Nicolai Elsberg

Operatic Bass

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Geneva debut

January 20, 2025

This week Nicolai will be premiering the new production of Salome by director Kornél Mundruczó. He will be taking on a fusion role of 1st

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…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
"...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
"...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

Upcoming events

August 8

Le Nozze di Figaro (Bartolo)

Opera Hedeland, Denmark
August 15

Le Nozze di Figaro (Bartolo)

Opera Hedeland, Denmark
August 16

Le Nozze di Figaro (Bartolo)

Opera Hedeland, Denmark
August 21

The 13th Child (King Hjarne)

Odense Symfoniorkester Opera by Poul Ruders (2019) Conductor: David Angus Stage director: Johan Klint Sandberg
August 22

The 13th Child (King Hjarne)

Odense Symfoniorkester Opera by Poul Ruders (2019) Conductor: David Angus Stage director: Johan Klint Sandberg
August 28

Beethoven 9

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Fabio Luisi Soprano: Clara Cecilie Thomsen Mezzo: Maria Schellenberg Tenor: Issachah Savage Bass: Nicolai Elsberg
August 29

Beethoven 9

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Fabio Luisi Soprano: Clara Cecilie Thomsen Mezzo: Maria Schellenberg Tenor: Issachah Savage Bass: Nicolai Elsberg
August 30

Beethoven 9

Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Fabio Luisi Soprano: Clara Cecilie Thomsen Mezzo: Maria Schellenberg Tenor: Issachah Savage Bass: Nicolai Elsberg

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Nicolai Elsberg
— Basso Profundo

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Konstantin Unger Artists.Management

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