Alfred Muff
Alfred Muff (born 31 May 1949) is a Swiss operatic bass-baritone. Life and career. Born in Lucerne, Muff studied at the Lucerne conservatory until he was introduced by its director Rudolf Baumgartner to the opera singer and teacher Elisabeth Grümmer, who took him to the Berlin University of the Arts. There he studied for five semesters, at the end with Irmgard Hartmann. In 1973, he began his artistic career at the in the role of the Minister in "Fidelio". After seven instructive years, his path led him via Linz, Mannheim back to Switzerland to Zurich, where he  has been a permanent member of the Zürich Opera House since 1984. As an internationally sought-after singer, he gives guest performances at all the world's important opera houses and concert halls, such as the Vienna State Opera, Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, Salzburg Festival, Bavarian State Opera, Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, La Scala in Milan, Opéra Bastille de Paris. Various performances in opera and concert have also taken place in Japan (Tokyo), China, Argentina and America. In 1993, Muff was awarded the . Repertoire. Among the outstanding roles in Muff's repertoire are Baron Ochs in "Der Rosenkavalier," Hans Sachs  in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg," Gurnemanz in "Parsifal, " "King Marke" in "Tristan und Isolde," "King Heinrich" in "Lohengrin," "Rocco" in "Fidelio," "Sarastro" in "The Magic Flute" and the Water Sprite in "Rusalka". Muff's voice can be heard on recordings of "Die Frau ohne Schatten, Der fliegende Holländer, Die Walküre, Die Gezeichneten, "Hagadah" (oratorio by Paul Dessau, Die Zauberflöte" as well as Bruckner's "Te Deum" and his "F minor Mass", as well as on DVDs of the Zurich Opera House in "Rosenkavalier, Hänsel and Gretel, Lulu, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Tannhäuser, Fidelio, Elektra" and "Peter Grimes". Alfred Muff