Recordings are available of his Hunding, Pogner, and Fafner; also Rocco, Banco, Commendatore (opposite Ezio Pinza), Sarastro, and Osmin (opposite Elisabeth Schwarzkopf). An anthology CD is also available. There are no published recordings of his Hagen.
herbert, alsen, sometimes, ahlsen, october, 1906, october, 1978, german, operatic, bass, formidable, volume, stature, contents, biography, notes, references, sources, external, linksbiography, editalsen, debuted, rocco, fidelio, westfalen, 1936, performed, com. Herbert Alsen sometimes Ahlsen 12 October 1906 25 October 1978 1 was a German operatic bass of formidable volume and stature 2 Contents 1 Biography 2 Notes and references 3 Sources 4 External linksBiography editAlsen debuted as Rocco in Fidelio in Westfalen In 1936 he performed as the Commendatore in Mozart s Don Giovanni under Bruno Walter and as Pogner the goldsmith in Wagner s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg under Arturo Toscanini Basing his career in Vienna he went on to play all the great Wagner bass roles including Gurnemanz Hunding Fafner King Marke and Hagen and more than forty roles by other composers He sang at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1938 9 season He retired in 1958 Recordings are available of his Hunding Pogner and Fafner also Rocco Banco Commendatore opposite Ezio Pinza Sarastro and Osmin opposite Elisabeth Schwarzkopf An anthology CD is also available There are no published recordings of his Hagen Notes and references edit Herbert Alsen ArkivMusic arkivmusic com Kurt Moses American Record Guide Sept Oct 2004 quoted on Norbeck Peters amp FordSources edit Herbert Alsen Classical Artist Biographies All Media Guide 2009 Answers com 10 December 2009 Norbeck Peters amp Ford Herbert Alsen Preiser 90579 External links editFormidable volume and stature nbsp This article about a German opera singer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Herbert Alsen amp oldid 1216661513, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
