Biography

Danish bass Per Bach Nissen’s recent engagements include Jens Grand in Heise’s Drot og Marsk for Royal Danish Opera, Wirt in Schreker’s Der Schatzgräber at Opera National du Rhin, and two roles for Salzburg Landestheater - King René in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta, and Rudolf Kaiser in the World premiere of a new opera by Alma Deutscher, Des Kaisers Neue Walzer.

He returned to the Royal Danish Opera in the 21-22 season as Il Sagrestano in Puccini’s Tosca. Other recent appearances include Tombeau in Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour’s The Doll Behind the Curtain at The Royal Danish Opera his role-debut as Fasolt Das Rheingold at Müpa, Budapest under Maestro Adam Fischer, and Dr. Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at The Royal Danish Opera .

In 2018 he made his critically acclaimed debut at Bregenzer Festspiele as Kardinal Camillo in Goldschmidt’s Beatrice Cenci under the baton of Johannes Debus. Recent engagements also include Fafner in Siegfried and Das Rheingold under Sebastian Weigle at Frankfurt Opera, Gremin Eugene Onegin at Komische Oper under Henrik Nánási, Jeronimus in Nielsen’s Maskarade at The Royal Danish Opera, and Police Chief in Lady Macbeth from Mtsensk at English National Opera under Mark Wigglesworth.

In Scandinavia Per has performed with The Royal Danish Opera, Danish National Opera, Malmö Opera, Opera Østfold, and with the 5 Danish Symphony Orchestras.

From 2012-15 Per was in the ensemble at Staatsoper Hannover where he performed Boris in Lady Macbeth from Mtsensk, Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Cherea in Glanert’s Caligula under Karen Kamensek, as well as Gremin Eugene Onegin, Sarastro Die Zauberflöte, Gran Inquisitore Don Carlo and Commendattore Don Giovanni. During this period he also performed Rocco Fidelio at Michigan Opera, Osmin Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Philadelphia Opera and Teatro di Treviso, Boris Lady Macbeth from Mtsensk and Gran Inquisitore Don Carlo at Theater Lübeck, and Dr. Bartolo Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Opera Zuid and at The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Per was ensemble member at Theater Augsburg and Mecklenburg State Opera 2005 to 2011.

Artist Manager:
Stephen Svanholm
+46 738 777 631
stephen@svanholmartists.com

Reviews

“…clear and beautiful voice…”

Fasolt and Fafner made lasting impressions: The former – Per Bach Nissen – with his clear and beautiful voice reached any depth with apparent ease yet never sounded dark. His lyrical tenderness is exactly what the only character in the entire Ring that gets to feel pure love ought to espouse."

— Jens F. Laurson, Classics Today

“…sonorous bass…”

Per Bach Nissen with his sonorous bass is a good choice for the lying Cardinal Camillo

— The New Zurich Times

“…profound bass...”

Per Bach Nissen sings the slick cardinal with profound bass, and gives him the note of strength of religion standing above the sovereign.

— Neue Merker, Klaus Billand