"He's a future world star"

- Danish National Radio, P2, Hella Joof
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"Valdemar Villadsen, a young tenor from Denmark, already has quite some experience in the haute-contre repertoire. You can certainly hear this in his performance of Glaucus. His voice never shows the slightest sign of fatigue and reaches the high notes with exquisite effortlessness."

- Opernwelt
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"In the leading role as the Evangelist, Valdemar Villadsen was simply outstanding – effortless (also in the melismatic Tenor arias), delicate and with cantabile richness."

- Der Westen
"A very skilful Danish tenor"

- Frankfurter Allgemeine, Jürgen Kesting
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"Valdemar Villadsen has an emotionally rich sound, sustained notes, pure, warm and bright, that brings heaven to earth and stops time for a few moments. Hopefully the record companies will pick up on this man."

- Caroline Leiden, blog

SHAKESPEARE IN CONCERT 2018

This summer Valdemar will appear in the theatre concert Shakespeare in Concert 2018 at the famous Shakespeare Festival at Hamlet’s castle Kronborg in Elsinore, Denmark.

The performance will explore the fabulous univers of Shakespeare while enlighting it with music. Valdemar will be singing music by John Dowland, Claudio Monteverdi and G.F. Handel.

For more information:

http://hamletscenen.dk/en/platforms/the-shakespeare-festival/shakespeare-festival-2018/shakespeare-in-concert-2018/

 

Upcoming performances

August 15, 16, 17

Shakespeare Festival

SHAKESPEARE IN CONCERT 2018

Director: Lars Romann Engel

Conductor: Elias Faingersh

Kronborg Castle, Elsinore

Denmark

 

 

August 30

Holmens Kirke, Copenhagen

SOLO CONCERT

Holmens Baroque Ensemble

Conductor: Jakob Lorentzen

Denmark

 

 

October 17

Mozart:

MITRIDATE

Title role in concert performance

Zaragoza Concert Hall

Spain

 

 

November 3

Haydn:

DIE SCHÖPFUNG (THE CREATION)

Sanct Mariae Church, Elsinore

Denmark

 

 

November 4

Haydn:

DIE SCHÖPFUNG (THE CREATION)

Helligaandskirken, Copenhagen

Denmark

 

 

 

For more information, see Performances

Valdemar's blog

Stage presence - As a kid I wanted to be an actor. I was a nerdy kid – a Shakespeare fan. When I was twelve I performed Hamlet on my paper theatre in its original length: five hours (shortening would have been, of course, cheating!). Without my mom’s homemade cookies and several litres of tea, it would have been a traumatising experience for the incarcerated and extremely patient audience. Later, when I graduated from high school I took up a career as an actor, playing leading roles at a children’s theatre. Everything went well, but somehow I felt something was missing. The music. … Continued