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{{Short description|German tenor and conductor (1935–2019)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Peter Schreier
| image              = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R0423-0017, Berlin,Generalprobe Eröffnung Palast der Republik.jpg
| image_upright      = 1.2
| caption            = Peter Schreier at the opening of the Palast der Republik in Berlin in 1976
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1935|07|29|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Meissen]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2019|12|25|1935|07|29|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Dresden]], Saxony, Germany
| education          = {{plainlist|
* [[Dresdner Kreuzchor]]
* [[Musikhochschule Dresden]]
}}
| occupation         = {{plainlist|
* Operatic [[tenor]]
* Conductor
}}
| organization       = {{plainlist|
* [[Staatsoper Dresden]]
* [[Berlin State Opera]] 
}}
| title              = [[Kammersänger]]
| awards             = {{plainlist|
* [[Ernst von Siemens Music Prize]]
* [[Léonie Sonning Music Prize]].
}}
}}

'''Peter Schreier''' (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019)<ref name="Zeit" /> was a German [[tenor]] in opera, concert and [[lied]], and a [[conducting|conductor]]. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century.<ref name="BBC" />

Schreier was a member of the [[Dresdner Kreuzchor]] conducted by [[Rudolf Mauersberger]], performing as an alto soloist. He became a tenor, focused on concert and [[lied]]er singing, well known internationally for the [[Evangelist (Bach)|Evangelist]] parts in Bach's ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]'' and Passion. A member of the [[Berlin State Opera]] from 1963, he appeared in Mozart roles such as Belmonte in ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'' and Tamino in ''[[The Magic Flute|Die Zauberflöte]]'', and in the title role of Pfitzner's ''[[Palestrina (opera)|Palestrina]]'', among others. He appeared at the [[Vienna State Opera]] and the [[Metropolitan Opera]], among others, as one of few singers from the [[German Democratic Republic]] to perform internationally.

Schreier made many recordings, especially of Bach's works as both a singer and a conductor, even simultaneously. He recorded many lieder including the [[song cycles]] by [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]] and [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]]. He was known for intelligent understanding of texts and their musical expression with intensity. Schreier received awards including the [[Ernst von Siemens Music Prize]], [[Léonie Sonning Music Prize]].

== Early life ==
Schreier was born in [[Meissen]], [[Gau Saxony|Saxony]], and grew up in the village of {{ill|Gauernitz|de}}, near Meissen, where his father was a teacher, cantor and organist.<ref name="Tewinkel" /> In June 1945, when Schreier was almost ten years old, and just a few months after the destruction of [[Dresden]], he entered the boarding school of the [[Dresdner Kreuzchor]] boys' choir.<ref name="Tewinkel" /><ref name="Boisits" /> Its conductor [[Rudolf Mauersberger]] recognized his talent. He let him sing many solo alto parts and created compositions with his voice in mind.<ref name="Tewinkel" /> Solo recordings from the time (1948–1951) were reissued on [[compact disc]].<ref name="Zeit" />

Schreier was 16 years old when his [[voice broke]], and he became a tenor, as he had passionately wished, because of the several [[Evangelist (Bach)|Evangelist]]s – all tenors – in [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bach]]'s [[Passion music|Passions]] and in his ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]''. After he had decided to become a professional singer he took voice lessons, privately from 1954 to 1956,<ref name="Boisits" /> then at the [[Musikhochschule Dresden]], where he also studied conducting.<ref name="Zeit" />

== Career ==
Peter Schreier made his professional debut at the [[Dresdner Staatsoper]] in 1957, as the First Prisoner in Beethoven's ''[[Fidelio]]''.<ref name="BBC" /> His breakthrough came in 1962 as Belmonte in Mozart's ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'',<ref name="Zeit" /><ref name="Mauro" /> and he also appeared as Tamino in ''[[The Magic Flute]]''. In 1963, he became a member of the [[Berlin State Opera]].<ref name="Boisits" /> Starting in 1966, he was for many years an annual guest of the [[Vienna State Opera]]. That same year he made his debut at the [[Bayreuth Festival]] as the young seaman in ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' with [[Karl Böhm]] as conductor. For 25 years, beginning in 1967, he took part in the program of the annual [[Salzburg Festival]]. In 1969, he starred as The Witch in [[Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]'s ''[[Hansel and Gretel (opera)|Hansel and Gretel]]'', in a CD recording that featured the [[Staatskapelle Dresden]]. He performed more than 60 operatic roles.<ref name="mdr" /><ref name="dw" /> It was important to him to sing the title role of ''[[Palestrina (opera)|Palestrina]]'', the opera by [[Hans Pfitzner]], not only in Munich but also in [[East Berlin]] — a controversial issue at the time in [[East Germany]].

Schreier was one of few singers from the [[German Democratic Republic]] to perform internationally, including at the [[Metropolitan Opera]].<ref name="BBC" /> He appeared regularly at the [[Vienna State Opera]], where he sang 200 performances, beginning as Tamino in 1967, also as Belmonte, Don Ottavio in Mozart's [[Don Giovanni]], the title role of ''[[Idomeneo]]'', Flamand in ''[[Capriccio (opera)|Capriccio]]'' by Richard Strauss, Lenski in Tchaikovsky's ''[[Eugene Onegin (opera)|Eugen Onegin]]'', Count Almaviva in Rossini's ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' and Loge in Wagner's ''[[Das Rheingold]]''.<ref name="Vienna" /> His Wagner roles also included Mime in ''[[Siegfried (opera)|Siegfried]]''.

He recorded [[Bach cantata]]s regularly with the [[Thomanerchor]] and the [[Gewandhaus Orchestra]] conducted by [[Erhard Mauersberger]], with soloists including [[Adele Stolte]], [[Annelies Burmeister]] and [[Theo Adam]], such as the cantata for Pentecost [[Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172|''Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten!'' BWV 172]], in 1970.<ref name="Mauersberger" /> He was the Evangelist in Bach's ''[[St Matthew Passion]]'' in recordings conducted by both [[Rudolf Mauersberger|Rudolf]] and Erhard Mauersberger,<ref name="Mauersberger" /> [[Karl Richter (conductor)|Karl Richter]], [[Claudio Abbado]] and [[Herbert von Karajan]]. He recorded Bach's ''[[St John Passion]]'' and ''Christmas Oratorio'' with [[Helmuth Rilling]].<ref name="Rilling" />

In June 2000, Schreier left the opera stage.<ref name="Boisits" /> His last role at the Berlin State Opera was Tamino; he argued that he could no longer pretend to be a young prince. He ended his singing career on 22 December 2005, combining the functions of Evangelist and conductor in a performance of Bach's ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]'' in Prague. He kept singing lieder, a genre he had pursued throughout his career, including the song cycles by [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]] and [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]].<ref name="BBC" />

From the early 1970s, Schreier was also a conductor with a special interest in the works of Mozart, Bach, and [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]].<ref name="adk" /> He conducted orchestras such as the [[Vienna Philharmonic]] and the [[New York Philharmonic]].<ref name="BBC" />

== Personal life ==
Schreier was married and lived in Dresden from 1945 until his death, in the district of [[Loschwitz]].<ref name="BBC" /> He died in Dresden on Christmas Day, 25 December 2019, after a long illness.<ref name="mdr" />
He was survived by his wife, Renate, and two sons, Torsten and Ralf.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/31/arts/music/peter-schreier-dead.html |title = Peter Schreier, 84, Elegant German Tenor Who Also Conducted, Dies|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 31 December 2019|last1 = Tommasini|first1 = Anthony}}</ref>
The funeral service took place at the [[Kreuzkirche, Dresden]] on 8 January 2020.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/dresden-kreuzkirche-trauer-gottesdienst-peter-schreier-kreuzchor-1346092 |title=Bewegender Abschied vom verstorbenen Peter Schreier in der Kreuzkirche |date=8 January 2020 |website=TAG24 |first=Guido |last=Glaner |lang=de}}</ref>

== Evaluation ==
Schreier was an extremely intelligent singer, with sympathetic feeling for the text.<ref name="Oxford" /> <!-- A review by the ''[[Penguin Guide to Compact Discs]]'' said after a late recording of Schubert's ''[[Schwanengesang]]'': "Schreier's voice may no longer be beautiful under pressure, but ... the range of tone and the intensity of inflexion over word-meaning makes this one of the most compelling recordings ever." The same author wrote about Schubert's ''[[Winterreise]]'': "this is an intensely involving reading, with changes of mood vividly conveyed, positive, electrifying."-->
[[Monika Grütters]], Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, summarised after his death that he was one of the most impressive voices from Germany ("{{lang|de|eine der eindrucksvollsten Stimmen unseres Landes}}"), who represented Germany in the opera houses of the world as a nation of culture ("{{lang|de|für die Kulturnation Deutschland gestanden}}"), remembered as the Evangelist in Bach's Passions, and having written music history in a career of four decades.<ref name="Zeit" />

== Honours and awards ==
* [[Kammersänger]] (title conferred to singers of outstanding merit) by the governments of the GDR, Austria and Bavaria, 1963, 1980, 1982<ref name="Boisits" /><ref name="Bundesstiftung" />
* National First Class Prize of the GDR, 1967<ref name="Boisits" />
* [[Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau]], 1969<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.schumann-zwickau.de/de/02/02/preistraeger.php |title=Robert-Schumann-Preis Preisträger |date=2019 |website=schumann-zwickau.de |publisher=Stadtverwaltung Zwickau |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510202827/https://www.schumann-zwickau.de/de/02/02/preistraeger.php |archive-date=10 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Handel Prize]] of the City of Halle, 1972<ref name="Baumgartner" />
* [[National Prize of the German Democratic Republic|National Prize of the GDR]], 1972<ref name="Boisits" />
* Gold Vaterländischer Verdienstorden, 1984<sup>[5]</sup>
* [[Ernst von Siemens Music Prize]], 1988<ref name="Boisits" />
* [[Léonie Sonning Music Prize]], Denmark, 1988<ref name="Boisits" />
* Honorary membership of the ''[[Musikverein|Musikverein Wien]]'' (Vienna Society of Music), 1986<ref name="Baumgartner" />
* Star of People's Friendship, 1989<ref name="Bundesstiftung">{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/-1424.html?ID=3153 |title=Biographische Datenbanken: Schreier, Peter |date=2019 |website=bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de |location=Berlin |publisher=Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung |access-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228232853/https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/-1424.html%3FID%3D3153 |archive-date=28 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Music]], 1989<ref name="Boisits" />
* [[Bundesverdienstkreuz]] I. Klasse (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany), 1993<ref name="adk" />
* Member of the [[Academy of Arts, Berlin]], 1993<ref name="Boisits" />
* [[Wiener Flötenuhr]], 1994<ref name="Boisits" />
* Georg Philipp Telemann Prize of the city of Magdeburg, 1994<ref name="Boisits" />
* German Bible Prize, for service in the great Passions and Interpretation of the work of J.S. Bach, 1998<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de/orchester/solisten-archiv/peter-schreier|title=Solisten-Archiv: Peter Schreier|website=Dresdner Philharmonie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523194712/https://www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de/orchester/solisten-archiv/peter-schreier|archive-date=23 May 2019|access-date=23 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
* European Church Music Prize, 2000<ref name="kulturpreise" />
* Honorary citizen of the city of Meissen for efforts in fundraising for the city's restoration<ref name="Boisits" />
* [[Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize|Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach Prize]], 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/about-the-academy/the-bach-prize |title=The Bach Prize |date=2019 |website=ram.ac.uk |publisher=Royal Academy of Music |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411004203/https://www.ram.ac.uk/about-us/about-the-academy/the-bach-prize |archive-date=11 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Hugo Wolf Medal, [[:de:Internationale Hugo-Wolf-Akademie|Hugo Wolf Academy]], Stuttgart, 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stimme.de/suedwesten/kultur/ku/Hugo-Wolf-Medaille-fuer-Tenor-Peter-Schreier;art19072,2217466 |title=Hugo-Wolf-Medaille für Tenor Peter Schreier |date=17 August 2011 |website=stimme.de |publisher=Heilbronner Stimme |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227110849/https://www.stimme.de/suedwesten/kultur/ku/Hugo-Wolf-Medaille-fuer-Tenor-Peter-Schreier;art19072,2217466 |archive-date=27 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* International Mendelssohn Prize of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation, Leipzig, 2011<ref>{{cite news |date=7 July 2011 |title=Mendelssohn-Preis geht an Reich-Ranicki und Schreier |url=https://www.lvz.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Mendelssohn-Preis-geht-an-Reich-Ranicki-und-Schreier |work=[[Leipziger Volkszeitung]] |location=Leipzig |language=de |agency=dpa |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227105722/https://www.lvz.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Mendelssohn-Preis-geht-an-Reich-Ranicki-und-Schreier |archive-date=27 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Bach Medal]], Bach Festival Leipzig, for interpretation of Bach, 2013<ref>{{cite news |date=9 September 2015 |title=Dresdner Kammersänger Peter Schreier erhält Bach-Medaille |url=https://www.dnn.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Regional/Dresdner-Kammersaenger-Peter-Schreier-erhaelt-Bach-Medaille |work=[[Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten]] |location=Dresden |language=de |agency=dpa |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227103707/https://www.dnn.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Regional/Dresdner-Kammersaenger-Peter-Schreier-erhaelt-Bach-Medaille |archive-date=27 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony|Sächsischer Verdienstorden]], 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ministerpraesident.sachsen.de/verleihung-des-sachsischen-verdienstorden.html |title=Tillich überreicht Sächsischen Verdienstorden |date=1 June 2016 |website=ministerpraesident.sachsen.de |publisher=Ministerpräsident Sachsen |access-date=26 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226211202/https://www.ministerpraesident.sachsen.de/verleihung-des-sachsischen-verdienstorden.html |archive-date=26 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Kunstpreis der Landeshauptstadt Dresden, 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dresden.de/de/rathaus/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/archiv/2016/02/pm_053.php |title=Kunst- und Förderpreis der Landeshauptstadt Dresden 2016 |date=19 February 2016 |website=dresden.de |publisher=Dresden |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415050200/https://www.dresden.de/de/rathaus/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/archiv/2016/02/pm_053.php |archive-date=15 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Discography ==
The [[German National Library]] holds recordings by Schreier, including:<ref>[https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&reset=true&cqlMode=true&query=intRef%3D118610724&selectedCategory=any Recordings with Peter Schreier] [[German National Library]]</ref>

=== As singer ===
* ''80th Anniversary Edition'', Berlin Classics (Edel) 2015
* Johann Sebastian Bach:
** ''[[St Matthew Passion|Matthäus-Passion]]'' ([[Evangelist (Bach)|Evangelist]] and arias), conducted by [[Karl Richter (conductor)|Karl Richter]], Archiv Produktion (Universal Music) 1989
** ''[[St John Passion|Johannes-Passion]]'', conducted by [[Hans-Joachim Rotzsch]], RCA Classic (Sony Music) 1998
** ''[[Christmas Oratorio|Weihnachtsoratorium]]'', conducted by [[Martin Flämig]], Dresdner Philharmonie, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Lukaskirche 1974
* Ludwig van Beethoven: ''An die ferne Geliebte'', with [[András Schiff]], piano, Decca (Universal Music) 1996
* Hector Berlioz: [[Requiem (Berlioz)|Requiem]], conducted by [[Charles Munch (conductor)|Charles Munch]], Deutsche Grammophon (Universal Music) 2009
* Johannes Brahms: ''[[Die schöne Magelone]]'', with András Schiff, Belvedere (Harmonia Mundi) 2015
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
** ''Opera Arias'', Polygram Records 1990
** ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' (Tamino), conducted by [[Wolfgang Sawallisch]], EMI (Warner Classics) 1987
** ''Der Odem der Liebe. Peter Schreier als Mozart-Tenor'', conducted by [[Otmar Suitner]], Eterna 1973
* ''Prokofjew – Hindemith'': ''Lieder'', Berlin Classics (Edel) 2004
* Franz Schubert:
** ''[[Die schöne Müllerin]]'' (with [[Konrad Ragossnig]], guitar), Berlin Classics (Edel) 2004
** ''[[Die Winterreise]]'' (setting for voice and string quartet), Profil (Naxos) 2015
** ''Schubert Songs'', with András Schiff, [[Wigmore Hall]] Live (CODAEX Deutschland) 2006
* [[Heinrich Schütz]]: ''Johannes-Passion'' SWV 481 / ''[[Psalmen Davids]]'', conducted by Martin Flämig, Berlin classics (Edel) 1997
* Robert Schumann:
** ''[[Dichterliebe]]'', with [[Christoph Eschenbach]], Teldec Classics International GmbH 1991
** ''Dichterliebe'' / ''[[Liederkreis Op. 39|Liederkreis]]'', with [[Norman Shetler]], Berlin Classics (Edel) 2007
* ''Vom Knabenalt zum lyrischen Tenor'', Berlin Classics (Edel) 1995<ref name="Kesting" />
* Richard Wagner: ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' (Melot), conducted by [[Herbert von Karajan]], [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]], 1988
* [[Hugo Wolf]]:
** ''Goethe-Lieder'', with Wolfgang Sawallisch, Ariola Eurodisc 1986
** ''Mörike-Lieder'', with [[Karl Engel]], Orfeo (Naxos Deutschland) 1998

=== As conductor ===
* Johann Sebastian Bach:
** ''[[Christmas Oratorio|Weihnachtsoratorium]]'',  (selections) [[Staatskapelle Dresden]]. MC, Eterna-Digital, 1985
** ''[[St John Passion|Johannes-Passion]]'', Staatskapelle Dresden, Newton Classics (Membran), 2011
** ''Zwei Hochzeitskantaten'', [[Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202|''Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten'', BWV 202]] / [[O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210|''O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit'', BWV 210]]), the [[Kammerorchester Berlin]], Brilliant Classics (c. 2000)
** ''Weltliche Kantaten'', [[Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208|''Was mit behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd'', BWV 208]] / [[Ich bin in mir vergnügt, BWV 204|''Ich bin in mir vergnügt'', BWV 204]], Brilliant Classics (c. 2000)
** ''[[St Matthew Passion|Matthäus-Passion]]'', [[Rundfunkchor Leipzig]], Staatskapelle Dresden, VEB Schallplatten, Berlin/GDR, 1984
** ''[[Mass in B minor|Messe h-Moll]]'', Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Philips Classics Production, 1992
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
** [[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]], Margaret Price, Trudeliese Schmidt, Francisco Araiza, Theo Adam; Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Philips, 1983

== Documentary films ==
* ''Peter Schreier – Alles hat seine Zeit''. 83 Min., directed and produced by Heide Blum. D 2006. {{OCLC|315720106}}

== Literature ==
* Gottfried Schmiedel: ''Peter Schreier für Sie porträtiert''. VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik Leipzig, Leipzig 1976 {{DNB-IDN|770150675}}
* Peter Schreier: ''Aus meiner Sicht. Gedanken und Erinnerungen,'' Ostberlin 1983, 207 pages. {{ISBN|978-3-552-03535-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Lewinski |first=Wolf-Eberhard von |date=1992 |title=Peter Schreier: Interviews, Tatsachen, Meinungen |location=Munich, Mainz |publisher=Piper, Schott |isbn=978-3-492-18280-5}}
* Jürgen Helfricht: ''Peter Schreier – Melodien eines Lebens''. Verlag der Kunst Dresden, Husum 2008, {{ISBN|978-3-86530-109-3}}
* Renate Rätz: ''Schreier, Peter''. In: ''Wer war wer in der DDR?'' 5. Ausgabe. Vol. 2, Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-86153-561-4}}.
* Manfred Meier, Peter Schreier: ''Im Rückspiegel : Erinnerungen und Ansichten'', recorded by Manfred Meier, Wien: Steinbauer 2005, {{ISBN|978-3-902494-04-7}}.

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|date=2012
|chapter=Peter Schreier
|title=Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR. Band 1+2
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2CpHD7n0gjkC&pg=PA813
|publisher=Walter de Gruyter
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| title = Peter Schreier
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| publisher = Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
| date = 2019
| language = de
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<ref name="Tewinkel">{{cite news
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| location = Berlin
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<ref name="adk">{{cite web
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|work=[[Akademie der Künste]]
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}}</ref>

<ref name="BBC">{{cite web
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226223657/https://www.dw.com/en/opera-tenor-and-conductor-peter-schreier-dies-at-84/a-51802818
|archive-date=26 December 2019
|url-status=live
}}</ref>

<ref name="kulturpreise">{{cite web
|date=2013
|title=Preis der Europäischen Kirchenmusik
|url=http://www.kulturpreise.de/web/preise_info.php?preisd_id=616
|work=kulturpreise.de
|location=Cologne
|access-date=28 December 2019
}}</ref>

<ref name="Mauersberger">{{cite web
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Performers/Mauersberger.htm
| title = Erhard Mauersberger & Thomanerchor Leipzig & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Rudolf Mauersberger & Dresdner Kreuzchor / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
| website = Bach Cantatas Website
| access-date = 27 December 2019
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| archive-date = 14 April 2019
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="mdr">{{cite web
| url = https://www.mdr.de/sachsen/dresden/dresden-radebeul/saenger-peter-schreier-gestorben-dresden100.html
| title = Dresdner Tenor-Legende Peter Schreier im Alter von 84 Jahren gestorben
| website = mdr.de
| publisher = [[Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk]]
| date = 26 December 2019
| language = de
| access-date = 27 December 2019
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| archive-date = 26 December 2019
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Rilling">{{cite web
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Performers/Rilling-Rec7.htm
| title = Helmuth Rilling / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works / Recordings – Part 7
| website = Bach Cantatas Website
| access-date = 27 December 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190824113822/https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Performers/Rilling-Rec7.htm
| archive-date = 24 August 2019
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Vienna">{{cite web
| url = https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/die-staatsoper/aktuelles/detail/news/zum-tod-von-peter-schreier/
| title = Tenor Peter Schreier ist tot
| website = [[Vienna State Opera]]
| date = 26 December 2019
| language = de
| access-date = 28 December 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191228102452/https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/die-staatsoper/aktuelles/detail/news/zum-tod-von-peter-schreier/
| archive-date = 28 December 2019
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

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| url = https://www.zeit.de/kultur/musik/2019-12/opernsaenger-tenor-peter-schreier-tot
| title = Tenor Peter Schreier ist tot
| newspaper = [[Die Zeit]]
| location = Hamburg
| date = 27 December 2019
| language = de
| access-date = 27 December 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191226170049/https://www.zeit.de/kultur/musik/2019-12/opernsaenger-tenor-peter-schreier-tot
| archive-date = 26 December 2019
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Oxford">{{cite encyclopedia
|last1=Warrack
|first1=John
|last2=West
|first2=Ewan
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WbDbuLJPKBgC&pg=PA464
|title=Peter Schreier
|encyclopedia=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
|date=1996
|publisher=Oxford University Press
|page=464
|isbn=978-0-19-280028-2
|access-date=30 December 2019
}}</ref>

}}
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* {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=q51720}}
* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Schreier-Peter.htm Peter Schreier (Tenor, Conductor)] Bach Cantatas Website
* [http://www.heide-blum.de/filme/schreier/index.html Alles hat seine Zeit] (documentary) heide-blum.de2006
* [http://www.bruceduffie.com/schreier.html Tenor / Conductor Peter  Schreier / A Conversation with Bruce Duffie] bruceduffie.com 10 March 1997
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