato si'. He has also performed in vocal ensembles such as Kammerchor Stuttgart and Collegium Vocale Gent.
WKarl Hill was a German baritone opera singer.
WJohann Baptist Hoffmann was a German operatic baritone and voice teacher. A long-term member of the Berlin Court Opera, he performed leading roles in Europe, such as Verdi's Rigoletto and Wagner's Dutchman in Der fliegende Holländer. He took part in several world premieres in Berlin.
WTill Lindemann is a German singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein and German-Swedish duo Lindemann. Rammstein have sold over 45 million records worldwide, with five of their albums receiving platinum status, and Lindemann has been listed among the "50 Greatest Metal Frontmen of All Time" by Roadrunner Records. He has appeared in minor roles in films and has also published two books of poetry: Messer (Knife) in 2002 and In stillen Nächten in 2013. He has presented some of his original poems and scripts to galleries.
WAnton Mitterwurzer (1818–76) was a German opera singer, a noted baritone interpreter of the works of Gluck, Marschner, and Wagner.
WJosef Angelo Neumann was a German operatic baritone and theater director. First a baritone at major opera houses in Europe, including the Vienna Imperial Opera, he was the managing director of the Leipzig Opera and the Estates Theatre in Prague. He is known as an early promoter of the stage works by Richard Wagner, namely the Ring cycle, which he presented with the sets and costumes of the world premiere at the Bayreuth Festival, first in Leipzig and then on a European tour.
WDaniel Ochoa is a German baritone.
WHermann Prey was a German lyric baritone, who was equally at home in the Lied, operatic and concert repertoires. His American debut was in November 1952, with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy, and his American recital debut took place in 1956, at New York's Carnegie Hall. As a Lieder singer, he was a gifted interpreter of Schubert, including his song-cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Die Winterreise and the collection of songs Schwanengesang, as well as of Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler. He also appeared frequently as a soloist in Bach's Passions and Brahms' A German Requiem.
WTheodor Reichmann was a German operatic baritone.
WKarl Scheidemantel was a baritone singer, and later an opera director.
WRobert vom Scheidt was a German operatic baritone. He created roles in several world premieres, including Wolf in Franz Schreker's Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin (1913), Vitellozzo Tamare/Andrea in Schreker's Die Gezeichneten (1918), Baliv in Schreker's Der Schatzgräber (1920), and Rabbi Leone in Eugène d'Albert's Der Golem (1926).
WHeinrich Schlusnus was Germany's foremost lyric baritone of the period between World War I and World War II. He sang opera and lieder with equal distinction.
WPaul Schöffler was a German operatic baritone, particularly associated with Mozart, Wagner, and Strauss roles.
WJohannes Sembach began his musical career in German operetta and achieved international fame as a leading tenor in German opera, especially the works of Richard Wagner.
WRoman Trekel is a German operatic baritone and Lied-singer. He was awarded the title of Kammersänger in 2000.
WFriedrich Weidemann was a German baritone who was a leading singer at the Vienna Court Opera from 1903 until his death.
WWolfgang Koch is a German operatic bass-baritone. He is best known for his performances in leading roles in the operas of Richard Wagner.