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ALBUMUno Stjernqvist (1958-1963)Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling, Stockholm Royal Orchestra, Uno Stjernqvist, Swedish Radio Chorus, Sten Frykberg, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Sandberg, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Miltiades Caridis, Stig Westerberg, Rolf Jupither, Fausto Cleva, Ingvar Wixell, Barbro Ericson, Margareta Hallin, Stig Rybrant, Swedish Radio Light Orchestra & Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMVerdi: Rigoletto (1957)Carl-Axel Hallgren, Sven-Erik Jacobsson, Kurt Bendix, Olle Sivall, Bertil Alstergård, Jussi Björling, Georg Svedenbrant, Ingvar Wixell, Kerstin Meyer, Barbro Ericson, Erik Sundquist, Carrie Nilsson, Eva Prytz, Stockholm Royal Opera Chorus, Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra & Judith Garellick
ALBUMWagner: Wagner at the Royal Swedish Opera - Tannhauser - Parsifal - Siegfried Excerpts (Sung in Swedish) (1955-1959)Sixten Ehrling, Leon Bjorker, Georg Svedenbrant, Arne Ohlson, Royal Swedish Orchestra, Margareta Bergstrom, Einar Andersson, Sven-Erik Jacobsson, Set Svanholm, Royal Opera Chorus, Sigurd Bjorling, Anna-Greta Soderholm, Hjordis Schymberg, Arne Tyren, Arne Wiren, Elisabeth Söderström, Sven-Erik Vikstrom, Conny Soderstrom, Ingvar Wixell, Eva Prytz, Carrie Nilsson, Margareta Bakker-Sunnegardh, Kerstin Meyer, Joel Berglund, Kjerstin Dellert, The Royal Orchestra & Birgit Nilsson
ALBUMMozart, W.A.: Don Giovanni - Die Zauberflote - Le Nozze Di Figaro (1952-1967) (Royal Swedish Opera)Sigurd Bjorling, Eva Prytz, Herbert Sandberg, Paul Hoglund, Sven-Erik Jacobsson, Lilly Furlin, Gosta Bjorling, Birgit Nilsson, Stockholm Royal Orchestra, Margareta Bergström, Margareta Bakker-Sunnegardh, Hjordis Schymberg, Conny Söderström, Folke Jonsson, Olle Sivall, Kerstin Meyer, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, Sven-Erik Vikström, Ingvar Wixell, Anna-Greta Söderholm, Busk Margit Jonsson, Jan Sparring, Birgit Nordin, Bo Lundborg, Judith Garellick, Arne Wiren, Lars af Malmborg, Michael Gielen, Martti Talvela, Elisabeth Söderström, Uno Stjernqvist, Arne Tyrén, Ingeborg Kjellgren, Aase Nordmo-Lovberg, Edith Thallaug, Carl-Axel Hallgren, Bengt Rundgren, Gunilla Slattegard & Erik Saeden
About Ingvar Wixell
Artist Biography
Ingvar Wixell was one of the leading operatic baritones of the 20th century. He had a commanding stage presence and dark baritone voice that made him suited for the most dramatic roles, but was also highly effective in comic roles.
He studied in Stockholm. His first operatic appearance was as Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute. His first international appearance came when the Stockholm Royal Opera visited London's Covent Garden in 1960. Then he performed as Ruggiero in Handel's Alcina.
His first appearance at Glyndebourne Festival Opera was as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte. Later that year, he sang the same role at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, and was thereupon invited to join it. He became a member of the company in 1963. In 1965 he sang in the popular Eurovision Song Contest. In 1966 he created the role of Pentheus in the world premiere of Hans Werner Henze's The Bassarids at Salzburg. His American debut was in San Francisco as Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, and first sang at the Met in 1973 as Rigoletto.
The Deutsche Oper was the company with which he was most closely associated. He remained on its roster for 35 years, leaving it after his final performance as Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca on November 9, 1998. Scarpia might have been his signature role, but he also sang many Verdi roles, including Don Carlo in La forza del destino, Simon Boccanegra, and Rigoletto. Others of his most important roles were Eugene Onegin, Mandryka in Strauss's Arabella, and the Count in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. In the later part of his career he became a memorable exponent of Verdi's Falstaff, and in 1998 received raves for his singing and comic acting in Donizetti's Viva la Mamma! as Mamma Agatha.
Hometown
Laleå
Genre
Classical
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