The German tenor and conductor Peter Schreier, interpreter of memorable opera performances in the major European theaters and constant presence for over thirty years at the Salzburg festival, he died in Dresden, following a long illness at the age of 84 years. Schreier, who had retired from the opera scene at 65, continued to perform recitals and then devoted himself to teaching, until health problems prevailed. He has performed in all the most important opera houses in the world, from Berlin to Vienna, Salzburg, New York and Milan. After a prestigious career as a tenor specializing in the German melodramatic repertoire, he made his debut as an orchestra conductor in Salzburg in 1987 conducting several works by Beethoven and Mozart. In 2001 he directed the Passion according to Giovanni of Bach in the basilica of San Marco, his last great appearance as a teacher on the podium. His famous phrase, remembered by the German agency Dpa was "a day without music is a wasted day". The German culture minister, Monika Gruetters, wrote in a tweet that Germany "has lost a great musician and one of the most extraordinary voices in our country".Born in Meissen, Saxony, on July 29, 1935, he grew up in the universe of music from an early age, with his father singing the choir in a church. At the age of 8 he joined the prestigious children's choir of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden, a city to which he remained linked for the rest of his life, refusing to leave Communist Germany. His debut was at the Dresden State Opera in 1959, in the part of the First prisoner in Fidelio by Beethoven. International success came in 1962 giving voice to Belmonte in Menagerie rat by Mozart. At the Bayreuth Festival he made his debut in 1966 in Richard Wagner's repertoire in Tristan und Isolde directed by Karl BOhm; in 1967 he made his first appearance at the Vienna State Opera in Magic Flute Mozart's acting as Tamino, a role he filmed the same year at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. At the Scala in Milan in 1968 he was Idamante in the premiere of Idomeneo, king of Crete by Mozart directed by Wolfgang Sawallisch, with Margherita Rinaldi, Leyla Gencer is Nicola Zaccaria.
From 1969 Schreier became a constant presence of the Salzburg festival, holding recitals and acting in major opera. In 1972 he sang the Requiem by Mozart directed by Daniel Barenboim with Margherita Rinaldi, Franca Mattiucci and Walter Berry and in 1976 she took the role of Ferrando in the premiere of So fan them all directed by BOhm with Margaret Price, Agnes Baltsa, Prey and Rolando Panerai. Still at La Scala in 1979 he sang Die schOne Mullerin.
At the Edinburgh International Festival in 1981 he was the Evangelist in the Passion according to Matteo directed by Claudio Abbado with Margaret Price and Jessye Norman. In 1984 he was awarded the Order of Merit for the homeland by the GDR (East Germany), in 1988 he won the Leonie Sonning musical prize and the Ernst von Siemens Prize.
In 2005 Schreier held his end of career concert, but continued to devote himself to recitals, focusing on teaching and conducting, until health problems related to diabetes and heart took over. In the last years of his life with his wife he moved to a country house outside Dresden. "I really sang enough and now I just want to enjoy a few more years in peace," Schreier told German media after his retirement.
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