- Aksel Schiøtz
Aksel Schiøtz (1906–1975) was a Danish
tenor .Schiøtz was born in
Roskilde ,Denmark , but grew up inHellerup nearCopenhagen . Having obtained an M.A. in Danish and English in 1930 he taught at various schools in Roskilde and Copenhagen until 1938, when he gave up teaching. In October 1936 he gave his first Lied-recital, and he made his opera début at theRoyal Danish Theatre ,Copenhagen , in Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte " in 1939.At the Glyndebourne Festival in 1946, he alternated with
Peter Pears in the part of 'Male Chorus' inBenjamin Britten 's "The Rape of Lucretia ."More than as an opera singer, however, Schiøtz is remembered for his interpretation of Danish songs and Schubert's and Schumann's "
Lied er," as well as songs byCarl Michael Bellman . During the Nazi occupation of Denmark (1940–1945), he achieved great popularity for his recording of traditional Danish songs of the 19th and early 20th centuries.From 1955 to 1957 he served as professor of music at the
University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, later in Toronto, and finally at the University of Colorado, Boulder. From 1968 he was professor in Copenhagen. Schiøtz died in Copenhagen.
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