Arne Olav Weiglin Hendriksen (1 January 1911 – 5 November 1996) was a Norwegian-Swedish ceramic artist and opera singer (tenor).

Biography

Hendriksen was born in

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, Germany. He was trained as a ceramic artist, but had a talent for singing. After studying with Karl Aagard Østvig (1889–1968), he made his debut at Christiania (now Oslo) in 1938. Engaged at the National Theatre in 1940, he worked at

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from 1942 to 1946, before settling in Sweden, where he sang some forty roles at the Stockholm Opera from 1947 to 1964. These included his debut Nemorino and Mozart roles, leading onto Italian Bel canto and Herod in '' Salome''. He appeared at times at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet and enjoyed success as the main character in ''

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'' in 1954, as well as in other productions. He also appeared at the

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in Vienna and he toured the United States. He recorded Don José and

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and appeared in the Ingmar Bergman 1975 film ''

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''.

Personal life

He was the son of artist Ulrik Hendriksen (1891–1960) and was married to Anne Margrethe, who was Ole Bull's granddaughter. Their son was the opera producer Knut Hendriksen (1944–2020). Hendriksen died at

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in Stockholm.

References

''This stub incorporates material from Norwegian Wikipedia, with additional material from Kutsch KJ, Riemens L. Arne Hendriksen. In: ''Unvergängliche Stimmen: Sängerlexikon.'' Francke Verlag, Bern and Munish, 1982.'' 1911 births 1996 deaths 20th-century Norwegian male opera singers Norwegian ceramists 20th-century Swedish male opera singers 20th-century ceramists German emigrants to Norway Norwegian emigrants to Sweden {{Sweden-artist-stub