Adam Frandsen

The Danish tenor Adam Frandsen is engaged at the Göteborg Opera for the 2024/25 season, where he has portrayed Don José in Carmen, Cassio in Otello, and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. In the spring, he will take on the role of Vaudémont in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta.

During the 2023/24 season, Adam Frandsen appeared as Cavaradossi in Tosca at Wermland Opera. He also appeared in several concert productions, including Verdi’s Requiem with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Alfvén’s Symphony No. 4 with the Göteborg Opera Orchestra under Thomas Dausgaard, and a gala concert celebrating 250 years of Danish opera with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and the Danish National Opera.

In recent seasons, Adam Frandsen has performed as Jenik in The Bartered Bride at the Göteborg Opera and in the title role of Don Carlos at Folkoperan in Stockholm. He has performed as Rodolfo in La Bohème at Taichung National Theater, Taiwan and at Opera Hedeland, Augustin Moser in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Salzburg Easter Festival, and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and New Zealand Opera. He has also appeared as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Hedeland), Alfredo in La Traviata (Danish National Opera and at Kilden Theater in Kristiansand), Tamino in The Magic Flute in Gothenburg, and Spoletta in Tosca in a staged production with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. He has performed as Ishmael in Knapek’s Moby Dick at the Polish National Opera, Teatr Wielki, and as Despair in Langgaard’s opera Antichrist at the Rued Langgaard Festival.

Frandsen’s previous roles include Ferrando in Così fan tutte and Elvino in La sonnambula (Opera Hedeland), Narraboth in Salome with Stefan Herheim and Michael Boder (The Royal Danish Theatre), and Il Tinca in Il tabarro (Danish National Opera). He also portrayed Architect Jørn Utzon in Opera Australia’s commissioned work Sydney Opera House, The Opera (The Eighth Wonder), which tells the story of and pays tribute to the construction of Sydney’s famous opera house. Frandsen has performed Sergei in Shostakovich’s Moscow, Cheryomushki (Semperoper Dresden), Cavaradossi (Aalborg Opera Festival), Roméo in Roméo et Juliette (Copenhagen Opera Festival), the Duke in Rigoletto (Haifa Symphony Orchestra), and Rodolfo in La Bohème under Lorin Maazel at the Castleton Festival. He has also sung the title role in Emil Reesen’s operetta Farinelli (Tivoli Concert Hall/Tivoli Symphony Orchestra) and has performed roles such as Rinuccio/Gianni Schicchi, Ruggero/La Rondine, Arcadio/Florencia en el Amazonas by Catán, The Prologue/The Turn of the Screw, and the title roles in Idomeneo and Faust.

As a concert soloist, Adam Frandsen has performed Verdi’s Requiem with the Victoria Symphony in Canada, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under Lorin Maazel, and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Ion Marin, as well as with Camerata RCO and at Kioi Hall in Tokyo. He has participated in New Year’s concerts with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and performed as the Shepherd in Oedipus Rex with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra. He has sung Handel’s Messiah, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio, Dubois’ Seven Last Words of Christ, and Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin. Frandsen has collaborated with the Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Sønderjyllands Symphony Orchestra, The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, and Württembergische Philharmonie.

Adam Frandsen began singing as a young boy in the Copenhagen Boys’ Choir. In 2005, he commenced his opera studies under visiting professor Douglas Yates. He graduated from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, studying under Mikael Eliasen and as a student of Marlena Malas.

Frandsen has participated in the Aspen Music Festival, the International Vocal Arts Institute in Israel and Virginia, and the IIVA in Puerto Rico. He has attended masterclasses with Neil Shicoff, Francisco Araiza, Joan Dornemann, Sherrill Milnes, Mignon Dunn, Håkan Hagegård, Vinson Cole, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Pierre Vallet, and Patrick Summers. He was a regional finalist in the 2008 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and received Aalborg’s Opera Prize in 2015. Frandsen has also been awarded scholarships from Moores, Curtis, and several American and Danish organizations.

April 2025