Leporello's catalogue aria, auf Deutsch!, at the opening of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. I've featured other clips from this 1961 performance below.
And Don Pizarro's aria from Fidelio:
Walter Berry was a remarkably versatile bass-baritone (yes, I'm featuring a bass!) with a very long career. I'll spare you the cut-and-paste Wikipedia bio-blurb, but this link has a blurb (that surely began life in some other language) and some interesting pictures.
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