Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
An international tenor, known for his operatic and concert performances.
On the island
Eight records
The First Psalm of DavidFavourite
listening to this, I would think about my father… who was a Don Cossack himself. And maybe also because this chorus was the first group that I was very as a boy also very interested in and listened to their music with great joy.
Di' tu se fedele (Sailor's Song from Un ballo in maschera)
He was always my idol. From the beginning I thought that the Italian way of singing was the only right one.
Spanish song of the Renaissance
…she is a wonderful girl and a lovely character.
Act 3 duet from Turandot (confrontation between Calaf and Turandot)
Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli
I love the music and I think it's a very beautiful opera.
Soundtrack (Mikis Theodorakis)
the one that would cheer me up a little… my wife being of Greek origin, I feel close to it.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
their music gives us a serious artist a lovely, a wonderful relaxation.
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:55What do you want your Desert Island records to do for you? Are you choosing them to remind you of the past or to cheer you up or both?
I would [uh] sometimes [uh] love to think of the past, … And [uh] after that I would [uh] like to have some relaxation, so I would [uh] listen to something that is not too serious, too classical.
Presenter asks
3:18What did you do when you left school?
When I left school [in] Sweden I had to go to the military service and [I] was a year and then … And then I worked in a bank. and I started my singing lessons quite late. with the Swedish tenor. Karl Martin Uhrman.
Presenter asks
8:19What did that first performance lead to?
Well, the result was that I was engaged at the Stockholm Opera. where I actually didn't stay very long. Why was that? Because [I] was lucky enough to make a very important audition and it was for Walter Legg … and I was engaged on the spot.
Presenter asks
The keepsakes
The book
The Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot (bound together)
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I think I would take something by Dostoevsky, who is my favorite author. ... anything by him the Karamazov brothers. Or the idiot.
The luxury
I would like to have a nice stan before going away. ... I would take a rubber mattress with me.
What are your favorite roles?
I rather prefer doing a complicated character, [like] for instance Hoffman is my favorite. In the Tales of Hoffman. … Or [um] Benvenuto Cellini, those interesting [and] colourful characters.
Presenter asks
17:09If you could take only one disc of the eight to play, which would it be?
Well [I] think it would be the Russian song. Because [I] would certainly like to have some consolation to my soul.
“I would [uh] sometimes [uh] love to think of the past, … And [uh] after that I would [uh] like to have some relaxation, so I would [uh] listen to something that is not too serious, too classical.”
“I just wanted to learn how to sing and [was] extremely interested in the technique of singing. But [I] never thought I would be able to sing on [the] operatic stage.”
“He was always my idol. From the beginning I thought that the Italian way of singing was the only right one.”
“I wouldn't listen to myself on a desert island.”
“Well [I] think it would be the Russian song. Because [I] would certainly like to have some consolation to my soul.”