American operatic basso (born 1951)
Eric Halfvarson (born December 1, 1951, in Aurora, Illinois ) is an American operatic bass . He made his professional debut in 1973 with the Lake George Opera (now the Opera Saratoga ) as Don Basilio in Rossini's The Barber of Seville . Since then he has specialized in the repertoire for the basso profundo , singing such roles as the Grand Inquisitor in Verdi's Don Carlos , Sarastro in Mozart's The Magic Flute , Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss and Wagner's König Heinrich in Lohengrin , Hagen in Götterdämmerung and Hunding in Die Walküre , as well as Claggart in Britten's Billy Budd . He has sung in many theaters including the Lyric Opera of Chicago , the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, the Royal Opera House in London, La Fenice in Venice, La Scala in Milan, the Wiener Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper Berlin . He has taken part in the Bayreuth Festival . [ 1]
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