Vilhelm Herold, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vilhelm Herold

Danish opera singer

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1865

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1937

Profession: sculptor, opera singer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Vilhelm Herold

  • Vilhelm Christoffer Herold (born March 19, 1865 in Hasle, Bornholm – died December 15, 1937 in Copenhagen) was an operatic tenor, voice teacher, and theatre director.
  • Herold created the role of David in Carl Nielsen's opera Saul og David in 1902). Herold is considered a well known singer in his native Denmark, where he made his stage debut on February 10, 1893 in the title role of Gounod's Faust at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen.
  • However, he also sang throughout Europe, including a command performance for King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace in 1905.
  • The previous year, he had made his Covent Garden debut in the title role of Lohengrin.
  • He also sang at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Herold was a prominent interpreter of Pedro in Eugen d'Albert's Tiefland during the years following its premiere, with the composer himself pronouncing him as ideal in the role.
  • ("Sie sind das Ideal eines Pedro.") He also sang Pedro in the 1913 Oslo performance of Tiefland which marked Kirsten Flagstad's stage debut.
  • It was in Tiefland that Herold made his final appearance on the opera stage on March 19, 1915, his 50th birthday.
  • However, he has left no recordings from this work. Upon his retirement from the stage, Herold worked primarily as a voice and drama teacher at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, where he trained a generation of Danish singers, including Lauritz Melchior.
  • From 1922 to 1924 he was also a director at the Royal Theatre, where he staged Louise and Boris Godunov. A prolific recording artist, Herold's published discography numbers 135 titles.
  • Extracts from some of those titles have been transferred from records in the collection of Denmark's State and University Library to the Nimbus CD Prima Voce: Vilhelm Herold (NI7880).

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