Description

NIELS JACOB HANSEN (KJELSTRUP HYLLEMARK (SEELAND), 23 MARCH, 1880 † KØBENHAVN, SEPTEMBER 19, 1969)

 

 

 

 

Initially pursuing a career as a painter, he later studied singing under Valdemar Lincke in Copenhagen and completed his education with Jean de Reszke in Paris. He made his debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen in 1909 as Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohème and remained with this opera house until the end of his career in 1949. In 1914, he performed Parsifal in the Danish premiere of Wagner’s Parsifal. His repertoire included Manrico in Il Trovatore, Alfredo in La Traviata, Radames in Aida, Canio in Pagliacci, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Max in Der Freischütz, Lohengrin, Walther von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tannhäuser, Siegfried in Der Ring des Nibelungen, Florestan in Fidelio, Pedro in Tiefland, Faust, Don José in Carmen, Hoffmann in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Lenski in Eugene Onegin, Dimitri in Boris Godunov, and David in Nielsen’s Saul og David.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1909 Copenhagen Royal Opera

1914 Stockholm Court Opera

1932 Warsaw Opera

1939 Stockholm Court Opera

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Ak kæreste Hr Guldsmed (Farvel lille Grethe) (N W Gade) A149047, Kpo656 Odeon, København 1915-08
2. Boheme (Puccini) Saa kold den lille haand er 629 xxKP56 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1914
3. Boheme (Puccini) Saa kold den lille haand er D6009 (AA210006) xxKp111 Odeon, 1929-01
4. Carmen (Bizet) Blomsterarien D6009 (AA210006) xxKp110 Odeon, 1929-01
5. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Siciliana D226 (A160105) Kpo1558 Odeon, 1929-01
6. Dejlig er den himmel blaa A149968 xBe3141 Odeon, Berlin 1922-06-26
7. Dejlig er jorden D205 (A160024) Kpo1393 Odeon, 1926-09
8. Den yndigste rose er funden A149963 xBe3136 Odeon, Berlin 1922-06-26
9. Der er noget i luften (Gregersen) 5093 (A131128) Kpo1280 Odeon, 1924
10. Der flyver saa mange fugle (Andersen) A131070 xBe3824 Odeon, Berlin 1923-07-04
11. Der hvor de Swannees bolger vugger (Foster) D224 (A160103) Kpo1549 Odeon, 1929-01
12. Der staar et slot i vesterled (Weyse) A149056 Kpo660 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1915-08
13. Der var en svend med sin pigelil (Heise) A149054 Kpo658 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1915-08
14. Der var engang (Lange-Muller) Serenade A149060, Kpo664 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1915-08
15. Det kimer nu til julefest (Balle) D204 (A160025) Kpo1395 Odeon, 1926-09
16. Farvel lille Grethe (Ak, kæreste Herr Guldsmed) (N W Gade) D215 (A160071) Kpo1463 Odeon, 1928
17. Flaget (Rygaard) D220 (A160075) Kpo1451 Odeon, 1928
18. Fred hviler over land og by A149055, Kpo659 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1915-08
19. Freds hymne (Larsen) A149215 Kpo717 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1916