Eberhard Waechter, born Eberhard Freiherr von Waechter on July 8, 1929 in Vienna, was an Austrian lyric baritone. After studying at the University of Vienna and the Vienna Academy of Music, he made his operatic debut as Silvio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at the Vienna Volksoper in 1953, followed by a 1954 debut at the Vienna State Opera. He recorded Mozart: Don Giovanni (1955), Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor (1957), Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem - Variationen Über Ein Thema von Haydn (1964), Berg: Wozzeck (1989) and Strauss: Salome (1999). Waechter received the title Kammersänger in 1963, created the role of Joseph in Gottfried von Einem's Jesu Hochzeit in 1980, appointed general manager of the Vienna Volksoper in 1987, and became head of the Vienna State Opera, a position he held until his death on March 29, 1992.
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Strauss, J: Die Fledermaus (2025 Remaster)
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Remastered)
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Remastered 2025)
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Rehearsal (Böhm); Parsifal 1962 - Interviews (Knappertsbusch)
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Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer; Neue Liebeslieder-Walzer
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Wolf: Spanisches Liederbuch (selections)
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Mozart - Don Giovanni
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Mozart · Don Giovanni
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Mozart · le nozze di figaro
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| Pelléas et Mélisande live 1962 Herbert von Karajan |
| Bittner: Der Bergsee - Verdi: Othello |
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Einem: Der Besuch der alten Dame (Live)
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Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 (Live)
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Mozart: Don Giovanni (Stereo Version)
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Schoeck: Penthesilea (Live)
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