Bent Norup
Bent Norup (born November 7, 1936 in Hobro , Denmark , † May 7, 2007 in Udsholt Strand) was a Danish opera singer in the subject of the hero baritone .
Life
Norup took private singing lessons during a bank apprenticeship in Copenhagen . He then had his voice trained with Karl Schmitt-Walther in Munich and Herta Sperber in New York City . Before singing as a soloist at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen between 1969 and 1975 , he was a member of the choir at the same house. Further engagements took him to Braunschweig , Nuremberg and Hanover . In 1994 he returned to Copenhagen.
In 1983 he stepped in for the sick Siegmund Nimsgern in Bayreuth and interpreted the role of Wanderer ( Siegfried ) under Georg Solti . In the same year he also gave the Gunther ( Götterdämmerung ), but received rather reserved reviews. Nevertheless, Norup made a name for himself primarily as a Wagner singer. In Vienna , Hamburg , Liège and Madrid he appeared in the title role of the Flying Dutchman , in London and Bordeaux he sang Kurwenal ( Tristan und Isolde ). He could be heard as Klingsor ( Parsifal ) in his homeland, in Copenhagen and Aarhus .
His repertoire also included works by Verdi , Bizet , Debussy , Puccini , Britten and Shostakovich . In total he sang about a hundred different roles on eighty different stages.
In 1995, Norup was made a Knight of the Dannebrog Order for his services .
Web links
- Works by and about Bent Norup in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bent Norup at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Donal Henahan, Premiere of Solti Hall Götterdämmerung The New York Times, August 1 1983
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Norup, Bent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish opera singer (hero baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hobro , Denmark |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 2007 |
| Place of death | Udsholt beach |