Erich Syri

Erich Syri
Erich Syri
Born	8 December 1937; Andernach, Germany
Died	8 September 2022 (aged 84); Lampertheim, Germany
Occupation	Opera singer
Years active	1962–1999

Erich Syri (8 December 1937 – 8 September, 2022)^[1] was a German Bass opera singer.

Life

Syri was born in Andernach. After initial singing lessons with Elly Lauer in Neuwied, he studied singing with Professor Clemens Glettenberg at the State University of Music in Cologne. He debuted as Sarastro in Mozart's The Magic Flute in 1962 in Passau at the Landestheater Niederbayern, a theatre in Lower Bavaria. He had his first engagement as a seriöser Bass at the Linz State Theatre from 1963 to 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he was engaged in the same position at the Theater Saarbrücken with the artistic director Hermann Wedekind and conductor Siegfried Köhler. A season followed at the Theater Freiburg in Breisgau with Hans-Reinhard Müller and Austrian conductor Leopold Hager.

In 1969 he was engaged by German conductor Horst Stein at the Mannheim National Theatre, where he worked until 1999.

Syri starred in the world premiers of Helmut Eder's s Der Kardinal in the title role, and in Giselher Klebe's s Der Jüngste Tag as Orest. He co-wrote and starred in the monodrama Die Sternstunde des Josef Bieder by Erberhard Streul [de].^[2]^[3]

Syri died in Lampertheim.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Wir trauern um Erich Syri" (in German). Bestattungshaus Schlosser. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
^ Opera. United Kingdom: Rolls House Publishing Company, 1998.^{[full citation needed]}
^ "Opernsänger Erich Syri gestorben – Kultur". www.schwetzinger-zeitung.de (in German). 2022-09-10. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

Erich Syri

Born	(1937-12-08)8 December 1937 Andernach, Germany
Died	8 September 2022(2022-09-08) (aged 84) Lampertheim, Germany
Occupation	Opera singer
Years active	1962–1999