Aage Haugland (1 February 1944 – 23 December 2000) was a Danish operatic bass .
Life and career
Haugland was born in Copenhagen and made his professional debut in Oslo in 1968. From 1970 to 1973 he was based in Bremen , and appeared at Den Jyske Opera in Aarhus in 1972. In 1973 he became a member of the Royal Danish Opera , where in 1985 he was made a Kammersanger .
His engagements outside Denmark included roles at La Scala , Milan , The Metropolitan Opera , New York City , the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden , the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals , the Opéra National de Paris and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich .
In 1989 he was honoured as "Person of the Year" by the Danish-American Society of New York.
He died of cancer in Lillerød , Denmark.
Roles
His operatic roles included Fasolt, Hunding and Hagen in Der Ring des Nibelungen , Varlaam, Pimen and Boris in Boris Godunov , King Marke in Tristan und Isolde , Klingsor in Parsifal , Prince Ivan Khovansky in Khovanshchina and the Doktor in Wozzeck . In 2000, he played the role of the Commander in the première of Poul Ruders ' The Handmaid's Tale . Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier was perhaps his most famous role.
Non-operatic work
In 1994 Haugland premièred the role of Atlas in the musical Atlantis by Østre Gasværk .
He also appeared in two Danish films, Sirup and Flamberede hjerter .
He also performed and recorded Mussorgsky 's Songs and Dances of Death , and lieder by Ibert, Kilpinen, and other composers.
Recordings
Richard Wagner : The Twilight of the Gods , conductor Reginald Goodall (Chandos CHAN 3060(5))
Modest Mussorgsky : Khovanshchina , conductor Claudio Abbado (CD: Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat:429 758-2)
Modest Mussorgsky : Mussorgsky Complete Songs (CHANDOS DIGITAL, CHAN 9336-8.) Includes the Songs and Dances of Death .
Carl August Nielsen : Saul og David , 0p. 25 conductor Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9811/12), The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra , 1990
Igor Stravinsky : The Soldier's Tale , conductor Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9189), Royal Scottish National Orchestra , 1993
Dmitri Shostakovich : Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District , Bastille Orchestra, conductor Myung-Whun Chung , (Deutsche Grammophon , ASIN: B000001GI1)
Video
Richard Strauss : Der Rosenkavalier , conductor Georg Solti , with Kiri te Kanawa and Barbara Bonney .
Alban Berg : Wozzeck . Haugland plays the Doktor. Conductor Claudio Abbado , with Franz Grundheber , Hildegard Behrens and Heinz Zednik .
External links
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