Borg utbildades på Sibeliusakademin i Helsingfors samt i Köpenhamn och Stockholm. Han debuterade 1951 som Colline i Bohème på Den Jyske Opera och fick året därpå gästkontrakt med Det Kgl. Teater men inledde snart en internationell karriär med gästuppträdanden i Glyndebourne, Edinburgh och Salzburg.

Kim Borg finländsk bas 1919 – 2000

Mellan 1959-62 sjöng Borg på Metropolitan Opera i New York, men har också varit en regelbundet återkommande gäst i Helsingfors, Stockholm och Köpenhamn.

Av hans roller kan nämnas Don Giovanni, Osmin i Enleveringen ur seraljen, Scarpia i Tosca, Gremin i Eugen Onegin och Boris Godunov.

Från 1972 var han professor vid musikkonservatoriet i Köpenhamn.

Metropolitan Opera

Met Performance] CID:183030  New production Le Nozze di Figaro {171} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/30/1959 Debuts: Elisabeth Söderström, Kim Borg, Oliver Messel Review

[Met Performance] CID:183100 Le Nozze di Figaro {172} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/6/1959

[Met Performance] CID:183150 Le Nozze di Figaro {173} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/11/1959

[Met Performance] CID:183340 Le Nozze di Figaro {174} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/28/1959

[Met Performance] CID:183460 Le Nozze di Figaro {175} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/10/1959 Debuts: Christa Ludwig, Charleen Clark Review

[Met Performance] CID:183510 Le Nozze di Figaro {176} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/15/1959

[Met Performance] CID:183570 Le Nozze di Figaro {177} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/21/1959

[Met Performance] CID:183700 Pelléas et Mélisande {56} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/2/1960

[Met Performance] CID:183720 Pelléas et Mélisande {57} American Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 01/5/1960

[Met Performance] CID:183910  Opera News Le Nozze di Figaro {178} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/23/1960 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:183940 Tristan und Isolde {375} American Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 01/26/1960

[Met Performance] CID:183990 Tristan und Isolde {376} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/30/1960

[Met Performance] CID:184320 Don Giovanni {213} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/4/1960

[Met Performance] CID:184400 Fidelio {83} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/11/1960

[Met Performance] CID:184450 Don Giovanni {214} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/1960

[Met Performance] CID:184530 Don Giovanni {215} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/23/1960

[Met Performance] CID:184640 Don Giovanni {218} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/1/1960

[Met Performance] CID:184690 Le Nozze di Figaro {179} American Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 04/5/1960

[Met Performance] CID:184820 Parsifal {205} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/15/1960

[Met Performance] CID:186020 Boris Godunov {153} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/27/1960 Debuts: Anthony Balestrieri, Ron Sequoio Reviews

[Met Performance] CID:186080 Boris Godunov {154} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/2/1960

[Met Performance] CID:186130 Le Nozze di Figaro {188} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/6/1960 Review

[Met Performance] CID:186150 Boris Godunov {155} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/8/1960

[Met Performance] CID:186200 Le Nozze di Figaro {189} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/12/1960

[Met Performance] CID:186210 Boris Godunov {156} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/14/1960 Review

[Met Performance] CID:186230 Le Nozze di Figaro {190} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/16/1960

[Met Performance] CID:186310 Le Nozze di Figaro {191} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/24/1960

[Met Performance] CID:186410 Boris Godunov {157} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/3/1960 Review

[Met Performance] CID:186420 Le Nozze di Figaro {192} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/5/1960

[Met Performance] CID:186460 Boris Godunov {158} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/9/1960

[Met Performance] CID:186600 Le Nozze di Figaro {193} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/23/1960

[Met Performance] CID:186710 Le Nozze di Figaro {194} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/3/1961 Review

[Met Performance] CID:186750 Boris Godunov {159} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/7/1961 Broadcast Review

[Met Performance] CID:186970 Opera News Le Nozze di Figaro {195} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/28/1961 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:189810 Le Nozze di Figaro {196} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/11/1962 Review

[Met Performance] CID:189880 Le Nozze di Figaro {197} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/1962

[Met Performance] CID:190070 Le Nozze di Figaro {198} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/5/1962

[Met Performance] CID:190390 Le Nozze di Figaro {200} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/6/1962

[Met Performance] CID:190530 Le Nozze di Figaro {201} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/17/1962

Läs mer

• Wikipedia om Kim Borg
• Henrik Engelbrecht about Kim Borg
• Bassångare från hela världen
• Web – site
• Obituary in The Guardian