Alberto Remedios

Alberto Remedios CBE (27 February 1935 – 11 June 2016)[1] was a British operatic tenor, especially noted for his interpretations of Wagner's heldentenor roles.

Following National Service, he was offered a place at the Royal College of Music with Clive Carey, where he won the Queen's Prize in 1957.

[9] Remedios performed in many of the world's leading operatic venues, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Seattle, Frankfurt, San Francisco and Buenos Aires.

[13] Remedios performed regularly in Australia – he sang in concert performances of Götterdämmerung at the Sydney Opera House in the late 1970s with Rita Hunter, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, and sang Lohengrin for Victoria State Opera in 1985 conducted by Richard Divall, in a production by August Everding.

[14][3] His brother Ramon also had a singing career as a tenor; on many occasions they both appeared in performances by English National Opera of The Mastersingers.