Håkan Hagegård

Håkan Hagegård ( born November 25, 1945 in Karlstad ) is a Swedish opera and concert singer (baritone ).

He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

He made his debut in 1968 as Papageno in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute Performance from the Royal Opera in Stockholm.

Ten years later, he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Malatesta in Don Pasquale. Since then he has performed in the major opera houses and concert halls of the world, including Carnegie Hall, Royal Opera House in London, Teatro alla Scala, the Sydney Opera House, German Opera Berlin, Vienna State Opera ( Così fan tutte with Nikolaus Harnoncourt ) and at the Royal Opera in Stockholm.

A wide audience, he became known for his role as Papageno in Ingmar Bergman's acclaimed film version of The Magic Flute ( Original title: Trollflöjten ) from the year 1975.

In 1985 he was appointed court singer at the court of King Carl XVI. Appointed Gustaf of Sweden.