German opera vocalist

Siegfried Jerusalem

Intro
German opera vocalist
Record Labels
Awards Received
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art

Siegfried Jerusalem (born 17 April 1940) is a German operatic tenor. Closely identified with the heldentenor roles of Richard Wagner, he has performed Siegfried, Siegmund, Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Tristan to wide acclaim. Since the 1990s, he has focused on lieder, particularly those by Strauss, Mahler and Schumann.