Events

Valdemar will once again appear as the evangelist in Bach's Matthäus-Passion (St Matthew Passion) - this time in Rendsburg.  

Not only is Valdemar in the middle of a flourishing tenor career, he's also an accomplished stage director. And he will be directing a cabaret/opera performance at the Hamburger Kammeroper with the ensemble Kurt Weill Factory. Opera arias, lieder and cabaret songs from the 1920s will melt into one spectacular, funny and sexy cabaret show.   With: Helene Lang, mezzo-soprano, Valdemar Villadsen, tenor, Christine Raft, piano, Valdemar Villadsen, director.       For more information, please see Hamburger Kammeroper's website: https://kammeroper.alleetheater.de/   or Kurt Weill Factory's website: http://kurtweillfactory.com/      

Valdemar appears in Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio in concerts near Basel. For more information: http://bz-ticket.de/kirchenchor-binzen-abendmusik-nach-epiphanias-ev-laurentiuskirche-binzen

Valdemar appears as the Evangelist in Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio) at a concert in Berlin with the baroque orchestra Concerto Brandenburg conducted by Winfried Kleindopf.   For more information: https://concerto-brandenburg.de/

Valdemar appears in a leading role in the theatre/concert performance: Shakespeare in Concert at the Shakespeare Festival 2018. This prestigious festival takes place every year at Kronborg Castle in Elsinore, Denmark (Hamlet's Castle).     For tickets or more information: http://hamletscenen.dk/en/platforms/the-shakespeare-festival/shakespeare-festival-2018/shakespeare-in-concert-2018/

An evening with Valdemar arranged by Concerto Copenhagen Friend's Association. Valdemar will sing baroque arias and talk about the difference between singing tenor and haute-contre (high tenor in the baroque music).     For more information: Concerto Copenhagen Friend's Association    

Valdemar appears in Bach's Magnificat in Oslo Cathedral in a performance of Bach's Magnificat with Oslo Cathedral Choir and Barokkanerne conducted by Vivianne Sydnes.

Valdemar appears in a concert with Charpentier's oratorio "Te Deum" and Bach's "Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen" in Laurentius Kirche in Binzen near Basel. More information soon.

Valdemar appears as the Evangelist in Bach's Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts-Oratorium) with the Camerata Øresund with Peter Spissky in the Queen's Hall (Dronningesalen, Den Sorte Diamant) in Copenhagen.

Valdemar appears in a concert / lecture with Concerto Copenhagen singing music by Giuseppe Sarti. Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen. Lecturer: Christine Jeanneret. The concert is also a celebration of the 50 years anniversary of The Danish Institute in Rome, and will be attended by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark,   http://performart-roma.eu/en/news/christine-jeanneret-wins-award-rome-given-the-queen-margrethe-ii-denmark/

Valdemar appears as a soloist in Orff's Carmina Burana with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and with fellow soloists Lina Johnson and Audun Iversen. The concert will take place in the majestic Grieg Hall (Grieghallen) in Bergen, Norway.   http://harmonien.no/english/concerts-and-tickets/2017/10/carmina-burana/

Valdemar will feature as the tenor soloist in Orff's Carmina Burana with  the Arctic Philharmonics.   http://festspillnn.no/nb/program/2017/carmina-burana

Valdemar appears in the leading role as Glaucus in a production Leclair’s opera Scylla et Glaucus at the opera house in Kiel, Germany. The production will be conducted by Václav Luks and directed by Lucinda Childs.     http://www.theater-kiel.de/oper-kiel/repertoire/produktion/titel/skylla-und-glaukos/

Valdemar will appear as a tenor soloist in L'Arpeggiata's production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo conducted by Christina Pluhar in Nikolaisaal in Potsdam (Germany). For more information: http://www.nikolaisaal.de/alle-veranstaltungen/veranstaltung/claudio-monteverdi-lorfeo.html

Once again, Valdemar will be tenor soloist and Evangelist in Bach's Christmas Oratorio - Weihnachts-Oratorium in Philharmonie Berlin. This time with the Berlin Baroque, Cantores Minores and Monteverdi Chor Berlin.   For more information, please visit the Berlin Philharmonics' website: https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concerts/calendar/details/24524/

Tenor in Handel's Messiah with Accademic Orchestra conducted by Nenia Zenana.

Tenor and evangelist in Bach's Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium) I-III with St Martins Orchester conducted by Eckhard Manz.

Tenor in Handel's Messiah with Camerata Oresund conducted by Peter Spissky,

Valdemar appears in the leading role as Adam in the world premiere of Svend Hvidtfeldt Nielsen's opera Lænker (Chains) at Aarhus Summer Opera. The new opera has David Riddell as conductor of The Danish Sinfonietta, and Jens Krogsgaard is directing. For more information, visit Aarhus Summer Opera's website: http://www.aarhus-sommeropera.dk/english/season.html    

The Officer in Bernd Alois Zimmermann's contemporary opera Die Soldaten at Wiesbaden State Opera - Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Conducted by Zsolt Hamar. http://www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de/programm/spielplan/die-soldaten-imf-2016/

The Officer in Bernd Alois Zimmermann's contemporary opera Die Soldaten at Wiesbaden State Opera - Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Conducted by Zsolt Hamar. http://www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de/programm/spielplan/die-soldaten-imf-2016/     The performances in May is part of Internationale Maifestspiel Wiesbaden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationale_Maifestspiele_Wiesbaden

tenor in Mozart's Krönungsmesse (Coronation Mass)   Laurentius Kirche Binzen Germany

Tenor in Handel's Messiah. Accademic Orchestra. Conductor: Nenia Zenana. Copenhagen National Cathedral (Københavns Domkirke)  

Tenor in Handel's Messiah. Accademic Orchestra. Conductor: Nenia Zenana. Sct. Nicolai Church. Nakskov. Denmark. December 12

works by Rossini, Bellini, Gluck, Rameau and Britten. Le Philo, Paris, France.  

works by Lully, Clerambault and Charpentier. Berlin Baroque. Berlin Figuralchor. Cast: Soetkin Elbers (Sopran), Liska Hoppe (Mezzosoprano), Valdemar Villadsen (tenor/haute-contre), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Jörg Gottschick (bariton), Conductor: Gerhard Oppelt. Philharmonie (Kammersaal). Berlin, Germany.