Herbert Alsen [SEP] voice type
Herbert Alsen
Herbert Alsen (sometimes Ahlsen) (October 12, 1906 – Some time in October, 1978 was a German operatic bass of formidable volume and stature.
Biography.
Alsen debuted as Rocco in "Fidelio" in Westfalen. In 1936, he performed as the Commendatore in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" under Bruno Walter, and as Pogner the goldsmith in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" under Arturo Toscanini. Basing his career in Vienna, he went on to play all the great Wagner bass
Recognition.
Conductor Karl Böhm called her "the world's greatest tragedienne".
In 1964 she was awarded the Mozartmedaille by the Mozart community of Vienna.
Her voice has been described as "rich, beautifully formed, with dramatic delivery and strength and feeling for style exciting admiration" ("Umfangreiche, schön gebildete Stimme, deren dramatische Ausdruckskraft und deren Stilgefühl Bewunderung erregten").
Recordings.
- 1943 - "Macbeth" - Mathieu Ahlersmeyer, Elisabeth Hongen, Josef Witt, Herbert Alsen - Vienna State