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Johan Botha (born 19 August 1965) is a South African operatic tenor. Botha was born in Rustenburg, South Africa. He made his stage debut at the municipal theatre in Roodepoort as Max in ''Der Freischütz'' in 1989. His international breakthrough occurred in 1993 at the Opéra Bastille as Pinkerton in Puccini's ''Madama Butterfly''. Since then he has performed at leading opera venues around the world such as the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera which made him a Kammersänger in 2003, Opera Australia, Royal Opera House (London), La Scala, and the Salzburg Festival. He currently lives in Vienna, Austria with his wife and two sons. ==Recordings== Johan Botha is the most recorded South African opera singer in history: *d'Albert: ''Tiefland'' under Bertrand de Billy (2006) Oehms OC 312 *Dvořák: Stabat Mater (2001) *Charles Koechlin: ''The Jungle Book'' (1994) *''The Puccini Experience'' (1995) *Mahler Symphony No. 8 under Boulez and Bertrand de Billy *Puccini: ''Turandot'' under Gergiev (DVD) *Richard Strauss: ''Daphne'' under Bychkov *Richard Strauss: ''Elektra'' under Barenboim *Richard Strauss: ''Friedenstag'' under Sinopoli *Richard Strauss: ''Taillefer'' *Verdi: ''Aida'' under Gatti (DVD) *Verdi: Requiem under Sinopoli *Wagner: ''Lohengrin'' under Bychkov *Wagner: ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' under Thielemann(DVD) *Wagner: ''Tristan und Isolde'' under Barenboim *Wagner: The Duet Scenes (''Tristan und Isolde'') under Bertrand de Billy *Wagner: ''Die Walküre'' under Thielemann (CD and DVD) *Ioan Holender Farewell Concert (Gala from the Vienna State Opera) (DVD) *Italian Arias (2001) *Wagner Tenor Arias *Vienna State Opera Gala (DVD) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johan Botha (tenor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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