Adalbert Kraus (born 27 April 1937) is a German tenor in opera and concert, known for singing the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
His roles included Andres in Berg's Wozzeck, Toni in Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers, and Lord Bucklaw in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.
[2] He frequently sang the tenor part in the complete recording of Bach cantatas and oratorios of Helmuth Rilling and the Gächinger Kantorei, also the Evangelist in his passions.
In Bach's Easter Oratorio, he performed the tenor part of Simon Peter, singing with the bass (portraying John the Apostle) the first duet Kommt, eilet und laufet (Come, hasten and run).
[3] He also recorded rarely performed works such as Argenore of Markgräfin W. v. Bayreuth[4] or the Lukas-Passion of Georg Philipp Telemann.