Otakar Kraus was a Czech-born British baritone, active in opera and especially associated with modern and British repertory. He sang at Covent Garden and in important post-war productions.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Walton’s Troilus and Cressida and Covent Garden Wagner, including Das Rheingold.

Kraus’s singing brought theatrical intelligence, clarity and a strong baritone profile to repertory where text and character must cut through complex orchestral textures.

His page is justified by repeated catalogue presence and career standing. Kraus gives the British opera shelf a sharp, well-carved baritone edge.