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. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Duet with Frederiksen X116032 KP33 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1912
2. Majsang (Lembcke) A149052 Kpo654 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1915-08
3. Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Wagner) Prissangen D6010 (AA210007) xxKp112 Odeon, 1929-01
4. Naar Solen ganger til Hvile (Dedekam) 131127 Kpo 1295 Odeon
5. Nu ringer alle klokker mod sky (Weyse) D207 (A160023) Kpo1391 Odeon, 1926-09
6. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Bajadsens sang D226 (A160105) Kpo1546 Odeon, 1929-01
7. Pecheurs de perles (Bizet) Duet (w. Hoeberg) X116051 KP52 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1912
8. Renaissance (Lange-Muller) Serenade D219 (A160074) Kpo1467 Odeon, 1928
9. Rigoletto (Verdi) Kvinden er flygtig D248 (A160152) Kpo1557 Odeon, 1929-01
10. Rigoletto (Verdi) O, I kvinder D248 (A160152) Kpo1545 Odeon, 1929-01
11. Sagn (Toft) A149061, Kpo665 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1915-08
12. Se, solen lyser over mit Kentucky hjem (Foster) D224 (A160103) Kpo1548 Odeon, 1929-01
13. Siegfried (Wagner) Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede Mein Hammer Odeon A160195b
14. Siegfried (Wagner) Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert Odeon A160195b
15. Skin ud mit klare solskin (Lange-Muller) A149650 Kpo1040 Odeon, Kobenhavn 1921
16. To maa man være (Fini Henriques; Henriette Rantzau) 160224 Kpo 1753 Odeon, 1930
17. Tosca (Puccini) Alle stjerner lyse D225 (A160104) Kpo1543 Odeon, 1929-01
18. Tosca (Puccini) Hvilken lighed dog forbinder D225 (A160104) Kpo1544 Odeon, 1929-01
19. Troubadouren (Verdi) Troubadourens Entresang 160196a Kpo 1747 Odeon
20. Vær velkommen Herrens aar (Berggren) D255 (A160214) Kpo1751 Odeon, 1930