{{short description|Swiss operatic bass-baritone (1938–2016)}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} thumb|upright|{{center|Alexander Malta}} '''Alexander Malta''' (28 September 1938 as '''Alexander Lagger''' – 23 August 2016<ref>[https://www.oshonews.com/2016/11/10/kaviraj/ "Kaviraj (Kavi)"] (obituary) by Anand Deepti 10 November 2016, ''Osho News'', retrieved 3 January 2019.</ref>) was a Swiss operatic bass-baritone.
== Life == Born in St. Gallen, after the Matura at the {{Ill|Kantonsschule Trogen|de}}, he studied in Zürich and Italy and made his debut in 1966 in Stuttgart as Monk in ''Don Carlos''. Engaged in Munich, he performed in Cologne, Berlin, Vienna, Zürich, Geneva, Milan and Florence, where he sang the role of Landgrave in ''Tannhäuser'' in 1983. He made his American debut in San Francisco in 1976, then appeared in Chicago and Philadelphia in 1985.<ref>{{Theaterlexikon|Alexander Malta|2|1164|1165|author=Paul Suter}}</ref>
He was Peter Lagger's younger brother and married the American soprano Janet Perry.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" />
== References == {{Reflist | refs =
<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens">{{cite book | last1 = Kutsch | first1 = K.-J. | author1-link = Karl-Josef Kutsch | last2 = Riemens | first2 = Leo | author2-link = Leo Riemens | chapter-url = | chapter = Malta, Alexander | title = Großes Sängerlexikon | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | edition = 4th | language = de | date = 2012 | page = | isbn = 978-3-59-844088-5 }}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Malta, Alexander}} Category:1938 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Musicians from St. Gallen (city) Category:20th-century Swiss male opera singers Category:Bass-baritones Category:Pseudonyms