Stephen Milling danish bass ranks among the world’s foremost interpreters of Wagner’s repertoire and made a critically acclaimed debut at the 2015 Bayreuth Festival as Hagen (Götterdämmerung) under Kirill Petrenko. Known for his strong association with the role of Gurnemanz, Milling has performed it at both Wiener Staatsoper under Sir Simon Rattle and at Salzburger Osterfestspiele under Christian Thielemann, as well as being immortalised in the role on DVD for Deutsche Grammophone. Other Wagner highlights include Hunding (Die Walküre) at The Metropolitan Opera, Fasolt (Das Rheingold) at the BBC Proms and Dutch National Opera, König Marke (Tristan und Isolde) at Staatsoper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Berliner Philharmoniker, Daland (Der fliegende Holländer) at Bayerische Staatsoper and Landgraf (Tannhäuser) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Stephen Milling bass from Denmark 1965-

Keen to maintain a broad and diverse repertoire, Stephen Milling’s recent performance schedule features Philip II (Don Carlos) at San Francisco Opera and Opera National du Rhin, Rocco (Fidelio) at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Padre Guardiano (La forza del destino) at Palau de les Artes in Valencia, Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater at Opéra National de Paris, Sparafucile (Rigoletto) at The Met, and Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Wiener Staatsoper.

The 2016/17 season includes appearances as Daland for Royal Danish Opera (Jun Märkl), Gurnemanz for Deutsche Oper Berlin (Donald Runnicles), Pogner (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Antonio Pappano) and Sarastro for Bayerische Staatsoper (Constantin Trinks). There will also be concert performances of Das Rheingold with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall (Christian Thielemann) and with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Alan Gilbert.

Trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Stephen Milling joined the Royal Danish Opera in 1994 where he debuted a number of roles now central to his repertoire. International debuts at Teatro alla Scala as Don Fernando (Fidelio) and as both Fasolt and Hunding in The Seattle Opera’s Ring Cycle paved an early way to today’s thriving global career.

Stephen Milling made his debut with Berliner Philharmoniker in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem under Mariss Jansons, and features on several CDs including Les Troyens with London Symphony Orchestra (Sir Colin Davis). On DVD he stars in Der Ring des Nibelungen staged by La Fura dels Baus in Valencia and on three collaborations with Kasper Holten at the Royal Danish Opera: The Copenhagen Ring, Tannhäuser, and Maskarade.

Medverkat i Bayreuth Festspiele mellan 2015-20; Hagen I Götterdämmerung mellan 2015-18  och Landgraf Hermann i Tannhäuser 2019-20

Upplevda föreställningar

Opera	Roll	Operahus	Datum
Parsifal	Gurnemanz	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	9.4.2001
Tristan och Isolde	Kung Marke	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	31.8.2002
Don Carlos	Filip II	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	28.2.2003
Valkyrian	Hunding	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	28.4.2003
Trollflöjten	Sarastro	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	12.9.2003
Siegfried	Fafner	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	14.5.2005
Siegfried	Fafner	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	28.4.2006
Rhenguldet	Fasolt	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	22.1.2004
Macbeth	Banquo	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	10.9.2005
Rhenguldet	Fasolt	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	25.4.2006
Pelleas et Melisande	Arkel	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	4.3.2007
Don Carlos	Filip II	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	21.11.2007
Tannhäuser	Hermann	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	20.12.2009
Boris Godunov	Pimen	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	25.1.2011
Parsifal	Gurnemanz	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	22.3.2012
Den flygande holländaren	Daland	Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn	9.10.2016

Metropolitan Opera

[Met Performance] CID:350935 Rigoletto {785} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/2004 Debut: Stephen Milling

[Met Performance] CID:350930 Rigoletto {786} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/18/2004

[Met Performance] CID:350940 Rigoletto {787} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/22/2004

[Met Performance] CID:350952 Rigoletto {788} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/2004

[Met Performance] CID:350959 Rigoletto {789} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/01/2004

[Met Performance] CID:350965 Rigoletto {790} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/06/2004

[Met Performance] CID:350968 Rigoletto {791} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/09/2004

[Met Performance] CID:350956 Die Walküre {503} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/25/2004 Debuts: Olga Sergeeva, Mikhail Kit, Jane Gilbert

[Met Performance] CID:351024 Die Walküre {504} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/29/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351027 Die Walküre {505} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/02/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351030 Die Walküre {506} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/05/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351035 Die Walküre {507} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/09/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351042 Die Walküre {508} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/12/2004

[Met Performance] CID:351237 Die Walküre {509} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/19/2005

[Met Performance] CID:351536 Die Walküre {510} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/23/2005 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351557  Idomeneo {60} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/28/2006 Debuts: Lisette Oropesa, Jeffrey Francis, Simon O’Neill Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351585 Idomeneo {61} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/02/2006 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351566  Die Zauberflöte {358} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/07/2006 Debuts: Noah Weisbart, Richard Cox

[Met Performance] CID:351576 Die Zauberflöte {359} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/09/2006 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351586 Idomeneo {62} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/10/2006 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351584 Die Zauberflöte {360} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/13/2006

[Met Performance] CID:351560 Idomeneo {63} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/14/2006

[Met Performance] CID:351690 Opera News Idomeneo {64} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/29/2006 Debut: Jennifer Black Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351691 Idomeneo {65} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/02/2006

[Met Performance] CID:351700 Idomeneo {66} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/06/2006

[Met Performance] CID:351706 Opera News Idomeneo {67} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/09/2006 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351720 Die Zauberflöte {361} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/15/2006 Debuts: Christoph Strehl, Cornelia Götz Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351733 Die Zauberflöte {362} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/20/2006 Broadcast

[Met Performance] CID:351737 Die Zauberflöte {363} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/23/2006

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