Stephen Milling
Danish operatic bass
Stephen Milling
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Born |
1965 (age
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58)
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Nationality | Danish |
Education | Royal Danish Academy of Music |
Children | 3 |
Awards |
Seattle Opera's Artist of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording Grammy Award for Best Classical Album |
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Stephen Milling is a Danish operatic bass who has had an active international career since the mid-1990s. [1] Although his repertoire encompasses a wide range, he is particularly known for his roles in the operas of Richard Wagner . [2] [3] [4]
Career
Born 1965 in Copenhagen , Milling studied voice at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has been a member of the Royal Danish Opera since 1994, [1] serving as a principal bass from 1994–2012. [5] In addition to his operatic performances, he is a concert artist and has performed with well-known conductors throughout Europe. [3]
Debuts and early performances
- In the 1999-2000 season, Milling made his La Scala debut as Don Fernando in Beethoven 's Fidelio under conductor Riccardo Muti . [4]
- Soon afterwards, he made his American debut with the Seattle Opera , singing Fasolt in Das Rheingold and Hunding in Die Walküre in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen . [1] [4]
- He returned to Seattle as Gurnemanz in Parsifal for which he won the opera's Artist of the Year award in 2003. [6]
- In 2004, he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in the role of Sparafucile in Rigoletto . [7]
- He made his Royal Opera debut in 2005 as Hunding in Die Walküre [5]
- He also sang the roles of King Marke at the Lyric Opera of Chicago , Sarastro in The Magic Flute at the Royal Opera, London , Gurnemanz and King Marke at the Vienna State Opera , and Rocco at the Liceu .
2009 to present
Highlights of Milling's career since 2009 include:
- The Verdi Requiem with Mariss Jansons and the Berlin Philharmonic (2010) [8]
- King Marke in Tristan und Isolde with the Seattle Opera (2010). [6]
- King Philip in Don Carlos at the Vienna State Opera
- Fafner in Siegfried and Narbal in Les Troyens at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia with Valery Gergiev
- Hermann Landgraf in Tannhäuser and Sarastro in The Magic Flute at the Copenhagen Opera House
- Hagen role debut in Götterdämmerung at the 2015 Bayreuth Festival under Kirill Petrenko [9] [4]
- Gurnemanz in Parsifal at the Staatsoper Stuttgart
- Sarastro in The Magic Flute under the stage direction of Simon McBurney at the Bergen National Opera in Norway (2022) [10] and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (2023) [11]
Awards and Recordings
Milling received the Gladsaxe (Denmark) Music Prize in 1997. The prize is awarded each year to a young performing musician of "considerable talent." [12]
In December 2000, Milling performed Narbal in Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz with Sir Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra . [3] [13] A recording of this performance won Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording in 2002. [14] [15] [16] In April 2002, Milling sang the same role with the Chicago Symphony under Zubin Mehta . [17]
The Seattle Opera awarded Milling its Artist of the Year Award in 2003 for his portrayal of Gurnemanz in Parsifal . [6]
A number of recordings that include Milling are available on CD . In addition, a 2009 production of Der Ring des Nibelungen that was staged in Valencia by the Spanish group La Fura dels Baus under the direction of Zubin Mehta is available on DVD . [18]
Personal life
Milling grew up in the village of Annisse by the lake Arresø in Denmark. [ citation needed ] Milling is married and has three sons. He has taken his family to Seattle for rehearsals, starting when his youngest was only 13 days old. [6]
References
- 1 2 3 "Stephen Milling" . LA Phil . Retrieved 2023-07-15 .
- ↑ Simeonov, Jenna. "Stephen Milling" . Schmopera . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
- 1 2 3 "Stephen Milling" . HarrisonParrott . 2 March 2018 . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
- 1 2 3 4 "Stephen Milling" . Bergen Nasjonale Opera . August 2022 . Retrieved 17 July 2023 .
- 1 2 "Stephen Milling" . Royal Opera House . Retrieved 17 July 2023 .
- 1 2 3 4 Dean, Jonathan (28 July 2010). "A Chat With STEPHEN MILLING" . Seattle Opera Blog . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
- ↑ "Stephen Milling" . www.metopera.org . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
- ↑ "Verdi's »Messa da requiem«" . Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall . 13 March 2010 . Retrieved 17 July 2023 .
- ↑ "Reviews, Casts, Schedules, and News from The 2015 Bayreuth Festival" . Wagner Operas . Retrieved 17 July 2023 .
- ↑ "The Magic Flute" . Bergen Nasjonale Opera . November 2022 . Retrieved 17 July 2023 .
- ↑ "Die Zauberflöte" . www.metopera.org . Retrieved 17 July 2023 .
- ↑ "Gladsaxe Musikpris" . gladsaxe.dk . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
- ↑ "Berlioz: Les Troyens" . Amazon . London Symphony Orchestra . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
- ↑ "Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording" . Awards and Shows . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
- ↑ "Grammy Awards (2002)" . IMDb . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
- ↑ "44th Annual GRAMMY Awards" . Recording Academy Grammy Awards . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
- ↑ "Concert Annals: CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Barenboim Years 1991 - 2006 (Part 2)" . Concert Annals . 22 January 2017 . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
- ↑ Mehta, Zubin (16 November 2010). "Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen" . Amazon . C Major Entertainment . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
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