Description

EINAR KRISTJÁNSSON (REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, 24 NOVEMBER, 1910 – REYKJAVÍK, ICELAND, APRIL 24, 1966)

 

 

 

 

He initially came to Vienna to study commercial science, but later trained as a singer with Waldemar Staegemann in Dresden. After performing as a concert singer, he completed his training at the opera studio of the Dresden State Opera and made his debut there in 1933 as Elemer in Richard Strauss’s Arabella. His engagements included: Dresden State Opera (1933-1936), Stuttgart State Opera (1936-1938), Duisburg City Theater (1938-1942), and Hamburg State Opera (1942-1944). From 1949 to 1962, he was a member of the Royal Opera in Copenhagen. He made guest appearances at the German Opera House in Berlin in 1939, the Vienna State Opera in 1948, and from Copenhagen at the Stockholm Opera. He excelled in lyrical tenor roles, such as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Wilhelm Meister in A. Thomas’s Mignon, Tamino in The Magic Flute, and in Benjamin Britten’s operas The Rape of Lucretia and Albert Herring. One of his greatest successes was in 1949 in Copenhagen as Ferrando in Così fan tutte. In 1962, he returned to his native Iceland and taught at the Music Academy in Reykjavik.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Einar Kristjánsson – 22 Íslensk Sönglög

Label: Fálkinn – FA 040

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation

Country: Iceland

Released: 1983

Genre: Folk, World, & Country

Style: Folk

A1 Sprettur

A2 Í Dag Skein Sól

A3 Bikarinn

A4 Draumalandið

A5 Minning

A6 Vögguvísa

A7 Hamraborgin

A8 Mamma Ætlar Að Sofna

A9 Komdu, Komdu Kiðlingur

B1 Heiðbláa Fjólan Mín Fríða

B2 Kirkjuhvoll

B3 Söknuður

B4 Sofnar Lóa

B5 Augun Bláu

B6 Kvöldvísa Vegfarenda

B7 Íslenskt Vögguljóð Á Hörpu

B8 Fuglinn Í Fjörunni

B9 Ef Engill Ég Væri

B10 Lindin

B11 Viltu Fá Vin Minn Að Sjá

B12 Gekk Ég Aleinn

B13 Kveðjur

Pressed By – Alfa Hf.

Printed By – Prisma Hf.