Alois Pernerstorfer [SEP] voice type
Alois Pernerstorfer
Alois Pernerstorfer (3 June 1912 – 12 May 1978) was an Austrian bass-baritone
Born in Vienna, Pernerstorfer began his training in 1933 at the Wiener Musikhochschule with Theo Lierhammer and Josef Krips and made his opera debut in 1936 in Graz singing the role of Biterolf in "Tannhäuser". He sang for many years at the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Volksoper, and was a regular performer at the Salzburg Festival, where he sang in the European premiere of Samuel Barber's "Vanessa".
/Sieglinde Wagner/Gerhard Stolze/Walter Berry/Alois Pernerstorfer/Elisabeth Höngen/Wiener Philharmoniker)
- "Ruth Ballett" (1958), op. 16, after the Old Testament, first performed 1959 at the Wiener Staatsoper
- "Pavimento" (1961), op. 19, for large orchestra
- "Der Herr in Grau", opera op. 24 (1965/66)
- "Der Deserteur Oper" (1983)
- "Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra