Description

VILHELM HEROLD (HASLE, BORNHOLM, 19 MARCH, 1865 – COPENHAGEN, 15 DECEMBER, 1937)

 

 

 

 

He made his debut (1893) as Faust at the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen. He appeared in Stockholm, London, Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, and Stuttgart, among other cities. In Oslo (1913) he was Pedro in a performance of Tiefland in which Flagstad made her operatic debut as Nuri. Although his voice was trained in the French repertory, he spent the majority of his career in Scandinavia and Germania singing German roles. After his retirement he served as Director of the Royal Danish Theater (1922-24), where his career had begun. As a vocal teacher, Herold was responsible for retraining Lauritz Melchior’s voice from baritone to tenor. His voice was often compared to Jean de Reszke’s.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1893 Copenhagen Royal Danish Theater Faust (Faust)

1913 Oslo Opera House Tiefland (Pedro)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Fra Diavolo (Auber) En bankir kører op 082053 425ac Gramophone, København 1911-08-23

Fra Diavolo (Auber) Paa bjerget dybt i skoven 2-82904 3191ab Gramophone, København 1911-08-23

Fred hviler over land og by (Bay) 2-82969 3612ab Gramophone, København 1912-08-10

Fuldmaanen stille smiler (Serenata) (Tanti) 2-82960 4196ab Gramophone, København 1912-09-14

Glade jul, dejlige jul (Stille Nacht) (Gruber) 2-82758 584ae Gramophone, København 1909-08

Hvor Nilen vander ægypterens jord (Gurre) (Rung) 2-82881 499ah Gramophone, København 1910-08-24

Hvor Nilen vander ægypterens jord (Gurre) (Rung) 82930 2138e G&T, London 1905-06-08

I Würzburg ringe de klokker til fest (Lange-Müller) 2-82427 4222h G&T, Berlin 1906-03

Jens Vejmand (Nielsen) 2-82753 530ae Gramophone, København 1909-08

Jert hus skal I bygge (Bryllupssang) (Hartmann) 3-82014 4217ab Gramophone, København 1912-09-16

Lær mig, nattens stjerne (Hartmann) 2-82617 8013e Gramophone, København 1908-03

Lær mig, o skov, at visne glad (Bull) 3-82013 3615ab Gramophone, København 1912-08-10

Lohengrin (Wagner) In fernem Land 042139 978c G&T, London 1907-02-08

Lohengrin (Wagner) Nun sei bedankt (w. chorus)  042137 976c G&T, London 1907-02-08

Majsang (Lembcke) 2-82604, 12503½u Gramophone, Berlin 1908-03-10

Mari, o Mari (di Capua) 3-82004 5624ab Gramophone, København 1913-09-15

Mari, o Mari (di Capua) 3-82004, 5624ab Gramophone, København 1913-09-15

Mattinata (Leoncavallo) 3-82003 5615ab Gramophone, København 1913-09-13