Ingvar Wixell
Ingvar Wixell was one of the leading operatic baritones of the 20th century. He had a commanding stage presence and dark baritone voice that made him suited for the most dramatic roles, but was also highly effective in comic roles.
He studied in Stockholm. His first operatic appearance was as Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute. His first international appearance came when the Stockholm Royal Opera visited London's Covent Garden in 1960. Then he performed as Ruggiero in Handel's Alcina.
His first appearance at Glyndebourne Festival Opera was as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte. Later that year, he sang the same role at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, and was thereupon invited to join it. He became a member of the company in 1963. In 1965 he sang in the popular Eurovision Song Contest. In 1966 he created the role of Pentheus in the world premiere of Hans Werner Henze's The Bassarids at Salzburg. His American debut was in San Francisco as Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, and first sang at the Met in 1973 as Rigoletto.
The Deutsche Oper was the company with which he was most closely associated. He remained on its roster for 35 years, leaving it after his final performance as Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca on November 9, 1998. Scarpia might have been his signature role, but he also sang many Verdi roles, including Don Carlo in La forza del destino, Simon Boccanegra, and Rigoletto. Others of his most important roles were Eugene Onegin, Mandryka in Strauss's Arabella, and the Count in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. In the later part of his career he became a memorable exponent of Verdi's Falstaff, and in 1998 received raves for his singing and comic acting in Donizetti's Viva la Mamma! as Mamma Agatha.
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Discography
8 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Complete Mozart Edition)
Ingvar Wixell, Jessye Norman, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Mirella Freni, Sir Colin Davis
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1971
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Complete Mozart Edition)
Kiri Te Kanawa, Martina Arroyo, Ingvar Wixell, Stuart Burrows, Sir Colin Davis
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1972
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ingvar Wixell sings Verdi (8 arias for baritone)
Ingvar Wixell, Staatskapelle Dresden, Silvio Varviso
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Svenska ballader / Swedish Ballads
Ingvar Wixell, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Johan Arnell
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Musica Sveciae on 1 Jan 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fridas Visor & Evert Taube
Folk - Released by Parlophone Sweden on 25 May 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Great Swedish Singers: Ingvar Wixell (1957-1976)
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Bluebell on 1 Apr 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gunnar Hahn vol. 1: Gladelig sjunge vi (julkantat)
Ingvar Wixell, Erik Saedén, Busk Margit Jonsson
Classical - Released by Vax Records on 1 Dec 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jul, jul, strålande jul
Christmas Music - Released by WM Sweden on 16 Dec 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo