Håkan Hagegård

Nils Olov Håkan Hagegård (born 25 November 1945 in Karlstad, Sweden) is a Swedish operatic baritone.

Hagegård performs at the 2005 Polar Music Prize ceremony.

Life and career

In 1967 Hagegård started to attend the class for soloists at the State College of Music at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. After finishing his studies, he made his début at the Royal Opera, Stockholm in 1968 as Papageno (Die Zauberflöte). This same role brought him international acclaim in the Igmar Bergmann televisions film of the opera.

In 1970 he made his first appearance at the Drottningholm Theatre as Pacuvio in Rossini's La Pietra del Paragone. Since 1970 Håkan Hagegård has been attached to the Royal Opera, Stockholm, and his operatic repertoire includes numerous roles, such roles as Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Guglielmo (Cosi fan tutte), Count Almaviva (La Nozze di Figaro), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Rodrigo (Don Carlos) and Wolfram (Tannhäuser).

Hagegård studied Lieder interpretation with both Erik Werba and Gerald Moore, and made his debut as a Lieder singer in Stockholm in 1970, singing Schubert's Die Winterreise. He has since given Lieder recitals all over Europe, has appeared with the leading orchestras of his native Scandinavia and America, and in many major musical centres including London, Madrid and Salzburg. He has made several recordings, including Die Zauberflöte, and Operatic Recital, and the Philips recording of La Bohème in which he sings the role of Schaunard.

He has performed on stages around the world, including Carnegie Hall, the London Royal Opera House, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Sydney Opera House, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Vienna State Opera (in Così fan tutte, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt), and the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. He sang the baritone solos in choral conductor Robert Shaw's acclaimed and highly popular 1980 recording of Carmina Burana, with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. In 1985 he was appointed vocalist to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. He was the Senior Lecturer in Music at the Indiana University Bloomington School of Music. Hagegård also held a Professorship in Vocal Studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway.

He has premiered notable song cycles by such prominent composers as Dominick Argento and Stephen Paulus.

Honours

In 1996, Hagegård received the International Scandinavian Cultural Award from the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame, held during Norsk Høstfest.

Discography
  • Zweignung, BIS, 1976
  • Puccini: La Bohème, Philips, 1979
  • Håkan Hagegård sjunger Olle Adolphson, 1981
  • Schubert: Winterreise, RCA, 1983
  • Schumann: Liederkreis; Eight songs, RCA, 1986
  • Håkan Hagegård Sings Operatic Arias and Swedish Ballads, Caprice Records, 1988
  • Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1988
  • Rodgers: The Sound of Music, conducted by Erich Kunzel, Telarc, 1988
  • Psalms by Grieg and Mendelssohn, Nimbus, 1989
  • Paulus: Songs, Albany Music Distribution, 1990
  • Mozart: Don Giovanni, L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1990
  • Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, RCA, 1990
  • Haydn: The Seasons, Koch International Classics, 1991
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen, Teldec, 1992
  • Ture Rangström: Sånger, Music Svecias, 1993
  • Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 1993
  • Songs, Volume 1 & 2, BMG, 1993
  • Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch, Teldec 1994
  • Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin, RCA Victor Red Seal, 1994
  • Orff: Carmina Burana, RCA, 1995
  • Zemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie, 1995
  • Strauss: Capriccio, Decca, 1995
  • Songs of Brahms, Sibelius and Stenhammar, RCA, 1997
  • Faure Requiem, RCA, 1997
  • Lucia - En klassisk högtid
  • Klassisk Jul, Gazell Productions, 2002
  • Edward Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar, BIS, 2004
  • Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Des Knaben Wunderhord; Kindertotenlieder, 2008
  • Jul Med Adolf Fredrik, AIS
  • Schubert: Schwanengesang, RCA
  • Contrasts: Lieder & Folksongs, Proprius-Audiosource

Videography
  • Carmen, Role: Zuniga (1973)
  • The Magic Flute (1975), Ingmar Bergmann, Role: Papageno
  • L'Incoronazione di Poppea (1978), Role: Otho
  • Cosi fan Tutte (1978), Role: Guglielmo
  • Don Pasquale (1979), Role: Dr. Malatesta, Metropolitan Opera, Great Performances at the Met
  • Die Fledermaus (1986), Role: Eisenstein, Metropolitan Opera, Great Performances at the Met
  • Don Giovanni (1987), Role: Don Giovanni
  • Meeting Venus (1991) Role: Wolfram von Eschenbach (highlights)
  • The Ghosts of Versailles (1992), Role: Beaumarchais
  • Capriccio (1993), Role: The Count
  • The Rake's Progress (1995), Role: Nick Shadow
  • James Levine's 25th Anniversary Metropolitan Opera Gala (1996), Deutsche Grammophon DVD, B0004602-09
  • Die Fledermaus (2003), Role: Falke
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