David Hansen (singer)

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David Hansen (* 1981 in Sydney , Australia ) is a countertenor and mezzo-soprano .

career

Hansen studied with Andrew Dalton at the Conservatorium of Music in his hometown and completed his training with James Bowman , David Harper and Graham Pushee . He made his debut in 2003.

His repertoire includes roles such as the title role in Gioachino Rossini's Tancredi , Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Ottone in Antonio Vivaldi's Griselda, as well as various roles by GF Handel , including Giulio Cesare . He also interpreted Thomas Adès ' The Tempest (in the Santa Fe Opera ), Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo and L'incoronazione di Poppea as well as the Cherubino in WA Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro .

At the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2012, Hansen appeared in Domenico Scarlatti's La Dirindina and Giovanni Andrea Bontempi's Il Paride . In 2015 he made his debut under Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Wiener Musikverein .

Hansen is married to the Norwegian harpist Ida Aubert Bang.

Discography

  • Handel: Fernando (2007)
  • Purcell - Music for Queen Mary , Academy of Ancient Music , Choir of King's College, Cambridge , Stephen Cleobury , EMI Classics 2006
  • Antonio Vivaldi : Griselda , Caitlin Hulcup, Christopher Saunders, Miriam Allen, Tobias Cole, Russell Harcourt, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Erin Helyard, Mark Gaal, Pinchgut Opera, Sydney 2011
  • Rivals - Arias for Farinelli & Co , Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi (Sony Music Switzerland / deutsche harmonia mundi), 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Hansen, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian countertenor
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney , Australia