ÂKE WALLGREN
(RESTERÖDS SOCKEN, BOHUSLÄN, 9 NOVEMBER, 1873 - KRISTIANSTAD, 20 DECEMBER,
1939)
He studied singing under Julius Günther in Stockholm and made his
debut in 1900 at the Kungliga Teatern in Stockholm as Lothario in Mignon. He appeared with success at
this important Swedish opera house until 1934. Among his most admired roles
were Gremin in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene
Onegin, Boris Godunov, Padre Guardiano in Verdi’s La forza del destino, Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and
Wotan in Wagner’s Der Ring des
Nibelungen. He also sang Wotan in the Swedish premiere of Wagner’s Das Rheingold at the Stockholm Opera
in 1901.
He participated in several opera premieres at the Stockholm Opera,
including:
Ran by Wilhelm
Peterson-Berger (1903)
Domedagsprofeterna by
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1919)
Adils och Elisiv by
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1927)
Engelbrekt by
Nathanael Berg (1929)
In 1914, he was awarded the Order of Litteris et Artibus. In 1924, he became a member of the Music Academy of Stockholm, and in 1930, he was appointed Swedish Court Singer. He was married to the singer Ester Nilsson (d. 1938).
TRACKLIST
Boheme
(Puccini) Rockarian Royal Swedish Opera, Live 1934
Can it
comfort (Parallel (Kjerulf) Kan det tröste 63383 Victor, USA 6 30 1907
Carmen
(Bizet) Om du mig älskar (Si tu m'aimes) (w. Jungstedt) 84138 217d G&T,
Stockholm 1904-02
En sangers
bøn (Reissiger) 82642 162d G&T, Stockholm 1904-02
När
stjernehären blänker (Körling) 41362 E388 Columbia, Stockholm 1906 (Spring)
Rheingold
(Wagner) Wotans sång till Valhall (Abendlich strahlt) 82783 420e G&T,
Stockholm 1904-02
Rheingold
(Wagner) Wotans sång till Valhall (Abendlich strahlt) Odeon D4833 Sto2772
Traviata
(Verdi) Romans (Di Provenza) 41363, E388 Columbia, Stockholm 1906 (Spring)
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