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One of the real discoveries of the evening.
Audun Iversen is a Kurwenal of such beautiful workmanship, with the presence of his baritone and a legato sewn with gold thread...
Kurwenal has the unsuspected palm of tenderness, elegance and solemnity in the manner of Audun Iversen to place himself as an invincible, and at the same time humanly so vulnerable, filter of Tristan.
Norwegian baritone Audun Iversen, endowed with a richly virile baritone, was an outstanding Kurwenal.
Marcello in La bohème at the Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera and Royal Danish Opera – and the title role in Wozzeck for Oper Frankfurt and The Norwegian Opera & Ballet, Oslo.
Audun Iversen sung the roles Frank and Fritz in The Dead City (Die tote Stadt) by Korngold spring 2023 at English National Opera, directed by Annilese Miskmimmon.
gave a magnificent performance... One thing is to deliver such demanding vocal roles, but it's another to really embody the characters they are portraying.
- Klassekampen (Paper Article)
- 04 December 2017
Puccini -La boheme
San Francisco Opera
Jun 2017
The strongest work came from tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Rodolfo and Norwegian baritone Audun Iversen (who delivered one of the most solidly-sung Marcellos I’ve heard in years).
A notable highlight came in Act 3, set near the snow-sprinkled gloom of a Parisian city gate.
A character of heartbreaking humanity emerges. Vocally he managed to express Wozzeck's feelings in an abundance of facets, his helplessness towards the Hauptmann and Doktor, his crazy visions which in the beginning inhibited him, then subsequently openly erupted aggression against Marie and his confusing despair that eventually drowns him in the water.
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Constantly searching for him will cause you to lose what he has (or could have).
However, the acting work of the performers, especially the protagonists, it should be stressed that it was exceptional. The combination of the vocal warmth and impeccable acting makes it a Wozzeck in which the viewer can easily connect and identify with emotionally
Audun Iversen sings brilliantly and convinces as a desperate and despairing Wozzeck.
Some operatic highlights of recent seasons, to mention a few: il Conte in Le Nozze di Figaro for Royal Danish Opera and Glyndebourne Festival. Baritone Audun Iversen, who already participated in the premiere of the production in Oslo, did a very good Onegin, singing with ease both in the register and in the vocal projection and from a beautiful vocal colour.
The Norwegian baritone Audun Iversen fulfilled the tormented character of Onegin with quality, both vocally and as an actor, and was highly applauded at the end of the evening.
the Norwegian baritone Audun Iversen who set the tone of excellence for this evening: not only is the voice superb but his entire interpretation is striking.
His interpretation is brave and groundbreaking, offering us a character who always seeks to achieve his goal: the enjoyment of life. Iversen is a real discovery and his juicy lyric baritone made the best possible case for Olivier’s poetry—even though Strauss makes clear where his bias lies.
Massenet - Manon
Royal Opera House
Jan 2014
Audun Iversen’s Lescaut was fittingly rumbustious, swaggering arrogantly and singing with vigour and vitality
Audun Iversen gave strength and presence as Lescaut, Manon’s cousin
Audun Iversen
Norwegian baritone Audun Iversen began singing at the age of 22.
Marcello (Audun Iversen), only too familiar with the ravages of sexual possessiveness, lends a sympathetic ear. The last scene, which ends with his death, is a musical and emotional highlight
I've rarely heard the farewell-scene as beautifully performed as Audun Iversen as Wozzeck and Asmik Grigorian as Marie do it. The exchange between the two men in Act III, which can sometimes be stale, was surprisingly the most stirring moment of the performance.
Massenet - Werther
Opernhaus Zürich
Dec 2023 - Feb 2024
Audun Iversen already sang Albert in Zurich in the premiere in 2017.
His raconto at the end of the first act “Kogda bi zhizn domashnim krugom ya ogranichit zakhotyel” was the explicit irony set to music, the lyricism manifested in his duet with the tenor preceding the moment of the duel, and his despair in the soprano's final duet which culminated in an excellent performance. The Norwegian baritone displayed a warm and flexible voice and deftly balanced the comedy with sincerity, looking like a bespectacled scholar yet ardent in making his impassioned, awkward moves on the Countess
As her two suitors, William Burden and Audun Iversen make an eloquent argument for the supremacy of their respective disciplines.
Audun Iversen's (Onegin) baritone is both full and rounded, at the same time as the overtones boom between the walls.
Berg - Wozzeck
Den Norske Opera
Nov 2017
With outstanding performances, Audun Iversen’s Wozzeck in particular, the production is a harrowing exploration of the chaos of human existence.
The chemistry between Iversen and Aksenova in their scenes together was palpable and emotionally intense.
Baritone Audun Iversen is in charge of interpreting the title role of Eugene Onegin ; an unscrupulous heartbreaker. He manages to modulate his show in such a way as to make himself perfectly detestable during all the scenes at the beginning and the duel against Lensky, despite the doubt that assail him, only to be touching at the end when Tatiana pushes him away out of respect for his husband, even if passion consumes her...
He draws with great accuracy the protective tenderness of the squire, almost fusional with his dying knight, in the third act.
... This is a man on the brink, and Iversen captures the physical and emotional cost of his wound with searing, unflinching conviction.
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Aug 2024 - Sep 2024
Impeccable too, the Kurwenal of the Norwegian baritone Audun Iversen: very rich timbre, sense of the Wagnerian singing line, sober and accurate stage acting, beautiful stage presence.
Among the latter, the vigorous Onegin of Audun Iversen stood out, of solid vocal projection and dramatic ambition
However, the acting work of the performers, especially the protagonists, it should be stressed that it was exceptional.