Performers Index ~ W

  • Waal, Rian de ( - )P
  • Waart, Edo de (1 JUN - )Dutch=Con
  • Wachter, Eberhard (AY ber hart VECH ter)
  • Wagner, Roger (ROH ger WAG ner)( - )=Choral con
  • Walcha, Herbert (VAHL shah) (27 OCT - )Ger=Org
  • Waite, Claudia (San Mateo, - )Am=Sop, MET 1998-9
  • Walker, Alfred (New Orleans, - ) Am=Bass, MET 1998
  • Walker, N (24 NOV - )Eng=Bass
  • Walker, P (12 OCT - )Eng=MezSop

  • Walker, Sarah     (11 MAR - )Eng=MezSop
  • Wallace, I (10 JUL - )Scot-Bass
  • Wallace, J (14 APR - )Scot-Trumpet
  • Wallenstein, Alfred (WALL in styn) ( 1898-1983 )AM=cellist-con
  • Wallez, Jean-Pierre (zhahn pee air vah LAY) ( - )Fr=com-cond.
  • Wallfisch, Ernst (ernst VAHL fish)(27 MAY - )Ger-Am Violist
  • Wallfisch, Raphael (rah fy EL WALL kish) (15 JUN - )Eng=Cel
  • Walmsley-Clark, P (19 FEB - )Eng=Sop
  • Walter, Bruno (BROO hoh VAHL ter)(15 SEP - )Ger=Con
  • Walther, Hans-Jurgen (hahns YER gun VAHL ter) ( - )Con
  • Wand, Gunther (GOON ter VAHND) (Eberfeld, 7 JAN 1912 - 14 JAN 2002)Ger=Con Photo
  • Warchal, Bohdan(bohk dahn VAHR khahl) ( - )Con
  • WARFIELD, William (Baritone Known for 'Porgy,').
    Performed theater works and oratorios. He was best known for his role of Porgy in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. He was born in West Helena, Arkansas 22 JAN 1920. He died in Chicago. ~ age 82. NY Times Obituary. Porgy & Bess: High Performance



  • Warren, Leonard     (21 APR
    1911 - 4 MAR 1960)
    Basso
  • Warren-Green, Christopher (30 JUL - )Eng=V-Con

  • Washburn, Nan
    ( - )=Con
  • Wasinger, Tom AM=VOC=G
  • Wasinger, Susan AM=VOC=G
  • Watkinson, C (19 MAR - )Eng=MezSop
  • Watson, L (4 DEC - )Eng=Sop
  • Nathaniel Watson, Baritone
  • Watts, Andre (20 JUN - )Am=P
  • Watts, H (7 DEC - )Eng=Contralto
  • WAVERLY
    CONSORT    , known for its' performances of works from England's
    golden age of music, the true Renaissance period c1585-1623. Composer's
    like Holborne, Weelkes and Byrd. Michael Jaffe, Dir.
  • Webber, Julian Lloyd ( - )Eng=Cel (Lloyd-Webber)
  • Wegner, John (Heborn, Germany - )Baritone. MET debut 1999-2000

  • Weingarten, Carl     ( 17
    JUL - )AM=G-Comp
  • Wei,
    Sun Xiu     (shway way) (Liao Ning, - ) Chinese Soprano. MET debut 1999-2000
  • Weigle, Jorg-Peter (yerg PAY ter VY gul) ( - )Ger=con
  • Weikl, Bernard (BERN hardt VY kuhl) (29 JUL - )Austrian=Bar

  • Weil, Bruno     ( - )Ger=Cond
  • HREF="http://rozannamusic.com">Weinberger, Rozanna ( - )violist
  • Weingartner, Felix (VINE gart ner) ( - )Ger=con
  • Weir, Gillian (JIl ee in WEE r) ( - )
    Gillian (17 JAN - )Australian=Org

  • Weissenberg,
    Alexis     (uh LEK es WHY sen berg) (26 JUN - )Bulgarian-Fr=P
  • Welch, Jennifer (Ahoskie, NC - )Am=Sop. MET 1998-9
  • Welch, Jonathan (Kankakee, IL - )Am=Ten, MET 1994
  • Welcha, Helmut (HEL' moot Vool kah)
  • Welitch, Ljuba (LOO bah VAY lik) ( - )Sop
  • Weller, Walter (VAHL ter VELL er) (30 NOV - )Austrian=Con-V
  • Wells, Jeffrey (Baton-Rouge, LA - )Am=Bass-Bar, MET 1988
  • HREF="http://www.emiclassics.com/artists/biogs/welb.html">
    Welser-Most,
    Franz (Linz, 16 AUG 1960 - )Austrian=Con
  • Welsh, M (1 MAR - )Eng=Cel
  • West, Charles ( - )Am=Cl
  • West, Stephen (Old Forge, NY - )Am=Bass-Bar, MET 1995
  • West, Zachary (10 OCT 1948 - ) NYC=G=Mandolin=COMP
  • Westerberg, Stig (sch teeg VEST' tair bairg) ( - )Ger=con
  • Westerfield, Richard ( - )Am=Con [See
    Harrisburg, PA Sym Orch)
  • WESTMINSTER (WEST min ster) Cathedral, England)
  • White, Wendy (Chicago, IL - )Am=Mez-Sop, MET 1989
  • White, Willard (Kingston, Jamaica - )Baritone. MET debut 1999-2000
  • Wicks, Dennis ( 6 OCT 1928 - 11 JUN 2003)Eng-Bass

  • Wigglesworth, Mark (19 JUL - )Eng=Cond
  • Wilbraham, John (15 APR 1944 - obit 5
    APR 1998    )Eng=Trumpet

  • Wild, Earl     (26
    NOV 1915 - )AM=P
  • Wilde, D (25 FEB - )Eng=P
  • Wilkens, Christopher ( - )Am=Con [See San Antonio Sym Orch]
  • Willcocks, Sir David (30 DEC - )Eng=Con-Org

  • Williams,
    John     (24 APR - )Australian=G


  • Williams, John Towner     (8 FEB - )Am=P-Con-Com (Boston Pops)
  • Williams, Sioned (SHAW nid WILL yums) (1 JUL - )Welsh=Harp
  • Wills, A (19 SEP - )Eng=Con-Org-Com
  • Wilson-Johnson, D (15 Oct - )Eng=Bar
  • Wilson, Tim (Greeley, CO - )Am=Ten, MET 1998-9
  • Winbergh, Gosta (Stockholm, - )Swed.=Ten, MET 1983
  • WINCHESTER (WIN chester) Cathedral
  • Windgasen, Wolfgang (volf GAHNG vint GAHS SEN)( - )Ger

  • Windsbacher Knabenchor
    Windsbacher Boys Choir
  • WINDSOR, Lorna sop
  • Winschermann, Helmutt (HELL moot VIN sher mahnn) ( - )Ger=con
  • Wittgenstein,
    Paul     (VIT en shtine) (5 NOV - )Austrian=P
  • Wixell, Ingvar (ING vahr VIK suhl) ( - )Sw



  • Wnukowski, Daniel Pianist



  • Woldike, Mogens (moh gins vol DEE kee) (Copenhagen, 5 JUL 1897 - Copenhagen, 20 OCT 1988)Danish=con
    (Vienna State Opera 1955)
  • Wolff, Caroline ( - ) =Va
  • Wolff, Hugh (13 MAR - )Am=Con

  • Wolson, Chon     ( - )Jpn=Sop

  • Wong, Francis     ( - )=Bar
  • Wood, Ali (Brisbane, 1980 - )AUSTRALIAN=Pianist
  • Wood, Sir Henry (3 MAR - )Eng=Con
  • Woodward, Roger (20 DEC 1942 - )AUSTRALIAN=Pianist
  • Wordsworth, Barry (20 FEB - )Eng=Con
  • WROCLAW(vrawt swaf) In 1741
    Frederick II the Great of Prussia changed
    its name to Breslau.
    POLAND (Breslau)
  • Wright, Searle (1918 - ) Organist, Binghamton NY-First Cong. Church
  • Wunderlich,
    Fritz     (VOON dehr
    likh)(aka, Friedrich Karl Otto) (Kusel, 26 SEP 1930 - Heidelberg, 17 SEP
    1966; accident)Ger=Ten
  • WURTTEMBERGISCHES KAMMERORCHESTER - (VUR tuhm behrg) (Wurttemberg
    Chamber Orchestra, based in Stuttgart, Germany. Today's
    'Wittenburg' about 100km south of Berlin is 700km east of
    the former Wuerttemberg which now borders France and
    Switzerland is is part of today's land Baden-Wuerttemberg
    with Stuttgart as its' capital.