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Also known as Wixell, Ingvar

Swedish opera singer (1931-2011)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
SE
Active from
1931-05-07
Active to
2011-10-08

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,128
Total plays
13,877

Tags

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Ingvar Wixell (born May 7, 1931 in Luleå) is a Swedish baritone opera singer. Wixell made his debut 1955 as Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute. He worked at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm 1955–1967. He was engaged at the Deutsche Oper Berlin 1967 where he was a member for more than 30 years. Among other roles, he has sung Figaro in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen Amonasro in Verdi's Aïda, Baron Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ingvar
Gender
male
Citizenship
Sweden
Occupation
musician
Languages spoken
Swedish
Genre
opera
Instrument
voice
Image
Ingvar Wixell 1965.jpg
Voice type
baritone
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Commons category
Ingvar Wixell
date of birth
1931-05-07
date of death
2011-10-08
start of work period
1955-00-00
birth name
Karl Gustaf Ingvar Wixell
name in native language
Ingvar Wixell
number of viewers/listeners
254111
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