ULF PAULSEN - BIOGRAPHY

Ulf Paulsen

A basso and a heroic baritone Ulf Paulsen studied voice in Cologne with Prof. Renate Peter. As is usually the case of dramatic voices, he did not start with the “serious discipline” but first gathered stage experience in the lyrical category, performing the Tsar in Lortzing’s Zar und Zimmerman, the title role in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Albert in Massenet’s Werther, Mozart’s Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni. In 1999, he appeared on the stage of the State Opera in Prague as Bertram in Meyerbeer‘s Robert le Diable. In the State Opera he appeared also in more difficult Italian roles (Nabucco, Amonasro in Aida, Simon Mago from Boito‘s Nerone). In 2000 he sang in Prague (on the stage of National Theatre) Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde under the baton of Jiří Kout. His co-singers were for example Gabriele Schnaut, Kurt Rydl and John Treleaven. His current repertoire is extremely extensive, encompassing dozens of baritone, bass-baritone and bass roles. His main domain is roles in operas by Richard Wagner (Wotan/the Wanderer – Der Ring des Nibelungen, Kurwenal – Tristan und Isolde, Amfortas – Parsifal, and many others) and Richard Strauss (Jochanaan – Salome, Orest – Elektra). He is currently one of leading soloists in Anhaltisches Theater Dessau. At the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre he has to date portrayed Nick Shadow (Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress), Ismen (Dvořák: Armida), Friedrich von Telramund (Wagner: Lohengrin), the Devil (Smetana: The Devil’s Wall), and appeared as a soloist at the special VERDI GALA and PUCCINI GALA concerts.

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