Actor

Deon van der Walt

July 28, 1958 · Capetown, South Africa

Deon van der Walt (28 July 1958 – 29 November 2005), was a South African tenor.

Van der Walt studied at Stellenbosh University and resided at Wilgenhof and made his debut as Jaquino in Beethoven's Fidelio at the Cape Town Opera before he had graduated. Numerous scholarships and awards allowed him to continue his studies abroad. In 1981, he won the Internationaler Mozartwettbewerb in Salzburg. His first formal engagement took him to Gelsenkirchen's Musiktheater im Revier, then to the Staatsoper Stuttgart and Zurich Opera. He was invited to perform at the Royal Opera House in London in 1985 and there made his debut as Almaviva in Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

Full filmography · 5

Iphigénie en Tauride
as Pylades
2001
La Belle Hélène
as Pâris, Son of King Priam
1996
Linda di Chamounix
as Carlo, Visconte di Sirval
1996
Die Zauberflöte
as Tamino
1992
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
as Belmonte
1987