Alfred Jerger (1889-1976) was an Austrian bass-baritone, opera director and administrator. He sang at major German-speaking houses and was closely associated with Vienna’s operatic life.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Toscanini’s 1937 Salzburg Die Zauberflöte, a performance of exceptional historical interest. His presence places him among a cast drawn from the central European Mozart tradition.

Jerger’s artistry was rooted in stage craft, language and character as much as in vocal splendour. Such singers were vital to Mozart performance, where authority and verbal point carry enormous weight.

He earns a note here because his career reached well beyond a single minor role. Jerger was part of the Viennese operatic fabric, one of the strong threads holding the pattern together.