Alberto Remedios

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Alberto Remedios (born 27 February 1935) is a British operatic heroic tenor.

Remedios was born in Liverpool and began his working life as a docker, but studied singing with Edwin Francis (who also taught Rita Hunter) and then at the Royal College of Music.

He sang a wide variety of roles with the Sadler's Wells Opera, (later to become the English National Opera), including operas by Verdi (Alfredo in La Traviata), Gounod (Faust), Saint-Saëns (Samson and Delila), and Weber (Max in Der Freischutz).

Excellent as these performances were he will go down in operatic history of his performances in Wagner, especially as Siegfried in the Glen Byam Shaw production of The Ring, conducted by Reginald Goodall. These performances have been captured on recordings made parallel with the production in 1973, which preserve Remedios's partnerships with Norman Bailey as Wotan and Rita Hunter as Brünnhilde. They are regarded by many as a peak of Wagner performance.

Most remarkable of all was the occasion (witnessed by this writer) when Remedios, despite a slight chest infection, and due to the illness of another singer, played the roles of both Siegmund in Die Walküre, the title role in Siegfried, and also Siegfried in Götterdämmerung, within a complete cycle of the Ring during one week. His performances were immaculate and inspiring, and confirmed his reputation as the leading Heldentenor of his generation.

Remedios's genial nature and interest and support of rising singers have enhanced this reputation. He is a great Liverpool F.C. supporter and no one who has attended a dinner-party where he has rendered You'll never walk alone will ever forget the experience.

Remedios performed in many leading operatic venues around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Seattle, Frankfurt, San Francisco and Buenos Aires. In 1981 he was awarded the CBE. He has lived for some years (as at 2006) in retirement in Australia.