Bo Skovhus
A rising baritone star in the operatic scene of the 1990s, Boje Skovhus studied at the Aarhus Music College and the Royal Academy for Opera of Copenhagen and then went to New York for further training. After acquiring some professional experience on various stages, he had a breakout appearance at the Vienna Volksoper when he substituted at the last minute as Mozart's Don Giovanni. Since then he has enjoyed a rapidly developing career on the world's greatest opera stages.
He has been virtually adopted by the Viennese, who saw him rocket to fame on one of their stages, and regularly sings at the Volksoper and the Vienna State Opera. He regularly sings the other Mozart-Da Ponte baritone roles besides Don Giovanni, namely, the Count in Le nozze di Figaro and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte.
His good looks and a star quality make him an ideal choice for that minority of operas where the baritone part is the main or title role. Thus, he has spurred a revival of Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Vienna Volksoper, and Royal Opera Copenhagen, as well as the little known baritone version of Massenet's Werther. He also has made a specialty of Britten's Billy Budd and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, including arias or scenes from them on his first opera disc under his exclusive artist contract with the Sony Classics label. Other leading baritone parts in his repertory are Berg's Wozzeck, Dallapiccola's Il Prigioniero, Peter I in Zar und Zimmerman, Tarquinius in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, and Raimond in Othmar Schoeck's Venus.
Skovhus also frequently appears on the recital stage and has recorded creatively chosen recital discs. These include selections of lied settings by Hugo Wolf and Erich Wolfgang Korngold of poems by Eichendorff, a selection of songs by Robert and Clara Schumann called The Heart of the Poet, and the two great Schubert song cycles Schwanengesang and Die schöne Müllerin. His favored accompanist is pianist Helmut Deutsch. After his 1997 New York recital at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center he was acclaimed as one of the great lieder singers of his generation.
He has appeared on many of the world's great opera stages, including the Metropolitan in New York (debuting in the 1998-1999 season in Die Fledermaus), the Hamburg State Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra de Paris, Royal Opera Copenhagen, and the Bavarian State Opera.
He appears at major music festivals. Among them are Ravinia, Tanglewood, Edinburgh, the Vienna Festwochen, and the Feldkirch Schubertiade. On the orchestral concert stage, he has sung in Orff's Carmina Burana, Britten's War Requiem, Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Brahms' Ein deutsche Requiem, and Schumann's Scenes from Faust.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Live at House Of Mozart, Salzburg Festival, 2006)
Anna Netrebko, Dorothea Röschmann, Bo Skovhus, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 4 jun. 2007
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Highlights
Anna Netrebko, Dorothea Röschmann, Bo Skovhus, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 4 jun. 2007
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Great Opera
Opera - Released by Naxos on 1 mei 2012
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Mozart, W.A.: Le Nozze di Figaro
Sylvia McNair, Cheryl Studer, Bo Skovhus, Cecilia Bartoli, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 1994
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Triumphlied - Ave Maria - Nänie - Schicksalslied
Bo Skovhus, Danish National Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Chandos on 1 jan. 2004
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Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 957
Klassiek - Released by CapriccioNR on 4 aug. 2017
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Don Giovanni (Highlights)
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 18 apr. 2006
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Leise flehen meine Lieder
Klassiek - Released by Sony Classical on 15 jan. 2009
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)
Gerd Albrecht, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Inger Dam-Jensen, Bo Skovhus, Danish National Symphony Choir
Missen, passies, requiems - Released by Chandos on 1 mei 2003
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Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911
Klassiek - Released by CapriccioNR on 6 okt. 2017
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Brahms: Triumphlied, Ave Maria, Schicksalslied & Nänie
Gerd Albrecht, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Bo Skovhus, Danish National Symphony Choir
Koormuziek - Released by Chandos on 1 jan. 2004
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Sunleif Rasmussen: Symphony No. 2 "The Earth Anew"
Cyndia Sieden, Bo Skovhus, Akademiska Sångföreningen, Sallskapet Muntra Musikanter, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Klassiek - Released by Dacapo on 11 nov. 2016
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Songs By The Sea - A Scandinavian Journey
Bo Skovhus, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Liederen - Released by Chandos on 1 sep. 2004
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Classic Selection: Gustav Mahler Lieder
Klassiek - Released by Preiser Records on 5 apr. 2012
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Un requiem allemand
Inger Dam-Jensen, Bo Skovhus, Danish National Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht
Religieuze vocale muziek - Released by Chandos on 1 mei 2003
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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795
Klassiek - Released by CapriccioNR on 7 apr. 2017
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Klenau: Die Weise Von Liebe Und Tod
Hana Skarkoba, Bo Skovhus, Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Paul Mann
Klassiek - Released by Dacapo on 28 jun. 2007
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Nacht der Träume
WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, Stefan Blunier, Juraj Cizmarovic, Bo Skovhus
Klassiek - Released by Delta on 14 nov. 2011
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WOLF, H.: Italienisches Liederbuch (Isokoski, Skovhus)
Soile Isokoski, Bo Skovhus, Marita Viitasalo
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Ondine on 1 jan. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo