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Kurt Gysen

The Belgian bass Kurt Gysen studied at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven and the Maastricht Academy of Music. He was a member of the opera studio of the Hamburgische Staatsoper, where he was awarded the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörfe Preis for Best Singer of the Year, singing roles such as Superintendent Budd Albert Herring, Ariodate Serse, Colline La bohème, Alidoro La Cenerentola and Pharnaces Der König Kandaules. His repertoire also includes the roles Don Fernando Fidelio (Antwerp, Lyons), Fafner Siegfried (Lyons), Sarastro The Magic Flute, Il Commendatore Don Giovanni (Antwerp), Pistola Falstaff (Antwerp, Ghent), Konrad Nachtigall Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Narumov The Queen of Spades, Zweiter Gralsritter Parsifal (Barcelona), Somnus Semele (Brussels), Geronte di Ravoir Manon Lescaut (Bonn), Sacerdote di Belo Nabucco (La Monnaie Brussels) and Le Médecin/Le Berger Pelléas et Mélisande (Barcelona), Le Magicien Tchélio L’amour des trois oranges (DNO), Angelotti Tosca (Strasbourg), Monterone Rigoletto (La Monnaie Brussels, Strasbourg), Hunding Die Walküre (Parma, Modena) and König Marke Tristan und Isolde (Bonn).

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