Bo Skovhus

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Bo Skovhus (2010)

Boje Skovhus (born May 22, 1962 in Ikast , Denmark ) is a Danish opera singer ( baritone ).

Life

Skovhus studied at the Aarhus Music Institute , the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen and in New York . His career as a singer began in 1988 in Vienna at the Volksoper . Vienna is still the center of his artistic work. For over 10 years there has been a close connection with the State Opera , where he can be heard regularly as a guest. He is repeatedly engaged for recitals and concerts both in the Musikverein and in the Konzerthaus . In 1997 the artist was awarded the title of Austrian Chamber Singer .

Skovhus performs at major opera houses and with leading orchestras in Europe, America and Japan. He also devotes a large part of his time to song singing . He is one of the most important interpreters of his generation and is repeatedly invited by all major festivals and music centers around the world.

His operatic repertoire includes roles such as Don Giovanni , Count Almaviva in nozze Le Figaro , Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte , Olivier and Count in Capriccio , the barber in The Silent Woman , Wozzeck , Hamlet , Billy Budd and Eugene Onegin , Jelezki in Pique Dame , Danilo in The Merry Widow , Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus , Wolfram in Tannhäuser , Kurwenal in Tristan and Isolde , Amfortas in Parsifal , Rodrigue in the French version by Don Carlos and Frank and Fritz / Pierrot in Die tote Stadt . In 2010 he sang the title role of Colonel Chabert at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (as a concert performance).

The focus of his extensive concert repertoire is on the works of Gustav Mahler , the Scandinavian composers as well as Frank Martin's Jedermann monologues and Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony .

Skovhus is married and has one daughter.

honors and awards

Discography

CD publications

  • 1993 Wolf / Korngold: Songs - Sony SK57969
  • 1994 Schubert Schwanengesang - Sony SK66835
  • 1996 The Heart of the Poet (songs by Robert and Clara Schumann) - Sony SK62372
  • 1997 Schubert: The beautiful miller - Sony SK63075
  • 2002 Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (with Anna Larsson) - DR DRS1
  • 2003 Songs by the Sea - (Nordic songs by Grieg, Stenhammar, Carl Nielsen, Ture Rangström) - Chandos CHAN10249
  • 2006 Paul von Klenau: The way of love and death - Dacapo 6220532
  • 2009 Schubert & Schumann: Quietly begging my songs - Sony 88697451132
  • 2011 Hermann von Waltershausen: Colonel Chabert - cpo 777 619-2
  • 2011: night of dreams. Orchestra songs by Louis Spohr, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hugo Wolf a. a.- Crystal Classics N 67 062
  • 2012: Hans Sommer : Orchesterlieder - Tudor 7178

DVD publications

  • 1996 Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow (Danilo), San Francisco Opera - Opus Arte,
  • 2006 Franz Lehár: The Count of Luxembourg (title role), Theater an der Wien - cpo 777194-2
  • 2006 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Count Almaviva), Salzburg Festival - DG 0734245
  • 2007 Richard Wagner: Tristan and Isolde (Kurwenal), Glyndebourne Festival - Opus Arte, OA0988D

literature

  • BRUG, Manuel: The new singers' voices , Henschel 2009.

Web links

Commons : Bo Skovhus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monika Nelissen: Brutal and powerful. In: Die Welt , January 7, 2012, accessed on January 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ derStandard.at - Music theater award: Sweeney Todd of the Volksoper best production . APA notification dated June 8, 2015, accessed June 8, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Skovhus, Bo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skovhus, buoy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish opera singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Ikast , Denmark