Nicolai Gedda (1925–2017)
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Nicolai Gedda was born Harry Gustaf Nikolai Gädda in Stockholm, Sweden on July 11, 1925. After finishing high school, he took a job as a bank clerk in Stockholm and earned extra money as a wedding singer. Through a customer at the bank, he was introduced to the tenor Carl Martin Ohman. He began mehr anzeigen taking lessons with Ohman and later studied at what is now the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Gedda made his operatic debut at the age of 26 as the coachman Chapelou in Adolphe Adam's Le Postillon de Lonjumeau with the Royal Swedish Opera. He sang 367 performances with the Metropolitan Opera, from his debut in the title role of Gounod's Faust in 1957 to his final performance, as Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata, in 1983. One of his most famous roles was as Lensky, the young poet in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. His memoir, Nicolai Gedda: My Life and Art, was co-written with his third wife Aino Sellermark Gedda. He died after a heart attack on January 8, 2016 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Nicolai Gedda
The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda [sound recording] — Artist — 2 Exemplare
Nicolai Gedda sings French and Russian Arias and Songs [sound recording] (1996) — Artist — 2 Exemplare
Nicolai Gedda: Lyric Poet of the Tenor Voice [sound recording] — Artist — 2 Exemplare
Lieder aus Russland und Skandinavien [sound recording] — Artist — 1 Exemplar
Great Opera Tenors [sound recording] — Artist — 1 Exemplar
Favorite Encores [sound recording] — Artist — 1 Exemplar
Live in Recital — Artist — 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Madama Butterfly: Tragedia Giapponese (1904) — Tenor vocals [B.F. Pinkerton], einige Ausgaben — 216 Exemplare
Ivan Susanin: A Life for the Tsar [complete recordings] (A Life for the Tsar) (1991) — Artist, einige Ausgaben — 12 Exemplare
Aria 2: A Passion for Opera [sound recording] — Performer — 10 Exemplare
Joan Sutherland: The Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances, 1961-1968 [video recording] (2001) — Actor — 4 Exemplare
Madama Butterfly {highlights : Callas} [sound recording] — Tenor Vocals [F.B. Pinkerton], einige Ausgaben — 1 Exemplar
Zar und Zimmermann: Großer Querschnitt {highlights} [audio recording] — Artist, einige Ausgaben — 1 Exemplar
Carmen & L'Arlésienne Suites / The Pearl Fishers Duet / Jeux d'enfants [sound recording] — Conductor, einige Ausgaben — 1 Exemplar
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- Andere Namen
- Gädda, Harry Gustaf Nikolai (birth)
Ustinoff, Nikolai (foster family) - Geburtstag
- 1925-07-11
- Todestag
- 2017-01-08
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Sweden
- Geburtsort
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Sterbeort
- Tolochenaz, Switzerland
- Todesursache
- heart attack
- Berufe
- operatic tenor
- Beziehungen
- Gedda, Aino Sellermark (spouse)
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