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Nicolai Gedda

Singer details:

Voice: Tenor
Nationality: Swedish
Year of Birth: 1925
Year of Death: 2017

About Nicolai Gedda:

Harry Gustaf Nikolai Gädda, known professionally as Nicolai Gedda (11 July 1925 – 8 January 2017), was a Swedish operatic tenor. Debuting in 1951, Gedda had a long and successful career in opera until the age of 77 in June 2003, when he made his final operatic recording. Skilled at languages, he performed operas in French, Russian, German, Italian, English, Czech, and Swedish, as well as one in Latin. In January 1958, he created the part of Anatol in the world premiere of the American opera Vanessa at the Metropolitan Opera. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is one of the most widely recorded opera singers in history. His singing is best known for its beauty of tone, vocal control, and musical perception.

Harry Gustaf Nikolai Gädda, who later changed the spelling of his surname to Gedda, was born in Stockholm to a Swedish mother and a half-Russian father. He was raised by his aunt Olga Gädda and his adoptive father Michail Ustinov (a distant relative of Peter Ustinov), who sang bass in Serge Jaroff's Don Cossack Choir and was cantor in a Russian Orthodox church. Gedda grew up bilingual in Swedish and Russian, and from 1929 to 1934 when his family were living in Leipzig, Germany, he learned German. At the age of 5 Gedda took part in a vocal quartet in the orthodox church in the city. They returned to Sweden in 1934, and the boy attended Katarina Secondary School and the Södra Grammar School. In school he learned English, French and Latin, learning Italian on his own after leaving school.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Ja das alles auf Ehr Popularity:

Opera: Zigeunerbaron, DerComposer: Strauss jrAct: 1.03

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: German

Roles:
2Ja das Schreiben und das Lesen Popularity:

Opera: Zigeunerbaron, DerComposer: Strauss jrAct: 1.05-2

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: German

Roles: Zsupán
3Reich ihm die Hand Popularity:

Opera: Zigeunerbaron, DerComposer: Strauss jrAct: 3.04

Type: Voice: S T BrLanguage: German

Roles: Saffi/Barinkay/Homonay
4Von des Tajos Strand Popularity:

Opera: Zigeunerbaron, DerComposer: Strauss jrAct: 3.02

Type: Voice: tenorLanguage: German

Roles: Zsupán
5Mein Aug bewacht bei Tag und Nacht Popularity:

Opera: Zigeunerbaron, DerComposer: Strauss jrAct: 2.01

Type: trioVoice: Mz S TLanguage: German

Roles: Czipra/Saffi/Barinkay
6Ein Greis ist mir im Traum erschienen Popularity:

Opera: Zigeunerbaron, DerComposer: Strauss jrAct: 2.02

Type: trioVoice: T S MzLanguage: German

Roles: Barinkay/Saffi/Czipra
7He Zsupan Popularity:

Opera: Zigeunerbaron, DerComposer: Strauss jrAct: 1.05-1

Type: recitativeVoice: T TLanguage: German

Roles: Carnero/Zsupán
8Als flotter Geist doch fruh verwaist Popularity:

Opera: Zigeunerbaron, DerComposer: Strauss jrAct: 1.02

Type: aria,choirVoice: tenorLanguage: German

Roles: Barinkay
9Ha! seht es winkt Popularity:

Opera: Zigeunerbaron, DerComposer: Strauss jrAct: 2.03-1

Type: trioVoice: T S MzLanguage: German

Roles: Barinkay/Saffi/Czipra
10Er ist Baron Popularity:

Opera: Zigeunerbaron, DerComposer: Strauss jrAct: 1.09-2

Type: duetVoice: T TLanguage: German

Roles: Barinkay/Zsupán
11Hm! hm! hm! hm! Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 1.11

Type: quintetVoice: Br T S S MzLanguage: German

Roles: Papageno/Tamino/Three ladies
12Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 1.06

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: German

Roles: Tamino
13Die Weisheitslehre dieser Knaben Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 1.17

Type: aria,recitativeVoice: tenorLanguage: German

Roles: Tamino
14Wie wie wie? Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 2.07

Type: quintetVoice: Br T S S MzLanguage: German

Roles: Papageno/Tamino/Three ladies
15Tamino mein! Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 2.28

Type: quartetVoice: S T T BLanguage: German

Roles: Pamina/Tamino/Two armoured men
16Nun stolzer Jungling nur hierher Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 1.21

Type: quartetVoice: T S T BLanguage: German

Roles: Monostatos/Pamina/Tamino/Sarastro
17Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 1.18

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: German

Roles: Tamino
18Tamino Tamino! Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 2.22

Type: spokenVoice: baritoneLanguage: German

Roles: Papageno
19Jungling! Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 2.08-1

Type: spokenVoice: Br TLanguage: German

Roles: Papageno/Monostatos
20Soll ich dich Teurer nicht mehr sehn? Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 2.21

Type: trioVoice: B T SLanguage: German

Roles: Sarastro/Tamino/Pamina
21Eine schreckliche Nacht Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 2.04

Type: spokenVoice: T BrLanguage: German

Roles: Tamino/Papageno
22Nur stille! stille! Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 2.32

Type: quintetVoice: T S S S MzLanguage: German

Roles: Monostatos/Queen/Three ladies
23Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 1.16

Type: quartetVoice: T tr cA MzLanguage: German

Roles: Tamino/Three boys
24Der welcher wandert diese Strasse voll Beschwerden Popularity:

Opera: Zauberflöte, DieComposer: MozartAct: 2.27

Type: spokenVoice: T S T BLanguage: German

Roles: Tamino/Pamina/Two armoured men
25Ich liebe dich! Popularity:

Opera: Zauber von BohemenComposer: StolzAct:

Type: Voice: Language: German

Roles:
26Wolgalied Popularity:

Opera: Zarewitsch, DerComposer: LéharAct:

Type: Voice: baritoneLanguage: German

Roles:
27Zum Werk das wir beginnen Popularity:

Opera: Zar und ZimmermannComposer: LortzingAct: 2

Type: Voice: B B B T TLanguage: German

Roles: General/Bett/Syndham/Ivanov/Marquis
28Lebe wohl mein flandrisch Madchen Popularity:

Opera: Zar und ZimmermannComposer: LortzingAct: 2

Type: aria,duet,choirVoice: T SLanguage: German

Roles: Marquis/Marie
29Ombra mai fu Popularity:

Opera: Xerxes (Serse)Composer: HandelAct:

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles:
30Ai je dit vrai Popularity:

Opera: WertherComposer: MassenetAct: 2.06

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: French

Roles: Werther
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