Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; Norwegian: [ˈhɛ̀nrɪk ˈɪ̀psn̩]; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, When We Dead Awaken, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House was the world's most performed play in 2006. Ibsen's early poetic and cinematic play Peer Gynt has strong surreal elements. After Peer Gynt Ibsen abandoned verse and wrote in realistic prose. Several of his later dramas were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theatre was expected to model strict morals of family life and propriety. Ibsen's later work examined the realities that lay behind the façades, revealing much that was disquieting to a number of his contemporaries. He had a critical eye and conducted a free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality. In many critics' estimates The Wild Duck and Rosmersholm are "vying with each other as rivals for the top place among Ibsen's works"; Ibsen himself regarded Emperor and Galilean as his masterpiece. Ibsen is often ranked as one of the most distinguished playwrights in the European tradition, and is widely regarded as the foremost playwright of the nineteenth century. He influenced other playwrights and novelists such as George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, Marguerite Yourcenar, James Joyce, Eugene O'Neill, and Miroslav Krleža. Ibsen was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, 1903, and 1904. Ibsen wrote his plays in Dano-Norwegian, and they were published by the Danish publisher Gyldendal. Although most of his plays are set in Norway—often in places reminiscent of Skien, the port town where he grew up—Ibsen lived for 27 years in Italy and Germany and rarely visited Norway during his most productive years. Ibsen's dramas were informed by his background in the merchant elite of Skien, and he often modelled or named characters after family members. He was the father of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. Ibsen's dramas had a strong influence on contemporary culture. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-20267 | 10-in. | 7/31/1917 | Lille Haakons vuggesang | Carsten Woll | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Victor | BS-101165 | 10-in. | 4/1/1936 | Med en vandlilje | Kirsten Flagstad ; Edwin McArthur | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Brunswick | X12769-X12770 | 12-in. | 3/31/1924 | Solvejgs sang | Karin Branzell | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
Gramophone | 0CS377 | 10-in. | 7/23/1936 | Ein schwan | Kirsten Flagstad ; Edwin McArthur | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | author | |
Gramophone | 7029e | 10-in. | October 1907 | En svane | John Forsell | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author |
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ibsen, Henrik," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/322359.
Ibsen, Henrik. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/322359.
"Ibsen, Henrik." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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