# Peter Lika

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**Peter Lika** (born 1947) is a German [bass](/source/Bass_(voice_type)) in opera and concert, focused on both [oratorio](/source/Oratorio) singing as on [historically informed performances](/source/Historically_informed_performance).

## Life

Lika was born in [Augsburg](/source/Augsburg) in 1947.[1] He began his singing career as a boy soloist with the [Regensburger Domspatzen](/source/Regensburger_Domspatzen).[2][3] He studied voice in Munich, and won prizes at competitions in there, in Geneva and Verviers. He was a member of the [Stadttheater Augsburg](/source/Theater_Augsburg) from 1972 to 1977, and again from 1980 to 1981.[2] He performed with the Bayerische Kammeroper in [Veitshöchheim](/source/Veitsh%C3%B6chheim), a chamber opera where Baroque operas were performed in [historically informed performance](/source/Historically_informed_performance).[2]

He became known for singing and recording the title roles in Mendelsohn's oratorio's *[Elias](/source/Elijah_(oratorio))* and *[Paulus](/source/Paulus_(Mendelssohn))*, in Max Bruch's *[Moses](/source/Moses_(Bruch))* oratorio, and in Haydn's *[Die Schöpfung](/source/Die_Sch%C3%B6pfung)* and *[Die Jahreszeiten](/source/The_Seasons_(Haydn))*. Lika performed with conductors such as [Kurt Masur](/source/Kurt_Masur), [Peter Schreier](/source/Peter_Schreier), [Helmuth Rilling](/source/Helmuth_Rilling), [John Eliot Gardiner](/source/John_Eliot_Gardiner), [Neville Marriner](/source/Neville_Marriner), [Roger Norrington](/source/Roger_Norrington), [Sergiu Celibidache](/source/Sergiu_Celibidache) and [Philippe Herreweghe](/source/Philippe_Herreweghe) and orchestras such as the [Gewandhaus Orchestra](/source/Gewandhaus_Orchestra), [Bamberger Symphoniker](/source/Bamberger_Symphoniker), [Chicago Symphony Orchestra](/source/Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra), the [Israel Philharmonic Orchestra](/source/Israel_Philharmonic_Orchestra) and German radio orchestras. He toured in Europe, Asia and the U.S..

He took part at the [Salzburg Festival](/source/Salzburg_Festival), in 1986 in a church concert, and in 1989 in a [concert performance](/source/Concert_performance) of Orff's *[Antigonae](/source/Antigonae)* (as a messenger).[2][4][5] In 1991 he sang the bass solo in Mozart's [Requiem](/source/Requiem_(Mozart)) in Brussels.[2]

Lika is experienced in [historically informed performance](/source/Historically_informed_performance). His repertoire also includes [Lieder](/source/Lied), recording Schubert lieder with [Wolfgang Sawallisch](/source/Wolfgang_Sawallisch).

Lika is married and has six sons, two from his first and four from his second marriage, including [Benedikt Lika](/source/Benedikt_Lika).

## Recordings

- Bach: *[Matthäus-Passion](/source/St_Matthew_Passion)*, [Gustav Leonhardt](/source/Gustav_Leonhardt) cond., with [René Jacobs](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs), [David Cordier](/source/David_Cordier), [Christoph Prégardien](/source/Christoph_Pr%C3%A9gardien), [Markus Schäfer](/source/Markus_Sch%C3%A4fer), [John Elwes](/source/John_Elwes_(tenor)), [Max van Egmond](/source/Max_van_Egmond), [Klaus Mertens](/source/Klaus_Mertens), [Tölzer Knabenchor](/source/T%C3%B6lzer_Knabenchor), [La Petite Bande](/source/La_Petite_Bande), men's choir of La Petite Bande (1990, Dhm/Sony BMG, 3-CD-box)[6]
- Haydn: *[Die Jahreszeiten](/source/Die_Jahreszeiten)*, [Sigiswald Kuijken](/source/Sigiswald_Kuijken) cond., with [Krisztina Laki](/source/Krisztina_Laki), Helmut Wildhaber, Choir of the [Flanders Opera](/source/Flanders_Opera), La Petite Bande (1992, Virgin Cla/EMI, 2-CD-box)[7]
- Mendelssohn: *[Paulus](/source/St._Paul_(oratorio))*, [Joshard Daus](/source/Joshard_Daus) cond., with [Hellen Kwon](/source/Hellen_Kwon), Elzbieta Ardam, [Hans Peter Blochwitz](/source/Hans_Peter_Blochwitz), Bach-Ensemble of the [Europa Chor Akademie](/source/Europa_Chor_Akademie), [SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg](/source/SWR_Sinfonieorchester_Baden-Baden_und_Freiburg) (1998, Arte Nova/Sony BMG, 2-CD-box)
- Mendelssohn: *[Elias](/source/Elijah_(oratorio))*, [Jürgen Budday](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Budday) cond., with Heidi Elisabeth Meier, Jolantha Michalska-Taliaferro, [Hans Peter Blochwitz](/source/Hans_Peter_Blochwitz), Kantorei Maulbronn, members of the SWR-Sinfonieorchester (live), (2003, Edition Kloster Maulbronn, [K&K Verlagsanstalt](/source/K%26K_Verlagsanstalt), 2-CD-box)[8]
- Bruch: *[Moses](/source/Moses_(Bruch))*, Jürgen Budday cond., with Birgitte Christensen, [Stefan Vinke](/source/Stefan_Vinke), Kantorei Maulbronn, Russische Kammerphilharmonie St. Petersburg (live), (2005, Edition Kloster Maulbronn, K&K Verlagsanstalt, 2-CD-box)[9]

## References

1. ["Lika, Peter"](http://bmlo.de/Q/GND=123195187) (in German). *[Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online](/source/Bayerisches_Musiker-Lexikon_Online)*. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

1. Kutsch, K.-J. & Riemens, Leo (2003). "Lika, Peter". *[Großes Sängerlexikon](/source/Gro%C3%9Fes_S%C3%A4ngerlexikon)* (in German). 4th ed. [Walter de Gruyter](/source/Walter_de_Gruyter). p. [page needed]. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.

1. ["Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: *Paulus*"](https://www.konzertchor.kit.edu/archiv_505.php) (in German). *KIT-Konzert Chur*. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

1. ["Kirchenkonzert"](https://archive.salzburgerfestspiele.at/archivdetail/programid/2073/id/210/j/1986) (in German). [Salzburg Festival](/source/Salzburg_Festival). Retrieved 11 November 2020.

1. ["Carl Orff *Antigonae*"](https://archive.salzburgerfestspiele.at/archivdetail/programid/137/id/0/j/1989) (in German). [Salzburg Festival](/source/Salzburg_Festival). Retrieved 11 November 2020.

1. ["Bach, Johann Sebastian: *Matthäus-Passion* : BWV 244"](https://d-nb.info/352376694) (in German). *Deutsche Nationalbibliothek*. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

1. ["*Die Jahreszeiten* / Haydn"](https://d-nb.info/352715480) (in German). *Deutsche Nationalbibliothek*. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

1. ["*Elias* : Oratorium in zwei Teilen / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy"](https://d-nb.info/359162320) (in German). *Deutsche Nationalbibliothek*. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

1. ["*Moses* : Oratorium ; opus 67 / Max Bruch"](https://d-nb.info/359134505) (in German). *Deutsche Nationalbibliothek*. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

## External links

- ["Peter Lika (Bass)"](https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Lika-Peter.htm), Bach Cantatas website 2001
- ["Peter Lika"](https://www.releases.kuk-art.com/en/artists/lika), (management) kuk-art.com

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