PRESS QUOTES
"A masterful tenor"
Frankfurter Allgemeine
"He's a future world star!"
Danish Radio P2, Hella Joof
"He reaches the many high notes with magnificent effortlessness"
Opernwelt
“All the soloists produced singing of the highest quality. Especially Villadsen’s swan-aria was both funny, playful and delivered with an extraordinary stage-presence.”
Hamar Arbeiderblad
"Villadsen is absolutely sensational"
Radio Iris
Photo from "Narcissum" at the The Royal Danish Theatre with members of The Royal Danish Ballet.
“Valdemar Villadsen, a young tenor from Denmark, has already gathered quite some experience with French baroque music. You can certainly hear his expertise in his performance of Glaucus.”
“Valdemar Villadsen, a young tenor from Denmark, has already gathered quite some experience with French baroque music. You can certainly hear his expertise in his performance of Glaucus.”
“Valdemar Villadsen, a young tenor from Denmark, has already gathered quite some experience with French baroque music. You can certainly hear his expertise in his performance of Glaucus.”
Opernwelt
“the young, future opera star Valdemar Villadsen”
“Valdemar Villadsen, a young tenor from Denmark, has already gathered quite some experience with French baroque music. You can certainly hear his expertise in his performance of Glaucus.”
“Valdemar Villadsen, a young tenor from Denmark, has already gathered quite some experience with French baroque music. You can certainly hear his expertise in his performance of Glaucus.”
Fyens Stiftstidende
"A marvellous discovery"
“Valdemar Villadsen, a young tenor from Denmark, has already gathered quite some experience with French baroque music. You can certainly hear his expertise in his performance of Glaucus.”
"A marvellous discovery"
Slipped Disc
“This concert also benefitted from the tenor Valdemar Villadsen with his comprehensively cultivated, masculine and powerful voice.”
Oberbadisches Volksblatt
“Valdemar Villadsen enchanted the audience with magnificent tenor splendor and acrobatic coloraturas"
Oberbadisches Volksblatt
Photo with mezzo-soprano Francine Vis
“In the leading role Valdemar Villadsen is both touching, surprising, strong and sensitive. And vocally a perfect cast for this demanding role.”
Aarhus Stiftstidende
Photo with soprano Anna Herbst
”Valdemar Villadsen is technically and stylistically a very skilful tenor … he performed the desperation scene of the finale in a striking manner.”
“Valdemar Villadsen has an emotionally rich sound, sustained notes, pure, warm and bright, that brings heaven to earth and stops time for a few moments. Hopefully the record companies will pick up on this man.”
“Valdemar Villadsen has an emotionally rich sound, sustained notes, pure, warm and bright, that brings heaven to earth and stops time for a few moments. Hopefully the record companies will pick up on this man.”
Jürgen Kesting, Frankfurter Allgemeine
“Valdemar Villadsen has an emotionally rich sound, sustained notes, pure, warm and bright, that brings heaven to earth and stops time for a few moments. Hopefully the record companies will pick up on this man.”
“Valdemar Villadsen has an emotionally rich sound, sustained notes, pure, warm and bright, that brings heaven to earth and stops time for a few moments. Hopefully the record companies will pick up on this man.”
“Valdemar Villadsen has an emotionally rich sound, sustained notes, pure, warm and bright, that brings heaven to earth and stops time for a few moments. Hopefully the record companies will pick up on this man.”
Caroline Leiden, blog
”His emotions, first love then agony, come through so beautifully in a production that you can really look forward to.”
“Valdemar Villadsen has an emotionally rich sound, sustained notes, pure, warm and bright, that brings heaven to earth and stops time for a few moments. Hopefully the record companies will pick up on this man.”
”His emotions, first love then agony, come through so beautifully in a production that you can really look forward to.”
NDR, Norddeutsche Rundfunk, Frank Hajasch
“A believable new opera, starring the excellent tenor Valdemar Villadsen. […] one of the best things about the show is that the leading role of the chained Adam is excellently cast with the tenor Valdemar Villadsen. Quite touching and believable he interprets the destiny of this young man [….] Villadsen sings with an extreme precision and an excellent text. The voice is distinctive and he is a real pleasure in the role as Adam.”
Gregers Dirkinck-Holmfeld, gregers.dk
Photo with baritone Jesper Mikkelsen
“As the young man Adam, Valdemar Villadsen is a great cast. […] He communicates with his finely calibrated physical acting the vulnerability and honesty, but also the spite, with which Adam, in his difficult position, can only dream about the world he knows from his books, yet can not get to see in reality.”
Thomas Michelsen, Politiken
”The part of the sea god Glaukos is written for a haute-contre, a very high tenor, which, unlike a countertenor nowadays, uses both the head and chest voices without changing into falsetto. In Kiel, they have been able to win Danish tenor Valdemar Villadsen for this part. His flexible tenor voice has very smooth high notes, which gives the figure great tenderness.”
Online Musik Magazin, Thomas Molke
Photo with Kiel Opera Chorus
“… But also alto Silke Marchfeld and tenor Valdemar Villadsen presented themselves brilliantly. Villadsen in particular produced some exceptional coloratura passages.”
“… But also alto Silke Marchfeld and tenor Valdemar Villadsen presented themselves brilliantly. Villadsen in particular produced some exceptional coloratura passages.”
“… But also alto Silke Marchfeld and tenor Valdemar Villadsen presented themselves brilliantly. Villadsen in particular produced some exceptional coloratura passages.”
Badische Zeitung
“The versatile tenor Valdemar Villadsen sang with nice, comfortable high notes. One can look forward to many great experiences with him.”
“… But also alto Silke Marchfeld and tenor Valdemar Villadsen presented themselves brilliantly. Villadsen in particular produced some exceptional coloratura passages.”
“… But also alto Silke Marchfeld and tenor Valdemar Villadsen presented themselves brilliantly. Villadsen in particular produced some exceptional coloratura passages.”
JC Klassisk
“… and both she and Villadsen as the young couple, sang modern bel canto with their beautiful voices as a dramatic effect.”
“… But also alto Silke Marchfeld and tenor Valdemar Villadsen presented themselves brilliantly. Villadsen in particular produced some exceptional coloratura passages.”
“… and both she and Villadsen as the young couple, sang modern bel canto with their beautiful voices as a dramatic effect.”
JC KLassisk
Photo with mezzo-soprano Stina Schmidt
“Dazzling performance by Valdemar Villadsen”
Nikolaj Koppel, Danish Radio P2
Photo with mezzo-soprano Helene Lang
“Valdemar Villadsen especially stood out with his fabulous, text-intelligible voice.”
Badische Zeitung
“Helene Lang’s and Valdemar Villadsen’s charisma and acting are outstanding. And one senses their strong commitment, passion and skilfulness in every style and genre they engage in, which gives the audience a very musical and magical experience.”
Bornholm Musikforening
Photo with mezzo-soprano Helene Lang (left) and pianist Christine Raft (in the middle)
“… he walks around – like the Don Juan figure from Kasper Holten’s opera film (2010) – in bare feet, in a suit and with self confidence, while he sings his arias with impressive voice!”
Gudrun Hagen, Kultur Formidlet (on Possokohov’s Narcissum at the Royal Danish Opera)
Photo with pianist Christine Raft (left) and mezzo-soprano Helene Lang (in the middle)
”… the gorgeously tender tenor and haute-contre voice of Valdemar Villadsen.”
”Valdemar Villadsen is Glaucus – an all blue, bald yet bearded, sincerely loving but sometimes confused sea god – with fascinating fragile lustrous singing, in between countertenor and tenor.”
”Valdemar Villadsen is Glaucus – an all blue, bald yet bearded, sincerely loving but sometimes confused sea god – with fascinating fragile lustrous singing, in between countertenor and tenor.”
Kieler Nachrichten, Christian Strehk
”Valdemar Villadsen is Glaucus – an all blue, bald yet bearded, sincerely loving but sometimes confused sea god – with fascinating fragile lustrous singing, in between countertenor and tenor.”
”Valdemar Villadsen is Glaucus – an all blue, bald yet bearded, sincerely loving but sometimes confused sea god – with fascinating fragile lustrous singing, in between countertenor and tenor.”
”Valdemar Villadsen is Glaucus – an all blue, bald yet bearded, sincerely loving but sometimes confused sea god – with fascinating fragile lustrous singing, in between countertenor and tenor.”
Schleswig-Holstein Zeitung, Christoph Kalies
”His voice is beautiful and flexible.”
”Valdemar Villadsen is Glaucus – an all blue, bald yet bearded, sincerely loving but sometimes confused sea god – with fascinating fragile lustrous singing, in between countertenor and tenor.”
”His voice is beautiful and flexible.”
Unser Lübeck
“Valdemar Villadsen delivered the Monteverdi songs with great beauty and solemnity.”
Kulturkupeen
Photo from a solo concert with St Matthew in the Fields
“In the leading role as the Evangelist, Valdemar Villadsen was simply outstanding – effortless (also in the melismatic Tenor arias), delicate and with cantabile richness.”
Der Westen