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Per Bach Nissen Bass ! Per Bach Nissen Bass Danish bass, Per Bach Nissen is on the brink of a major international career. His deep, rich and voluminous voice, and commanding presence make him the perfect choice for the most demanding roles in the bass repertoire. In the 2017/18 season, Mr. Nissen will be performing Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin with Sinfonia Selandia in Copenhagen, Zuniga in Carmen with the Danish National Opera, Cardinal Camillo in Berthold Goldschmidt’s Beatrice Cenci, and will sing in an autumn concert with the South Danish Symphony. Last season, he was seen in the title role in Boris Godunov with Undergrunden in Copenhagen, and with the Royal Danish Opera he sang Jeronimus in Maskarade and Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro. In recent seasons, Per Bach Nissen has performed Fafner in Das Rheingold and Siegfried with Opera Frankfurt, Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with The Opera Company of Philadelphia, Gremin in Eugene Onegin with Komische Oper Berlin, Il Re in Aida with Malmö Opera, Eremit in Der Freischütz and Lothario in Mignon at Holsteinisches Landestheater, Dr. Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Concertgebouw with Opera Zuid, and The Chief of Police in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk with the English National Opera. With Hannover State Opera, he has sung Veit Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Boris in Lady Macbeth from Mtsensk, and Il Gran Inquisitore in Don Carlos, Samuel in Un Ballo in Maschera, as well as Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin. From 2007 to 2010 Mr. Nissen was a principal artist with Theater Augsburg where he established his repertoire including the roles of Rocco in Fidelio, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Il Gran Inquisitore in Don Carlos, Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Goldhändler in Hindemith’s Cardillac, Pluto in Rameau’s Platée, and van Bett in Lortzing’s Zar und Zimmermann. Mr. Nissen made his professional debut as Zuniga in Carmen at Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House Covent Garden and his first principal engagements took him to Das Mecklenburgische Staatstheater and the Schlossfestspiele in Schwerin where he sang Sarastro, Colline in La Bohème, Seneca in L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Il Commendattore in Don Giovanni, Hagen in Die Götterdämmerung, and Ferrando in Il Trovatore. At present Per studies with Robert Lloyd and has worked on stage with Paul Curran, Willy Decker, Robert Driver, Axel Köhler, Tatjana Gürbaca and Peer Boysen. Studies have taken him to The Opera Studio “La Monnait” in Brussels having obtained Diplomas from The Royal Welsh College of Music as well as Trinity College of Music in London with scholarships. ! ! Per Bach Nissen Bass Recent & Upcoming Engagements Zuniga Carmen Danish National Opera 2018 Cardinal Camillo Beatrice Cenci Bregenzer Festspiele 2018 Prince Gremin Eugene Onegin Sinfonia Selandia, Copenhagen 2017 Antonio Le nozze di Figaro Royal Danish Opera 2017 Soloist Concert South Danish Symphony 2017 Jeronimus Maskarade Royal Danish Opera 2016 Boris Boris Godunov Undergrunden, Copenhagen 2016 Daland Concert: Die fliegende Holländer Copenhagen Opera Festival 2016 Fafner Siegfried Opera Frankfurt 2016 Fafner Das Rheingold Opera Frankfurt 2016 Soloist Concert South Danish Symphony 2016 Antonio Le nozze di Figaro Royal Danish Opera 2016 Prince Gremin Eugene Onegin Komische Oper Berlin 2016 Chief of Police Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk English National Opera 2015 Altgesell Jenůfa Hannover State Opera 2015 Le Bailli Werther Hannover State Opera 2015 Il Re Aida Malmö Opera 2015 Samuel Un ballo in maschera Hannover State Opera 2015 Cherea Caligula Hannover State Opera 2015 Sagrestano Tosca Royal Danish Opera 2014 Prior Engagements Il Bonze Madama Butterfly Hannover State Opera 2014 Prince Gremin Eugene Onegin Hannover State Opera 2014 Theseus A Midsummer Night’s Dream Hannover State Opera 2014 Marchese d’Obigny La traviata Hannover State Opera 2014 Sarastro Die Zauberflöte Hannover State Opera 2014 Il Grand Inquisitore Don Carlo Hannover State Opera 2014 Veit Pogner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Hannover State Opera 2013/14 Samuel Un ballo in maschera Hannover State Opera 2013/14 Prince Gremin Eugene Onegin Hannover State Opera 2013 Rocco Fidelio Michigan Opera Theatre 2013 Il Grand Inquisitore Don Carlo Hannover State Opera 2013 Il Bonze Madama Butterfly Hannover State Opera 2012/13 Boris Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Hannover State Opera 2012 Osmin Die Entführung aus dem Serail Opera Philadelphia 2012 ! ! Per Bach Nissen Bass Prior Engagements, cont’d Lothario Mignon Schleswig-Holsteinische Landestheater 2011/12 Lord Syndham Zar und Zimmermann Schleswig-Holsteinische Landestheater 2011/12 Ein Eremit Der Freischütz Schleswig-Holsteinische Landestheater 2011/12 Osmin Die Entführung aus dem Serail Teatro Comunale di Treviso 2010 Bartolo Le nozze di Figaro Opera Zuid 2010 Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor Theater Ausburg 2009/10 Sarastro Die Zauberflöte Theater Ausburg 2009/10 Van Bett Zar und Zimmermann Theater Ausburg 2009/10 Rocco Fidelio Theater Ausburg 2009/10 Il Grand Inquisitore Don Carlo Theater Ausburg 2009/10 A Monk Don Carlo Theater Ausburg 2009/10 Jupiter Platée Theater Ausburg 2009 Sarastro Die Zauberflöte Theater Ausburg 2009 2. Bursche Der Silbersee Theater Ausburg 2009 Quinault Adriana Lecouvreur Theater Ausburg 2008/09 Don Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia Theater Ausburg 2008/09 Il Bonze Madama Butterfly Theater Ausburg 2008/09 Der Goldhändler Cardillac Theater Ausburg 2008 Tom Un ballo in maschera Theater Ausburg 2008 Osmin Die Entführung aus dem Serail Theater Ausburg 2008 Magier Schwanda der Dudelsackpfeifer Theater Ausburg 2007 Sarastro Die Zauberflöte Mecklenburgisches State Theater, Schwerin 2007 Ferrando Il Trovatore Mecklenburgisches State Theater, Schwerin 2007 Colline La Bohème Mecklenburgisches State Theater, Schwerin 2007 Il Commendatore Don Giovanni Mecklenburgisches State Theater, Schwerin 2007 Brostolone Der arme Jonathan Mecklenburgisches State Theater, Schwerin 2007 Museumsdirektor Spuk um Händelhaus Mecklenburgisches State Theater, Schwerin 2007 ! ! Per Bach Nissen Bass Opera Repertoire Beethoven Strauss Rocco …………………............………...…. Fidelio Baron Ochs …..............…….. Der Rosenkavalier Truffaldino …….............….. Ariadne auf Naxos Berlioz Narbal …………...........……..……... Les Troyens Tchaikovsky Prince Gremin ……...............…… Eugene Onegin Britten Surin ……...................................…… Pique Dame Snug, The Joiner ….…. A Midsummer Night’s Dream Collatinus …..................... The Rape of Lucretia Verdi Mozart Il Re ………………………...................…….… Aida Il Commendatore ….............……. Don Giovanni Il Grande Inquisitore ….…..............…. Don Carlo Osmin ….......... Die Entführung aus dem Serail Silva ……………...............……………….... Ernani Sarastro ………….............…….. Die Zauberflöte Banco …..………...............……………..... Macbeth Zaccaria …………...............…………..…. Nabucco Mussorgsky Sparafucile ……….…..............…………. Rigoletto Boris Godunov ……............……. Boris Godunov Cherevik ….............….. The Fair at Sorochyntsi Wagner Daland …….................… Der fliegende Holländer Nicolai König Heinrich ……..............….……... Lohengrin Falstaff ……........ Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor Pogner ……….... Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Gurnemanz …………...................……..… Parsifal Puccini Fafner …………..…….............…... Das Rheingold Geronte di Revoir ………..……. Manon Lescaut Hunding …………...................…...… Die Walküre Timur ……………….............…………. Turandot Fafner ……………...................………..... Siegfried Hagen ……...…..............……... Götterdämmerung Smetana Landgraf …….……..............………... Tannhäuser Kezal ……….............…….. Die verkaufte Braut König Marke …..…..............… Tristan und Isolde Concert Repertoire Bach ................... Magnificat, St. Matthew Passion Händel …………………...............……….. Messiah Bach ............................................ B minor Mass Mozart ….............….. Requiem, Coronation Mass Beethoven ………...........…..… Mass in C Major Rossini …......................................... Stabat Mater Beethoven ................................ Missa Solemnis Rossini …...................….. Petite Messe Solennelle Beethoven ................................... 9th Symphony Verdi …..............................................….. Requiem This list represents recommended roles in the artist's operatic repertoire. For a list of performed repertoire, please refer to the artist's resume and biography. ! ! Per Bach Nissen Bass Reviews “Per Bach Nissen sang Rocco with confident sonority.” OPERA NEWS, 2013 “Per Bach Nissen showed a strong and threatening Fafner and a hateful, cold Hagen.” DEN KORTE AVIS, 2013 “Per Bach Nissen bestows Pogner a vocally powerful bass.” OMM.DE, 2013 “Von besonderer Durchschlagskraft erwies sich der Bass von Per Bach Nissen, der Katerinas Schwiegervater Boris mit der nötigen Derbheit ausstattete.” DER OPERNFREUND “Per Bach Nissen beeindruckt als Neuzugang des Ensembles in der Rolle des Schwiegervaters Boris mit kräftigem Volumen.” KLASSIC.COM “Bassist Per Bach Nissen wird von April an als hörbar empfindsamer Freund des Eugen Onegin auf der Bühne stehen. Und als Boris weckt er schon jetzt Vorfreude auf Schostakowitschs Lady Macbeth von Mzensk.” HAZ “Per Bach Nissen singt ebenso weich wie differenziert und Stimmgewaltig.”(Osmin) OPERNWELT “But it was the boorish overseer Osmin, portrayed by Danish bass
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