Alfred Vökt

Alfred Vökt (German: [fœkt]; 21 May 1926 – 14 June 1999) was a Swiss operatic tenor who made a career at major opera houses, mainly in Germany.

He focused on supporting roles and took part in world premieres such as Henze's König Hirsch in Kassel and Hans Zender's Stephen Climax at the Oper Frankfurt in 1986.

[1] In Kassel, he appeared as Ceccho in the world premiere of the complete version of Henze's König Hirsch on 10 March 1963, and as the Father in Ján Cikker's Abend, Nacht und Morgen on 5 October 1963.

Other roles there included Bardolfo in Verdi's Falstaff, Hauk-Šendorf in Janáček's Die Sache Makropulos and Monsieur Triquet in Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin.

[1] Vökt appeared as a guest in Bordeaux, at La Monnaie in Brussels, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf-Duisburg, the Edinburgh Festival, the Hamburgische Staatsoper, the Théâtre Musical de Paris, in Toulouse and at the Theater an der Wien.