WAGNER I SVERIGE: september 2016

Gösta Winbergh

Biografi

Utmärkelser och stipendier

Svenska Dagbladets operapris (1985), Hovsångare (1988). Litteris et Artibus (1993), Ledamot nr 894 av Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien (1994), Jussi Björlingstipendiet (1994)

Kammarsångare (2002)

Repertoar

Erik (Den flygande holländaren)

(Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

Siegmund (Walkyrian)

Walther von Stolzing (Mästersångarna i Nürnberg)

David (Mästersångarna i Nürnberg)

Tristan (Tristan och Isolde)

Parsifal (Parsifal)

Diskografi

Operaclass

House of Opera

Premiere Opera
Bluebel ABC

Sony

Operabase

Recensioner

Tim Ashley: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Gustafson/ Winbergh/ Tomlinson/ Allen/ Royal Opera Chorus and Orch/ Haitink (The Guardian)

Winbergh, very much his equal in vocal ease and beauty, is more impulsive

and also, tellingly, more obviously aristocratic.

Ewan McCormick: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Gustafson/ Winbergh/ Tomlinson/ Allen/ Royal Opera Chorus and Orch/ Haitink (MusicWeb)

The lateGösta Winbergh performs a memorable Walther von Stolzing, if not

quite the equal of Ben Heppner on Sawallisch’s set, he paces the role

admirably and – no mean feat – has plenty of power in reserve at the end

for the Prize Song. His voice production is slightly veiled at the start

but he is able to open out more attractively as the opera progresses. He

delineates well Walther’s progression from the impulsive youth of the first

two acts to the wiser figure of the third.

Horace Engdahl: Aldrig är Wagner närmare himlen än i ”Lohengrin” (DN.kultur)

I Sverige hade Lohengrin sitt första uppförande 22 januari 1874 på

Kungliga teatern i Stockholm. Götz Friedrichs ”Lohengrin”-uppsättning från

1989 med Gösta Winbergh i rollen som riddaren anses vara en av

höjdpunkterna i Kungliga Operans historia. ”Drömrollen för en tenor som har

det dramatiska och samtidigt lyriska kvaliteter”, sade Gösta Winbergh 1995.

Göran Forsling: Great Swedish Singers series on (MusicWeg)

The sixth singer here, Gösta Winbergh, belonged to a later generation than the others and tragically died all too early while still at the top of his trade. He started as a quite lyrical singer, much sought after as a Mozart interpreter of exceptional elegance. During the 1990s he moved over to heavier fields, adding Lohengrin, Walther von Stolzing, Parsifal, Tristan and Siegmund, roles that are not represented here. There is however a Sony disc where we get central parts from Lohengrin and Meistersinger. Here we hear him, besides three excerpts from his 1971 debut as Rodolfo in Gothenburg, in Mozart, some French repertoire and a duet from Nielsen’s Maskarade, an opera in which I admired him very much. Also there are two scenes from the aforementioned Meistersinger, where he was a lively and eager David. At the time, Leif Aare wrote prophetically in Dagens Nyheter that in ten years time he will be a great Walther. Considering Winbergh’s very lyrical voice in 1977, I much doubted this prophecy, but Aare was right and few tenors of the day, Heppner and Domingo apart, could challenge him. In due time I hope Bluebell will be able to produce a disc with the "mature" Winbergh. As it is we have him here as the very fine lyrical tenor from which he started.

Fredrik Rundkvist: Operasångaren Gösta Winbergh död (Aftonbladet)

Avled efter en hjärtattack 58 år gammal

Världstenoren Gösta Winberg är död.

Han avled på måndagen i Wien efter en hjärtattack.

Han blev 58 år.

Andra länkar:

Nio Svenska "In Fernem Land"
Fyra Svenska "Morgen ich leuchte im rosigen Schein"
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Stockholm, 1977

Audio/Video

Lohengrin