John Aler
John Aler was an American lyric tenor who was popular on a great number of the world's stages. He appeared on more than four dozen albums and brought home a trio of Grammy Awards. In 1985, Telarc's release of Berlioz's Requiem (also known as Grande Messe des Morts) with the Atlanta Symphony brought the tenor honors as Best Classical Vocal Soloist. Aler earned two more Grammys in 1994: DGG's recording of Semele by Handel took the Best Opera Recording prize with Aler in the role of Jupiter, while The Wooden Prince And Cantata Profana, another DGG release, was named Best Classical Album; Aler appeared on that album with the Chicago Symphony conducted by Pierre Boulez.
Aler was born in Baltimore, MD. He attended the Juilliard School after studying at Washington, D.C.'s Catholic University. As a soloist he has sung with a number of orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, the Boston Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, and L'Orchestre Nationale de France. He has sung opera with the New York City Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, the Royal Opera House, the Vienna Staatsoper, and Deutsche Oper Berlin, among others. John Aler died on December 10, 2022 at the age of 73.
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Discography
11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Edita Gruberova, John Aler, Thomas Hampson, Shinyukai Choir, Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 14 Apr 2015
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Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5, H 75 - Boïto: Prologue to Mefistofele - Verdi: Te Deum
Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Morehouse-Spelman Chorus, John Aler, John Cheek
Classical - Released by Telarc on 26 Mar 1985
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Rossini: Le Comte Ory
John Eliot Gardiner, Sumi Jo, Diana Montague, John Aler, Choeur De l'Opéra National De Lyon, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1989
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Jessye Norman - Michel Plasson
Jessye Norman, John Aler, Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Michel Plasson
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1985
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Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Renard, Suites & Ragtime
Jennifer Larmore, John Aler, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1995
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Adam: Le postillon de Lonjumeau
June Anderson, John Aler, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monté-Carlo, Thomas Fulton
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1986
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
Jessye Norman, John Aler, Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1985
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Vocal Recital: Aler, John - Marshall, C. / Firestone, I. / Rasbach, O. / Sanderson, W. / Purcell, E. / Charles, W. / Sullivan, A.
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Delos on 1 Jan 1996
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Vocal Recital: Aler, John - MARSHALL, C. / FIRESTONE, I. / RASBACH, O. / SANDERSON, W. / PURCELL, E. / CHARLES, W. / SULLIVAN, A. (Charles Marshall - Harold Harford - Idabelle Firestone)
Classical - Released by Delos on 1 Jan 1996
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Milken Archive Digital Volume 19, Album 4 - Out of the Whirlwind: Musical Refections of the Holocaust
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Milken Archive Digital on 5 Mar 2013
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Milken Archive Digital Volume 19, Album 4 - Out of the Whirlwind: Musical Refections of the Holocaust
John Aler, Constance Hauman, Phyllis Pancella
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Milken Archive Digital on 5 Mar 2013
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo