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

 

 

Skin ud du klare solskin (Lange-Müller) 2-82400 4193h G&T, Berlin 1906-03

Skin ud du klare solskin (Lange-Müller) 2-82871, 498ah Gramophone, København 1910-08-24

Slumrer sødt i Slesvigs jord (Hartmann) 2-82992 3221ab Gramophone, København 1911-08-25

Svend Grathe eller Kongemødet i Roskilde (N W Gade) Knud Lavard 082054 436ac Gramophone, København 1911-08-25

Tordenvejr (Heise) Gold er den jord 3-82041 6034½ae Gramophone, København 1914-10-26

Tosca (Puccini) Alle stjernerne lyste (E lucevan le stelle) 2-82812 7377r Gramophone, Berlin 1910-03-21

Tosca (Puccini) Hvilken lighed (Recondita armonia) 2-82811 7376r Gramophone, Berlin 1910-03-21

Tosca (Puccini) Med dine øjne saa underfulde (Qual’ occhio al mondo) (w. Frederiksen) 084024 647ac Gramophone, København 1913-09-21

Tosca (Puccini) Vi til vort fristed (Non lo sospiri) (w. Frederiksen) 084023, 648ac Gramophone, København 1913-09-21

Tove (Nielsen) Glenten 2-82761 531ae Gramophone, København 1909-08

Traviata (Verdi) Bort med drømme (Sempre libera) (w. Frederiksen) 084028 651ac Gramophone, København 1913-09-21

Traviata (Verdi) Den dag saa herlig (Un dì felice) (w. Frederiksen) 084027 650ac Gramophone, København 1913-09-21

Traviata (Verdi) Drikkevise (Brindisi) 2-82726 101ab Gramophone, Berlin 1908-12-03

Traviata (Verdi) Kom lad os flygte (Parigi o cara) (w. Ulrich) 084006 279s G&T, København 1907-09

Traviata (Verdi) Recitativ og arie (De’ miei bollenti spiriti) 2-82823 7378½r Gramophone, Berlin 1910-03-21

Trovatore (Verdi) Lad os til hjemmet vende tilbage (Ai nostri monti) (w. Lendrop) 084011 2334f Gramophone, København 1908-03

Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere (w. Brun) 84089 3361r G&T, København 1907-09

Trovatore (Verdi) Mit liv var som en foraarsdag (Ah si, ben mio) 2-82616 12505u Gramophone, Berlin 1908-03-13

Ved jægerhuset (Du som har sorg i sinde) (Hartmann) 2-82788 529ae Gramophone, København 1909-08

Venetiansk Serenade (Kom Carina) (Svendsen) 82999 4206h G&T, Berlin 1906-03

Vildt flyver høg over land (Heise) 2-82922 3222ab Gramophone, København 1911-08-25

Wanderers Nachtlied (Rubinstein) (w. Nissen) 84277 11387b Gramophone, København 1908-09-19