Description

ERNST SVEDELIUS (COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, 27. 7. 1872 – STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 20. 10. 1945)

 

 

 

 

He was born in Copenhagen to Swedish descent. As a child, he moved to Stockholm and sang in the boys’ choir of the Royal Opera. He studied singing in Stockholm under Julius Günther. In 1889, he emigrated to North America and became a pupil of the brothers Jean and Édouard de Reszke in New York. For several years, he was active in the USA as a concert and church singer in Chicago, but he returned to Sweden in 1897.

From 1901 to 1904, he was a member of the Svenska Teatern in Stockholm, where he created, among other roles, the part of the father in Louise by G. Charpentier for Sweden. In 1905, he was engaged by the Royal Opera in Stockholm, where he performed until the end of his stage career in 1928. He made his debut there as Rocco in Fidelio. He was especially successful at the Royal Opera as Hagen in Götterdämmerung, Gurnemanz in Parsifal, and as Pimen in Boris Godunov. In 1910, he sang at the Stockholm Opera in the premiere of Wilhelm Peterson-Berger’s opera Arlnjot. In 1921, he undertook a concert tour through the USA.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1905-1928 Stockholm Royal Opera

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Bön (Pietà, Signore) (Niedermeyer) 2-82773 865ae Gramophone, Stockholm 1909-09
2. Den älskades namn (Abt) 2-82742 11501b Gramophone, Stockholm 1908-10
3. En Karleksnatt i Barcelona 26122-F W 111419 Columbia, Stockholm 1906 (Spring)
4. En sangers bøn (Reissiger) 41357 E385 Columbia, Stockholm 1906 (Spring)
5. Minns Du (Erik W. Bergman) 26122-F W 111417 Columbia, Stockholm 1906 (Spring)
6. Morgonsång (Abt) 67882-A Victor 1909-03
7. Psalm 24 Allena Gud i himmelrik (Tech) 2-82774 867ae Gramophone, Stockholm 1909-09
8. Psalm 411 Det gamla år framgånget är 282120 866ah Gramophone, Stockholm 1910-10-20
9. Zauberflöte (Mozart) Aria (O Isis och Osiris) 1-85057 991-o Favorite, Stockholm 1905-12