Adam Frandsen Danish International tenor 1983-

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Adam Frandsen the Danish tenor is quickly gaining international attention for a lyric tenor voice that is “shining, effortless, and bursting with energy.”

Adam Frandsen Danish International tenor 1983-

Most recent and future highlights include among others: the title role of Don Carlos, the title role of Idomeneo, Peter Quint & Prologue/The Turn of the Screw and the tenor part at the song cycle Dichterliebe (a recomposition by Christian Jost) at Folkoperan Stockholm; Spoletta/Tosca with Trondheim Symfoniorkester; Junge Diener/Elektra and Narraboth/Salome at Royal Opera House Covent Garden London; Jenik/Brudköpet (The Bartered Brida concert with Opera På Grænsen, Denmark; concerts with Aarhus Symfoniorkester; concerts with Den Kongelige Livgardes Musikkorps.

BIOGRAPHY

Adam Frandsen began singing as a young boy in the Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir. In 2005, he started his opera studies with guest professor Douglas Yates. Frandsen is a graduate of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, under the direction of Mikael Eliasen, as a student of Marlena Malas.

Frandsen has taken part in the Aspen Music Festival, The International Vocal Arts Institute Israel and Virginia, and the IIVA Puerto Rico. He has worked with and received masterclasses from Neil Shicoff, Francisco Araiza, Joan Dornemann, Sherrill Milnes, Mignon Dunn, Håkan Hagegård, Vinson Cole, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Pierre Vallet, and Patrick Summers. Frandsen was a regional finalist in the 2008 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and is the recipient of the honorary Aalborg Opera Prize 2015. He was also awarded grants and scholarships from Moores, Curtis, and several American and Danish organizations.

​In the 2013-2014 season, Frandsen made an important role debut at Semperoper Dresden as Sergei in Shostakovich’s Moscow, Cheryomushki. He sang performances of Cavaradossi in Tosca at Aalborg Opera Festival and Roméo in Roméo et Juliette at the Copenhagen Opera Festival. Frandsen also appeared with the Württembergishces Philharmonie, Germany, in a concert of opera highlights.

​Engagements in 2015-2016 included Ferrando/Cosi fan Tutte and Elvino/La Sonnambula at Opera Hedeland; and Narraboth/Salome at Copenhagen Royal Opera with Stefan Herheim and Boder. Frandsen also performed the lead role as Architect Jørn Utzon in Opera Australia’s newly commissioned and highly profiled opera- Sydney Opera House, The Opera – that celebrates the construction of the House and famous emblem of the city.

Other engagements include The Duke/Rigoletto with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra; Tamino/Die Zauberflöte; and Farinelli in the Tivoli Concert Hall with the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen.

Frandsen has covered Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the Seiji Ozawa Opera Project/Saito Kinen Festival, and Rodolfo in La bohème under Lorin Maazel at the Castleton Festival.

Frandsen has also sung the roles of Don Jose/Carmen; Rinuccio/Gianni Schicchi; Ruggero/La Rondine; Arcadio/Florencia en el Amazonas; The Prologue/The Turn of the Screw; and the title roles in Idomeneo and Faust.

As a concert soloist, he has sung Beethoven’s 9th Symphony under Lorin Maazel; Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Camerata RCO; Handel’s Messiah; Saint-Saëns’s Christmas Oratorio; Dubois’s Seven Last Words of Christ; and Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin. In the summer of 2011, Mr. Frandsen sang a program of Scandinavian songs by composers Sibelius, Grieg, and Carl Nielsen in the Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen.

Additionally, Frandsen has collaborated with the Copenhagen Philharmonic, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Opera, South Denmark Philharmonic, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, and the Norrköping Symphony.

EXPERIENCED PERFORMANCES with Adam Frandsen

Opera Roles Operahouse Date
Cosi fan tutte Ferrando Opera Hedeland 2.8.2015
Il Trittico Tinka Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn  24.11.2015
Salome Narraboth Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn 10.5.2016
La sonnambula  Elvino Opera Hedeland 6.8.2016
Trollflöjten  Tamino GöteborgsOperan 12.4.2017

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