Aage Thygesen

The son of a school teacher, Thygesen studied voice with various teachers: Anders Brem, Vilhelm Herold, Victor Bendix, Emilie Ulrich, at the opera school of the Royal Opera House Copenhagen – and in 1922/23, when he had already started his career, in Naples with Fernando De Lucia. Well, he may not have learned a whole lot from De Lucia, but he certainly sang the same tessitura – tenor arias in baritone key!

He made his debut in 1921 in Copenhagen, and would spend his entire career there as a concert singer, specializing in oratorio – and above all, as an immensely prolific and popular recording artist. Around 1930, his records alone would earn him the equivalent of what is today 130,000 Euros (or 150,000 US-Dollars) per year! He also sang a lot on the radio.

References: www.ottolington.dk and www.the-discographer.dk, both defunct; the latter site's fantastic illustrated discography is copied here.
Picture source: Discogs

Many thanks to Anton Bieber for the recordings and label scans.