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'''Hermann Becht''' (19 March 1939, Karlsruhe – 12 February 2009, Marxzell) was a German operatic bass-baritone. He notably portrayed the role of Alberich in the 1983 recording of Richard Wagner's ''The Ring Cycle'' which won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. He also portrayed Alberich in the centennial Ring under conductor Pierre Boulez, directed by Patrice Chéreau in 1980. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081558/http://www.wagneropera.net/DVD/Rheingold/DVD-Rheingold-Chereau.htm]
==References== *Bayreuther Festspiele. [http://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/fsdb/personen/20/index.htm Hermann Becht] {{in lang|de}} *Cummings, David (ed.) (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=BeTBnjmnypEC&dq=%22Becht%2C+Hermann+%22&pg=PA45 ""Becht, Hermann"], ''International Who's Who in Classical Music'', p. 45. Routledge. {{ISBN|0-948875-53-4}} *''Der Standard'' (13 February 2009). [http://derstandard.at/1234506981563/Opernsaenger-Hermann-Becht-gestorben "Opernsänger Hermann Becht gestorben"] (obituary). {{in lang|de}} *Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. [http://193.196.117.22/hfm-ka/imt/02-studium/dozentenbios/becht-hermann.htm Hermann Becht] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121129065902/http://193.196.117.22/hfm-ka/imt/02-studium/dozentenbios/becht-hermann.htm |date=2012-11-29 }} {{in lang|de}}
==External links== *[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82-234796 Hermann Becht] on WorldCat *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZP-yXsNV2E&t=4901s Alberich. YouTube.]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Becht, Hermann}} Category:German operatic bass-baritones Category:1939 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Grammy Award winners Category:20th-century German male opera singers Category:Musicians from Karlsruhe
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