Ingvar Wixell (baritone)

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Legal name: Karl Gustaf Ingvar Wixell

Wikipedia

Karl Gustaf Ingvar Wixell (7 May 1931 – 8 October 2011) was a Swedish baritone who had an active international career in operas and concerts from 1955 to 2003. He mostly sang roles from the Italian repertory, and, according to The New York Times, "was best known for his steady-toned, riveting portrayals of the major baritone roles of Giuseppe Verdi — among them Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Amonasro in Aida, and Germont in La traviata". He was the Swedish entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1962Gluntarne, volym 1Ingvar Wixell & Erik Sædén1
1962Gluntarne, volym 2Ingvar Wixell & Erik Sædén1
1964Jul, Jul, Strålande Jul!Ingvar Wixell1
1984Madama Butterfly (1978 studio cast)Giacomo Puccini; Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Ingvar Wixell, Gillian Knight, Florindo Andreolli, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel2
1985La bohème (1978 studio cast)Giacomo Puccini; Katia Ricciarelli, José Carreras, Ingvar Wixell, Håkan Hagegård, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin Davis3
1986Tosca (1976 studio cast)Puccini; Montserrat Caballé. José Carreras. Ingvar Wixell, Chorus & Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis7
1987Il trittico: Il tabarro / Suor Angelica / Gianni Schicchi (1976/77 studio casts)Puccini; Cotrubaş, Scotto, Horne, Gobbi, Domingo, Wixell, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel1
1988Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana / Leoncavallo: PagliacciMascagni, Leoncavallo; Pavarotti, Freni, Várady, Wixell, Cappuccilli, Gavazzeni, Patanè44
1988RigolettoGiuseppe Verdi; Ingvar Wixell, Luciano Pavarotti, Edita Gruberová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Chailly, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle1
1989Un giorno di regnoGiuseppe Verdi; Jessye Norman, Fiorenza Cossotto, José Carreras, Ingvar Wixell, Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli2
1989Lucrezia Borgia (1978 studio cast)Gaetano Donizetti; Sutherland, Horne, Aragall, Wixell, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge2
1989L’elisir d’amoreGaetano Donizetti; Ileana Cotrubaș, Plácido Domingo, Sir Geraint Evans, Ingvar Wixell, Lillian Watson, Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Pritchard2
1990Un ballo in maschera (1978 studio cast)Verdi; Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Ingvar Wixell, Patricia Payne, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis2
1993Tosca (1990 live cast)Puccini; Kabaivanska, Pavarotti, Wixell, Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera House, Daniel Oren1
1996Pagliacci (1976 recording)Leoncavallo; Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Ingvar Wixell, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Patanè1
1998Il trovatoreGiuseppe Verdi; Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Ingvar Wixell, Nicolaï Ghiaurov, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge2
2014Ingvar Wixell Sings VerdiIngvar Wixell1
Fridas Visor och Evert TaubeBirger Sjöberg, Evert Taube; Ingvar Wixell1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2001GluntarneIngvar Wixell & Erik Saedén1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1993Tosca HighlightsPuccini; Kabaivanska, Pavarotti, Wixell, Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera House, Daniel Oren2

Single

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1965Absent Friend / Sleigh Ride To SpringIngvar Wixell1

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