Lars
Fosser - Baritone
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Lars Fosser |
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Born
in Copenhagen 1967. Started his studies of singing in 1991 at the National
Norwegian College
of Operatic Arts, where he graduated in 1994. During this
period he performed numerous roles in College-productions, such as:
Belcore (L'elisir d'amore), Nick Shadow (The Rakes Progress),
Musiklehrer (Ariadne auf Naxos), Marquis de la Force (Les Dialogue
des Carmelites), Nardo (La finta Giardiniera) and others.  He
also sang exerts from La Boheme (Marcello). He has taken part in
master classes with amongst others Werner Hollweg, Ingrid Bjoner and
André Orlowitz.
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In February 1997
he
made his debut in Copenhagen with the title role of 'Don Giovanni'. He subsequently
went on to sing the same part in the critically acclaimed '97
Summer-production of "Don Giovanni im E-Werk" in Berlin, under
the direction of Katharina Thalbach.
In
October'97 he went to Florence to study at the Belcanto Italia school of
Opera with Prof. Jorge Ansorena, until May '98. During the
spring season of '98 he toured with the Oslo Symphonic Orchestra and the
Kongsberg Cantory, singing the title part of "Elias" in the
oratorio by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, amongst other places  in Oslo and
Riga.
After
having performed the part of Sprecher in the production
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"Carmen",
at the Jutlandische opera, in Aarhus, in Jan. - March of '99.
In December -99 he sang part of King Friedrich Wilhelm I., at
the world premiere of Siegfried Mattthus latest Opera: "Kronprinz
Friedriech", at the reopening of the palace theatre at Schloß
Rheinsberg, under the regi of Dr. Götz Friedrich and the musical
direction of dr. Rolf Reuter. In the spring of 2000
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He
guested in the part of Tarquinius, in the Royal Danish Opera-academy
performance of Brittens' "The Rape of Lucrecia". He
subsequently sang at the Rheinsberg Kammeroper  Summer festival 2000,
again in S. Matthus opera "Kronprinz Friedrich", and at
the gala-concerts at the Rheinsberg palace. In August 2000
Lars Fosser sang in Norway, in the baroque singspiel: "Love
without Stockings"(Johan von Ehrenpreis), and in Brandenburg
(Germany), at the Uckermärkische Musikwoche in September, as
Salieri in Rimski-Korsakows' "Mozart and Salieri".
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Lars
Fosser has won a third price in the Concorso Lirico-strumentale del
Cittá di Pistioa 1998, and was a finalist in the "Ranieri: I
Cestelli Competizione dell' Opera 1998" Berliner Final. He
has recieved stipendiums from Danmarks Nationalbanks
Jubileumsfond, Statens Musikråd and the Augustinus Foundation.
Lars
Fosser has also sung the soloist parts in various Oratories i.e.:
Mozart's Krönungsmesse and Requiem, Händels' Messias,
Mendelsohn-Bartholdy's Elias and several Bach-cantata.
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In
October and November 2000 he sang the Bariton part in the world premier of
Knut Vaage's opera  "Nokon kjem til å komme" at the Ultima-festival
in Oslo, and the bass-solo in Händel's "Messiah" with
Aalborg Symphony-Orc., and in the spring -2001 he sang the baritone solo in
Carl Nielsens' "Springtime on Fynen", with Vestjysk Symphony-Orc.,
under Ole Schmidt. Lars Fosser is permanent member of the ensemble at the
Görlitz Stadttheater from fall 2001, where he will sing the parts of
"Patriarch" in the world premiere of Jan Müller-Wieland's
"Nathans Tod", and Baron Scarpia in Puccini's "Tosca" |
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