Nicolai Gedda
I wish to thank Vladimir Efimenko for the picture.
I would like to thank Daniele Godor for the picture (Tamino). I would like to thank Helmut Krautschneider for the recording (Sonnambula). I would like to thank Vladimir Efimenko for the recording (Zhizn za tsarja). I would like to thank Thomas Silverbörg for the recordings (Roméo et Juliette, Vespri siciliani). Le postillon de Lonjumeau – Stockholm, Opera, 8 April 1952 Der Rosenkavalier – Stockholm. Opera, 1952 Les contes d'Hoffmann (Nicklausse) – Stockholm, Opera, Fall 1952 Der Bettelstudent – Stockholm, Opera, 1952 La damnation de Faust – Paris, concert, 1953 Orphée – Aix-en-Provence, Festival, 1953 Don Giovanni – Milano, Scala, 28 January 1953 Trionfo di Afrodite – Scala, Milano, 14 February 1953 Les Indes galantes (Damon) – Paris, Opéra, 11 January 1954 Carmen – Wien, concert, 1954 Rigoletto – London, Covent Garden, January or February or May 1954 (shared the role with Kirkop who sang the premiere) Oberon – Paris, Opéra, 12 February 1954 Mireille – Aix-en-Provence, Festival, 1954 Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Aix-en-Provence, Festival, 1954 Die Zauberflöte – Paris, Opéra. 22 December 1954 Les pêcheurs de perles – Paris, Opéra-Comique, during his stay in Paris between 1954-1957 Così fan tutte – Aix-en-Provence, Festival, 1955 Platée – Aix-en-Provence. Festival, 1956 La traviata – Paris, Opéra, 1956 Iphigénie en Tauride – Köln, WDR, 1956 Idomeneo – Stockholm, Opera, 10 January 1957 Faust – Monte Carlo, Garnier, 1957 Otello (Cassio) – Paris, Opéra, 1957 Armide – Bordeaux, GT, 1957 Die Schule der Frauen – Salzburg, Festival, 17 August 1957 Vanessa – New York, Met, 15 January 1958 Les contes d'Hoffmann – New York, Met, 31 October 1958 Evgenij Onegin – New York, Met, 13 December 1958 Manon – New York, Met, 28 October 1959 Der Zigeunerbaron – New York, Met, 25 November 1959 Alceste – New York, Met, 6 December 1960 Boris Godunov – New York, Met, 9 December 1960 Madama Butterfly – New York, Met, 18 January 1961 L'elisir d'amore – New York, Met, 28 January 1961 Benvenuto Cellini – Amsterdam, 16 June 1961 Die lustige Witwe – New York, concert, 1962 The last savage – New York, Met, 23 January 1964 La sonnambula – New York, Met, 21 February 1963 I puritani – New York, concert, 1963 La dame blanche – Amsterdam, concert, 1964 Pélléas et Mélisande – Stockholm, Radio, 1964 Il matrimonio segreto – Wien, ORF, 1964 Tosca – Stockholm, Opera, 1964 La bohème – Stockholm, Opera, 1964 Werther – New York, concert, 1965 Un ballo in maschera – Wien, Staatsoper, 1965 Das Land des Lächelns – Wien, Volksoper, 1965 Lohengrin – Stockholm, Opera, 1966 Orfeo (composer: Haydn) – Wien, Theater an der Wien, 1967 Roméo et Juliette – New York, Met, 6 April 1968 Fra Diavolo – San Francisco, War Memorial, 26 November 1968 Lucia di Lammermoor – New York, Met, 1 February 1969 Les Troyens – Roma, RAI, 11 December 1969 Le prophète – Torino, RAI, 8 September 1970 Les huguenots – Wien, concert, 1971 Guillaume Tell – Firenze, Comunale, 16 May 1972 Pikovaja dama – New York, Met, 27 December 1972 Les pêcheurs de perles – New York, Carnegie Hall, 1974 I vespri siciliani – New York, Met, 31 January 1974 Dalibor – New York, Carnegie Hall, 1977 The bartered bride – New York, Met, 25 October 1978 Don Pasquale – New York, Met, 7 December 1978 Lakmé – New York, Carnegie Hall, 1981 Iolanta – Washington DC, Opera, 1982 War and peace – Paris, concert, 1987 Candide – London, concert, 1989 Gustaf Wasas saga (composer: Hallén) – Stockholm, Opera, 16 October 1991 Mazeppa – Stockholm, concert, 1992 Palestrina (Abdisu) – London, Covent Garden, 28 January 1997 Reference: Nicolai Gedda Mein Leben – Meine Kunst, Parthas Verlag, Berlin, 1998; English edition: Amadeus Press, Portland (Or), 1999 |
