Erik Saedén

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Erik Saedén (born September 3, 1924 in Vänersborg , Älvsborgs län ; † November 3, 2009 ) was a Swedish opera singer with a baritone voice .

Life

Erik Saedén completed his vocal training at the Royal Music Academy and the Royal Opera School in Stockholm . In addition to his vocal training, he also studied conducting and organ . He also obtained a diploma as a singing teacher during his studies.

In 1952 Saedén was committed to the Royal Opera House in Stockholm, of which he remained a permanent member of the company until 1981.

He participated in several opera premieres and premieres, including 1952 at the Stockholm Opera in the world premiere of the opera Gilgamesj by Ture Rangström , 1956 in Portraittet by Hilding Rosenberg , 1959 also in Stockholm in the space opera Aniara by Karl-Birger Blomdahl and 1978 in Le Grand Macabre by György Ligeti . He also sang in 1968 at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin in the world premiere of the opera Ulisse by Luigi Dallapiccola .

At the Swedish premieres in 1957 he sang the title role in Wozzeck by Alban Berg and in 1961 Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky .

For many years Saedén celebrated great success at the festival in the Drottningholm Palace Theater . 1958 Saedén sang at the Bayreuth Festival to Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde , the Heerrufer in Lohengrin and Donner in Das Rheingold . In 1959 and 1974 he was a guest at the Edinburgh Festival . In 1989 he took over at the Festival in Savonlinna the father Henrik in the opera Singoalla of Gunnar de Frumerie .

Saedén also gained greater fame through his participation in the film adaptation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte by Ingmar Bergman under the title Trollflöjten . Saedén took on the relatively small, but dramaturgically important role of the speaker .

Saedén was artistically active as a singing teacher and singer until shortly before his death. Two days before his death he took part in a performance of the lyrical suite Förklädd Gud by Lars-Erik Larsson in Sundbyberg Church .

In 1965 Erik Saedén became a member of the Stockholm Music Academy, in 1966 he was appointed Swedish court singer. In 1975 he was awarded the Swedish Order of Litteris et Artibus for his artistic merits .

repertoire

At the beginning of his career Saedén also sang the lyrical baritone part in the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( Papageno , Guglielmo , Conte Almaviva ) and Richard Wagner ( Wolfram , Heerrufer ), but very quickly took over the great character roles such as Jochanaan in Salome , Scarpia in Tosca , Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande , Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Klingsor in Parsifal . The carping has long been considered Saedéns special starring role. He drew the figure as a tragic and deeply lonely character and almost completely dispensed with any superficial comedy in his interpretation.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Operasångaren Erik Saedén har avlidit  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Swedish Radio, November 3, 2009@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sr.se  
  2. ↑ Operasångaren Erik Sædén död DN.se of November 3, 2009
  3. ↑ Alltid lika säker på scen SvD of November 4, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Saedén, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sædén, Erik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish opera singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Vänersborg , Älvsborgs län , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 2009