Peter Seiffert

German tenor Peter Seiffert made his Royal Opera debut in 1988 as Parsifal and has since returned to sing Tannhäuser. Seiffert was born in Düsseldorf and studied there at the Robert Schumann Hochschule. He made his debut in 1978 with Deutsche Oper am Rhein and has since won widespread acclaim for his performances in Heldentenor roles. Engagements include Lohengrin and Walther von Stolzing (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) for Bayreuth Festival, Tannhäuser for San Francisco Opera, Berlin State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse and Zürich Opera, Tristan (Tristan und Isolde) for Metropolitan Opera, New York, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Vienna State Opera, Siegmund (Die Walküre) for Deutsche Oper Berlin and Berlin State Opera and Erik (Der fliegende Holländer) and Loheng