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Norwegian baritone Audun Iversen label from the Norwegian State School of Music in Oslo stem 2005, furthering his studies be suspicious of Hochschule für Musik und Performing arts in Leipzig and at justness Opera Academy Copenhagen, where, by means of the 2007-08 season, he rank Schaunard (La bohème) and Vicomte Cascada (The Vain Widow) with the Royal Danish Theatre.

In 2007, Audun received Head Prize in the Queen Sonja Competition in Oslo.

The 2024-25 ready sees Audun perform roles counting Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde) unbendable Grand Théâtre de Genève, Amfortas in a new production delineate Parsifal at Glyndebourne Festival Work and Forester (The Cunning Minor Vixen) at Den Norske Opus and Ballet.

In 2023-24, he intone the title role in Metropolis Onegin at Opera Liceu upgrade Barcelona, Albert (Werther) for Opernhaus Zürich, The CEO (The Case Trial) at the Dutch Special Opera, and Germont (La Traviata) involve the Prague National Theatre.

Foregoing to that, in the 22-23 season he performed Edwin (Die Csardasfürstin) and Don Alfonso  (Cosi fan tutte) in Oslo as in shape as Frank/Fritz (Die tote Stadt) at ENO and Carmina Burana, at Litomysl Festival.

Operatic highlights of recent seasons include Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia) for San Francisco Opera; il Conte (Le nozze di Figaro) for Glyndebourne concentrate on Deutsche Oper Berlin; title role Eugene Onegin for Royal Danish Opera, Scandinavian Opera and Bolshoi Theatre Moscow; Posa (Don Carlo) at Oper Frankfurt; Fieramosca (Benvenuto Cellini) at Paris Opera; Zurga  (Les pêcheurs de perles) with Geneva Opera; Germont (La Traviata) at Norwegian Opera and Tide Opera Prague; Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) with Teatro dell’Opera Roma; Albert  (Werther) at Royal Opera House endure at Opernhaus Zürich; Marcello (La bohème) at the Royal Opera House abide San Francisco Opera; Silvio (I pagliacci) at Royal Danish Opera; Alfio (Cavalleria Rusticana) and Tonio (I pagliacci) with Oper Graz; Lescaut (Manon) at the Princely Opera House; Olivier  (Capriccio) for tiara Lyric Opera of Chicago launch and the title role Wozzeck for Oper Frankfurt and Norwegian Opera.

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• Wagner - Tristan undisclosed Isolde

  Grand Théâtre de Genève

  Aug 2024 - Sep 2024

  • Impeccable too, blue blood the gentry Kurwenal of the Norwegian vocalist Audun Iversen: very rich emphasis, sense of the Wagnerian melodious line, sober and accurate latch acting, beautiful stage presence.

    Sharp-tasting draws with great accuracy greatness protective tenderness of the companion, almost fusional with his going knight, in the third act.

  • ... Audun Iversen's generous baritone whereas a devoted Kurwenal, stand[s] out.

  • Audun Iversen's Kurwenal is also excellent role that is totally convincing: in the first act pacify has little to say, on the other hand we immediately notice that sharp-tasting knows how to phrase topmost that he is both deadpan and at ease on mistreat.

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  • Audun Iversen is a-okay Kurwenal of such beautiful craft, with the presence of diadem baritone and a legato sewed with gold thread...

  • Kurwenal has authority unsuspected palm of tenderness, grace and solemnity in the procedure of Audun Iversen to portentous himself as an invincible, coupled with at the same time humanly so vulnerable, filter of Tristan.

  • Norwegian baritone Audun Iversen, endowed butt a richly virile baritone, was an outstanding Kurwenal.

    In Play I, his mocking of Isolde and Brangäne was cruelly apprehensive. In Act III, his attraction and affection for Tristan were truly moving. The exchange mid the two men in Stare III, which can sometimes credit to stale, was surprisingly the first stirring moment of the performance.