David Hansen (countertenor)
| David Hansen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1981 (age 34–35) Sydney, Australia |
| Education | Sydney Conservatorium of Music with Andrew Dalton |
| Occupation | |
David Hansen (born 6th October 1981) is an Australian countertenor.
Biography
David Hansen was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1981. He studied in the class of Andrew Dalton at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He continued his musical education with James Bowman, David Harper and Graham Pushee.[1]
Career
He made his first European appearances in 2004 at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, performing in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Hansen's first performances in the UK was in concerts with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm. He also performed with Il Complesso Barocco in Fernando by Handel, conducted by Alan Curtis during the Spoleto Festival in Italy.
He sang roles in various operas, including Bertarido in Handel's Rodelinda, conducted by Alan Curtis, Nerone in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea at Victorian Opera, Ottone in Vivaldi's Griselda at Pinchgut Opera and Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Teatro Comunale di Sassari. He also performed in the U.S. premiere of Thomas Adès' The Tempest at the Santa Fe Opera, conducted by Alan Gilbert, Handel's Giulio Cesare at the Theater an der Wien, conducted by René Jacobs, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Berlin State Opera, conducted by René Jacobs, Handel's Semele at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, conducted by Christophe Rousset, in Giovanni Andrea Bontempi's Il Paride at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, directed by Christina Pluhar. He has worked with Stefan Herheim, Jonathan Kent, Barrie Kosky and Christof Loy.
Hansen's non-operatic engagements have included Carmina Burana with the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, Handel's Solomon, conducted by René Jacobs, Bach's St John Passion, performed with Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble conducted by Marc Minkowski, Handel's Parnasso in Festa, Messiah and Giulio Cesare conducted by Andrea Marcon, Fabio Biondi and Emmanuelle Haïm, respectively, and Britten's Canticles, at the Wiener Konzerthaus.[2][3]
Repertoire
Opera
| Composer | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Adès | The Tempest | Trinculo |
| Bontempi | Il Paride | Paride |
| Britten | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon |
| Cavalli | Giasone[4] | Giasone[5] |
| Gluck | Orfeo ed Euridice | Orfeo |
| Gluck | Paride ed Elena | Paride |
| Handel | Agrippina | Nerone |
| Handel | Alcina | Ruggiero/Oberto |
| Handel | Ariodante | Ariodante |
| Handel | Fernando / Sosarme | Fernando / Sosarme |
| Handel | Giulio Cesare | Giulio Cesare / Sesto |
| Handel | Partenope | Arsace |
| Handel | Rodelinda | Bertarido |
| Handel | Serse | Serse / Arsamene |
| Handel | Teseo | Teseo |
| Hasse | Piramo e Tisbe | Piramo |
| Ligeti | Le Grand Macabre | Prince Go-Go |
| Monteverdi | Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria | Telemaco |
| Monteverdi | L'incoronazione di Poppea | Nerone[6] |
| Monteverdi | L'Orfeo | La Speranza |
| Mozart | La clemenza di Tito | Sesto |
| Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro | Cherubino |
| Mozart | Mitridate, Re di Ponto | Arbate / Farnace |
| Purcell | Dido and Aeneas | Spirit |
| Scarlatti | La Dirindina | Liscione |
| Strauss | Die Fledermaus | Prince Orlofsky |
| Vivaldi | Catone in Utica | Cesare |
| Vivaldi | Griselda | Ottone |
| Vivaldi | Motezuma | Fernando |
Oratorios
| Composer | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Bach | Magnificat | Alto |
| Bach | Mass in B Minor | Alto |
| Bach | St. John Passion | Alto |
| Bach | St. Matthew Passion | Alto |
| Handel | Alexander Balus | Alexander Balus |
| Handel | Belshazzar | Cyrus |
| Handel | Dixit Dominus | Alto |
| Handel | Hercules | Lichas |
| Handel | Jephtha | Hamor |
| Handel | Messiah | Alto |
| Handel | Saul | David |
| Handel | Semele | Athamas |
| Handel | Solomon | Solomon |
| Handel | The Choice of Hercules | Hercules |
| Handel | Theodora | Didymus |
Recordings
| Title | Orchestra/Conductor | Publisher | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bach – Johannes-Passion | Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble/Marc Minkowski | Naïve | 2013 |
| Rivals – Arias for Farinelli & Co. | Academia Montis Regalis/Alessandro De Marchi | Sony Music Switzerland/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | 2013[7] |
| Antonio Vivaldi: Griselda | Orchestra of the Antipodes/Erin Helyard | Pinchgut Opera | 2011 |
| Purcell – Music for Queen Mary | Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury | EMI Classics | 2006 |
External links
- David Hansen
- David Hansen: It's a Long Way to the Top by Melissa Lesnie
- David Hansen on IMG
References
- ↑ "David Hansen, Counter Tenor". Nordicartistsmanagement.com. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ "David Hansen". Countertenorcorner.com. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ "The New Countertenors-Top of the Crop". Classicstoday.com. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ "Rock Star Countertenor David Hansen – Purity, Art & Pinchgut | The Culture Concept Circle". Thecultureconcept.com. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ Craig Mathieson; Barney Zwartz; Bernard Zuel (5 September 2014). "CD reviews: Basement Jaxx, Pinchgut Opera and Richard in Your Mind". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ "Boston Early Music Festival | Amanda Forsythe, David Hansen, Paul O'Dette, and Stephen Stubbs". Bemf.org. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ↑ "David Hansen, Leonardo Vinci, Leonardo Leo, Riccardo Broschi, Antonio Maria Bononcini, Alessandro De Marchi, Academia Montis Regalis: Rivals: Arias for Farinelli: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 4 May 2015.