Nicolai Elsberg

Operatic Bass

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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:

homecoming to the Royal Danish Opera

January 1, 2024

For the first time since his ensemble days in 2020-2022 Nicolai returns this January to the Royal Danish Opera for 9 performances as Sarastro and

Japan debut

July 14, 2023

Tonight Nicolai will be making his Japan debut in the role of Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni) at the Hyogo Performing Arts Center under the baton

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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

...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

But how can you take your eyes off of the huge Danish bass Nicolai Elsberg towering above all the other protagonists? Detaching each syllable in a skilfull rhythm that sublimates the tired nobility of the character, endowed with a rare delicacy, his cavernous bass touches the heart and delights the ear thanks to a dark timbre and a powerful voice with immense potential.

Forum Opera (Originally in French), December 2022CEO

…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