Deon van der Walt

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-07-28 (47 years old)

Deathday

2005-11-29

Place of Birth

Capetown, South Africa

Deon van der Walt

Biography

Deon van der Walt (28 July 1958 – 29 November 2005), was a South African tenor. Van der Walt studied at Stellenbosh University and resided at Wilgenhof and made his debut as Jaquino in Beethoven's Fidelio at the Cape Town Opera before he had graduated. Numerous scholarships and awards allowed him to continue his studies abroad. In 1981, he won the Internationaler Mozartwettbewerb in Salzburg. His first formal engagement took him to Gelsenkirchen's Musiktheater im Revier, then to the Staatsoper Stuttgart and Zurich Opera. He was invited to perform at the Royal Opera House in London in 1985 and there made his debut as Almaviva in Rossini's The...

Acting

1992

2001

1996

Linda di Chamounix

as Carlo, Visconte di Sirval

1996

La Belle Hélène

as Pâris, Son of King Priam

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