Walter Berry was an Austrian bass-baritone, one of the major Viennese singers of the post-war period. He was especially admired in Mozart, Strauss, Wagner and operetta.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Mozart and Richard Strauss, including Horenstein’s Mozart sacred music and Kleiber’s Der Rosenkavalier.

Berry’s singing combined vocal warmth, theatrical intelligence and Viennese verbal ease, making him equally convincing in comic, lyrical and dramatic roles.

His page is justified by repeated catalogue presence and career standing. Berry gives the Vienna shelf a bass-baritone voice with charm, depth and stagecraft.