"He's a future world star"

- Danish National Radio, P2, Hella Joof
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"He reaches the many high notes with magnificent 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
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"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

SPRING IS IN THE AIR

Valdemar has many times been hailed for being vocally and artistically a very versatile tenor. Among others, the famous German opera critic Jürgen Kesting from the Frankfurter Allgemeine has described Valdemar as “technically and stylistically a masterful tenor”. This spring, Valdemar will once again prove his versatility, as he engages in many different projects.

He will appear as the Bach Evangelist in both St Matthew Passion (Matthäus-Passion) and St John’s Passion (Johannes-Passion) in Germany and France. He will also appear in a solo recital with bel canto music in Berlin, in a contemporary music concert in Bonn, in Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor in Berlin, and as Arbace in Mozart’s opera Idomeneo in Berlin.

 

For more information, see Performances

Calendar - Spring 2023

March 4

Konrad Lang Celebration Concert

Bonn

Germany

 

 

March 9

Solo recital

Berlin

Germany

 

 

March 11

Open Air Opera Berlin

Idomeneo

Berlin

Germany

 

 

March 28

Matthäus-Passion

Berlin

Germany

 

 

April 12, 13 14

Johannes-Passion TOUR

France

 

 

May 21

Concert

Burgos

Spain

 

 

June 3

Mozart

Great Mass in C Minor

Berlin

Germany

 

 

More information about upcoming 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 roles in Danish theaters. Everything went well, but somehow I felt something was missing. The music. I realised … Continued