Description

NIELS JACOB HANSEN (KJELSTRUP HYLLEMARK (SEELAND), 23 MARCH, 1880 † KØBENHAVN, 19 SEPTEMBER, 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. Glade jul, dejlige jul (Gruber) A144433 Kpo465 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1914
2. Hjem, hjem, kære hjem (Bishop) A149651 Kpo1054 Odeon, København 1921
3. Husker du i host (Lille Karen) A149046, Kpo655 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1915-08
4. I denne sode juletid (Balle) A149971 xBe3144 Odeon, Berlin 1922-06-26
5. Jeg elsker de gronne lunde (Moller) A131069 xBe3822 Odeon, Berlin 1923-07-04
6. Jeg elsker de gronne lunde (Moller) D220 (A160075) Kpo1456 Odeon, 1928
7. Jeg gik mig ud Dansk Folkemelodi; Grundtvig 160224 b Kpo 1754 Odeon
8. Julen har bragt velsignet bud A144434 Kpo466 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1914
9. Julen har englelyd (Berggreen) D204 (A160025) Kpo1394 Odeon, 1926-09
10. Juletræet (Hornemann) A149972 xBe3145 Odeon, Berlin 1922-06-26
11. Kimer I klokker (Rung) A149964 xBe3137 Odeon, Berlin 1922-06-26
12. Kirkeklokke ej til hovedstæder (Rung) A149059 Kpo663 Odeon, København 1915-08
13. Klokke ring fred (Andersen) A149216 Kpo718 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1916
14. Kom Carina (Svendsen) D219 (A160074) Kpo1462 Odeon, 1928
15. Julen har bragt velsignet bud (Weyse) D203 (A160026)
16. Lohengrin (Wagner) Grals-Fortællingen 629 XXKP57 Odeon
17. Lohengrin (Wagner) Gralsfortællingen D6001 (AA210000) xxKpo1385 Odeon, 1926 (el)
18. Lohengrin (Wagner) Svanesangen 160196 b Kpo 1748 Odeon
19. Lysets engel gaar med glans (Weyse) A149058 Kpo662 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1915-08