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Olafur Sigurdarson

Baritone

  • Sigurdarson was born to sing Falstaff, both his voice and his body language are ideal for the part. And while he is able to fill the venue with sound, he can also bring the timbre of his singing down, almost to speaking ...
    Gavin Dixon, Seen and Heard International
  • Olafur Sigurdarson wins the singers' palm on opening night, he has the power and expression and a noble baritone colour to allow his Don Carlo to emerge vividly
    Eckhard Britsch, Opernnetz
  • Olafur Sigurdarson is a gloriously comic and personable lead in Opera Holland Park's new production of Falstaff.
    The Telegraph

  • Currently a principal artist with concurrent guest fest contracts at Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrucken and at Staatstheater Darmstadt, Icelandic baritone Olafur Sigurdarson studied at Reykjavik College of Singing and completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

    Recent successes include the role of Alberich in Das Rheingold, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung and Don Carlo di Vargas La Forza del Destino in Darmstadt; Telramund Lohengrin at Staatstheater Wiesbaden; the title role Rigoletto at Volksoper Wien; Méphistophélès La Damnation de Faust, Klingsor Parsifal, Iago Otello, Jochanaan Salome, Escamillo Carmen, Pizarro Fidelio and Tonio I Pagliacci in Saarbrücken.

    Well-known for his work in the United Kingdom particularly in the Verdi baritone roles, Olafur sang the title roles of Falstaff, Rigoletto and Macbeth as well as Jack Rance La Fanciulla del West, Gerard Andrea Chenier and Barnaba La Gioconda at Opera Holland Park; he appeared at Grange Park Opera in the title role Le Nozze di Figaro, and as Ford Falstaff and Macbeth at Opera North.

    A frequent guest on the concert platform, Olafur’s appearances include Escamillo at Hampton Court Festival with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Macbeth at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the title role in Elgar’s King Olaf with the Danesborough Choral Society, Rachmaninov’s The Bells and Carmina Burana in Warwick under Paul McGrath, Sea Symphony of Vaughn Williams with the Milton Keynes Chorale, Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra under Rumon Gamba, Haydn’s Creation for the Covent Garden Festival, and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the ISO conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.  He appeared at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, on BBC Radio Scotland, and on numerous occasions on Icelandic Radio and Television.

    Olafur was awarded the Audience Prize for his portrayal of Falstaff and of Rigoletto at Opera Holland Park, and the Sponsor’s Prize for his Jochanaan in Saarbrücken.  In 2010, he was the recipient of the Icelandic Music Award for “Singer of the Year” for his portrayal of Rigoletto at the Icelandic Opera.

    Future engagements include Rigoletto and Michele Il Tabarro at Volksoper Wien, Rigoletto in Saarbrücken and in Hannover.

    Olafur Sigurdarson is represented worldwide by Deborah Sanders at Rayfield Allied.
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