Sigurður Bragason [SEP] voice type
Sigurður Bragason
Sigurður Bragason (born 16 August 1954) is an Icelandic baritone.
He studied in Germany and Italy after graduating from the Conservatory of Music in Reykjavík. He is one of Iceland’s best-known singers and is much sought-after as interpreter of Icelandic, Russian, German and Italian songs. Sigurður Bragason is one of the best known baritone singers in Iceland. He has given recitals in many of the most well-known concert halls in Europe and the United States. On his repertoire there are
Cantatas and Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi to name few of his musical roles. In 1995 Sigurður sang the lead role specially written for him in a new Icelandic opera “The Moonlight Island” by the Nordic Music Prize composer Atli Heimir Sveinsson on a tournee in Germany. Sigurður Bragason has appeared in several Radio and TV programs such as the Comparing Notes program in the BBC, in the Icelandic State Radio with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra under the conductor Alvaro Manzano and in the Mondschein Insel in the West Deutsche Rundfunk in Germany.