Set Svanholm
Set Karl Viktor Svanholm , (born September 2, 1904 in Västerås , † October 4, 1964 in Nacka near Stockholm ) was a Swedish opera singer ( tenor ) and opera director.
Life
Set Svanholm initially worked as an organist and elementary school teacher before he had his voice trained. After completing his vocal training with John Forsell in 1925, he worked from 1929 to 1949 as a cantor in the Stockholm Church of St. James , from 1930 to 1940 as a teacher at the Conservatory of Music and from 1933 to 1943 as the conductor of the church choir of the Stockholm diocese.
Set Svanholm made his debut in 1930 as Silvio in Ruggiero Leoncavallos Bajazzo as baritone at the Stockholm Royal Opera . Six years later he made his tenor debut, also at the Royal Stockholm Opera, as Radames in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida .
From 1938 Set Svanholm sang on all major opera stages in Europe. In 1938 he also appeared in two productions at the Salzburg Festival . From 1945 onwards he was a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York for eleven years . In 1956 he returned to Sweden and became director of the Royal Opera in Stockholm. He held this position until 1962.
Set Svanholm celebrated his greatest successes as a hero tenor in operas by Richard Wagner ( The Ring of the Nibelung ) and Giuseppe Verdi , but also by Georges Bizet .
literature
- Michael Jahn: "Svanholm was heavenly again." An opera diary from 1937 to 1944 . In: Michael Jahn (Ed.): Svanholm was heavenly again. (= Writings on Viennese opera history; 5). Verlag der Apfel, Vienna 2008. ISBN 978-3-85450-287-6 , p. 151 ff.
- Alexander Rausch : Svanholm, set. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
- Svanholm, set. In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . 3rd edition 1997-2000, Vol. 5, p. 3397
Web links
- Works by and about Set Svanholm in the catalog of the German National Library
- Set Svanholm at Operissimo based on the Great Singer Lexicon
- Audio samples
- Richard Wagner, Lohengrin Act 3: "You have to thank me for the highest level of trust" (MP3; 759 kB)
- Richard Wagner, Meistersinger 3rd act: "Glowing in the morning" ( RAM ; 0 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Svanholm, set |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Svanholm, Set Karl Viktor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish opera singer (tenor) and opera director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Västerås |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th October 1964 |
| Place of death | Nacka near Stockholm |