Nicolai Elsberg

Operatic Bass

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König Marke (Tristan & Isolde) Opéra de Rouen Normandie, June 2024 📸 Marion Kerno (Philippe Grandrieux)

“…the superb Danish bass Nicolai Elsberg creates an exceptional King Marke, unusually human and moving.”

June 20, 2024

Last week Nicolai made his Wagnerian debut as King Marke in Tristan & Isolde at Opéra de Rouen Normandie directed by Philippe Grandrieux. See what

Mozart requiem midnight concert

April 24, 2024

Last night Nicolai had the honour of contributing to the Mozart Requiem midnight concert in Armenian Philharmonic Hall on the remembrance day of the Armenian

House debut as Commendatore at Opèra de Rouen tonight

April 16, 2024

Starring: Don Giovanni: Huw Montague Rendall Leporello: Peter Kellner Donna Elvira: Yaritza Véliz Donna Anna: Nardus Williams Commendatore: Nicolai Elsberg Don Ottavio: Eric Ferring Zerlina:

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"...the superb Danish bass Nicolai Elsberg creates an exceptional King Marke, unusually human and moving."

Classique News, June 21 2024, Emmanuel Andrieu (Tristan & Isolde, Opéra de Rouen)CEO

...the sepulchral, telluric timbre of Oroveso, the young Danish bass Nicolai Elsberg, whose stature is as imposing as his sonic power (and his aria with the chorus, “Guerrieri! A voi venirme!”, in Act II, is a beauty of musical line and feeling).

Forum Opera, June 2023, Norma (Oroveso), Opéra de Lausanne CEO

The cast is dominated by the Danish bass Nicolai Elsberg's mighty Sarastro. He has an imposing voice, powerfully projected and sonorous, put at the service of a particularly beautiful vocal line, very expressive and endowed with a deep bass. His tall figure is impressive!

- Olyrix, December 2022, Die Zauberflöte (Sarastro), Opéra National de Rhin CEO

…but the most breathtaking, Nicolai Elsberg with an often richly colored, deep bass… Nicolai Elsberg then truly unfolded in the section about the flames of hell, “Confutatis”. He created an intensely lectured scene with equal parts excitement and powerlessness, and no matter where he was, in depth or height, in powerful or soft dynamics, the bass voice was projected into an expressive and sonorous aura.

Information, June 2022 Verdi Requiem, Copenhagen PhilCEO