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Werner van Mechelen, bass-baritone the scope of bass-baritone Werner van Mechelen's musical activities is all-encompassing. On the one hand he has sung many of the major parts in the opera repertoire; on the other hand he loves lieder and oratorios. His repertoire starts with Telemann and Bach, and goes, via the major opera roles in Mozart (like Figaro and Don Giovanni), Puccini (Gianni Schicchi), Verdi (Falstaff, Aïda), Alban Berg (Wozzeck, Lulu) and Ligeti (Le Grand Macabre), to world premieres of works by Philippe Boesmans, among others. One of his greatest loves is the German repertoire, most of all that of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. He has been Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Amfortas (Parsifal), Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Alberich (Ring des Nibelungen); Mandryka (Arabella), Faninal (Der Rosenkavalier) etc. Album Tracks 1. Schubert Litaney Auf Das Fest Aller Seelen 2. Beim Winde 3. Totengräbers Heimweh 4. Nachtstück 5. Auflösung 6. Mahler Urlicht 7. Um Mitternacht 8. Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen 9. R. Strauss Im Spätboot 10. Vom Künftigen Alter 11. Und Dann Nicht Mehr 12. Im Sonnenschein 13. Zueignung 14. Die Nacht 15. Allerseelen 16. Morgen
