Hans-Dieter Bader

His recordings include the operas Feuersnot by Richard Strauss and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's Sly, and the concert premiere of Max Reger's unfinished Dies irae.

He studied voice with Rudolf Gehrung, and made his stage debut at the Staatsoper Stuttgart in 1960 as Arturo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.

[6] In 1982, he appeared in the title role of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's Sly alongside Deborah Polaski; conducted by Robert Maxym, the production was recorded live in November that year.

[4] He performed as a guest at major German and European opera houses, such as the Opéra national du Rhin, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and the Vienna Volksoper.

[4] On 3 October 1979, he was the tenor soloist in the first concert of Max Reger's unfinished Dies irae, part of the fragment of a Latin Requiem composed in 1914.