Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1958-07-28 (47 years old)
Deathday
2005-11-29
Place of Birth
Capetown, South Africa
Also known As
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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...
1992
as Tamino
1987
as Belmonte
2001
as Pylades
1996
as Carlo, Visconte di Sirval
1996
as Pâris, Son of King Priam
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