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Baritone (+1)

Baritone, Bass-baritone

Eirik Krokfjord

Norway

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Eirik Krokfjord er en dramatisk baryton fra Lørenskog. Som konsertsolist har han opptrådt med Oslo-Filharmonien, Accademia Bizantina, Capella Vitalis Berlin, Orquesta Sinfónica de Michoacán, Det Norske Blåseensemble, KORK, Det Norske Solistkor, og mange ganger med Barokkanerne, med dirigenter som Herbert Blomstedt, Alessandro Tampieri, Jorge Parodi, Alexander Humala, Grete Pedersen, Rolf Gupta og Ari Rasilainen. Han er også leadvokalist i det norske doom metal-bandet Funeral.

På operascenen har Krokfjord spilt blant annet Scarpia i Puccinis Tosca, Nick Shadow i Stravinskijs The Rake’s Progress, tittelrollen i Puccinis Gianni Schicchi, Leporello i Mozarts Don Giovanni, og Silvio i Leoncavallos Pagliacci. Hans mangslungne erfaring som scenekunstner innbefatter også opptredener i Strindbergs Et drømspill på Nationaltheatret, i Rom for Dans' danseteaterforestilling Underlandet, og konserter på tidligmusikkfestivalen Semana de Música Antiga i Brasil. Repertoaret strekker seg fra veristisk opera til renessansemonodi, men også nyere musikk som Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King, Dominick Argentos The Andrée Expedition, tittelrollen i Ståle Kleibergs opera David & Bathsheba, samt flere urframføringer av Martin Ødegaards musikk med Ensemble Aksiom og dirigent Kai Grinde Myrann. 

Han har sin utdannelse fra Norges musikkhøgskole, men har siden studert med Yngve Søberg og Luis Ledesma før han i 2023 begynte hos Brian Jauhiainen - Ledesma har beskrevet ham som “one of the most interesting dramatic baritones I have ever worked with”. Hans Scarpia ble beskrevet som “perfekt typecastet… formidabelt interessant”,” Krokfjord har videre blitt beskrevet som “minneverdig” av Bachtrack.com, som “en fryd å høre på” i Dagbladet - og som “sikkert veldig flink han også” i Akers Avis Groruddalen.

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Eirik Krokfjord is a dramatic baritone from Lørenskog, Norway. He has appeared with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Accademia Bizantina, Capella Vitalis Berlin, Orquesta Sinfónica de Michoacán, The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir, The Norwegian Wind Ensemble, and numerous times with Barokkanerne Norwegian Baroque Orchestra. This has led to collaborations with esteemed conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Jorge Parodi, Alessandro Tampieri, Alexander Humala, Grete Pedersen, and Rolf Gupta. In 2022, Eirik Krokfjord was appointed lead singer of the Norwegian doom metal band Funeral.

On the opera stage, Krokfjord has portrayed Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca, Gianni Schicchi in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Silvio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. He also appeared in Calixto Bieito’s production of Strindberg’s A Dream Play on The Norwegian National Theatre’s main stage, performed in Rom for Dans’ dance theatre production The Underland, and has featured at the Brazilian early music festival Semana de Música Antiga.
Possessing a particular expertise as a soloist in the field of early music, Krokfjord has performed Rameau, Mazzocchi and Theile as well as Bach, Händel and Telemann, in a vast repertoire that stretches from renaissance monody to Wagnerian and veristic opera. He also has extensive experience performing contemporary music, notable examples including Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King, Dominick Argento’s The Andrée Expedition and the title role in Ståle Kleiberg’s opera David & Bathsheba, as well as works by notable composers such as György Ligeti, Kaija Saariaho and Alfred Janson. Krokfjord has repeatedly been entrusted with world premieres of new music in Norway, most notably with Ensemble Aksiom in works by Martin Ødegaard.

Krokfjord holds a Master’s Degree in performance from The Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, and has since worked with Yngve Søberg and Luis Ledesma before commencing studies with Brian Jauhiainen in 2023 - Ledesma describing him as "one of the most interesting dramatic baritones I have ever worked with." On his musicianship, Johan Nicolai Mohn of Barokkanerne has described Krokfjord as "an excellent singer with extraordinary expressive power." Said Jon Fredrik Hjemli of Nivalis Barokk, Krokfjord is "a soloist with a lot of musical creativity, [who] expresses well - crucial when you perform baroque music." Lars Henrik Johansen of CasalEmilio concurred, stating "[Krokfjord] possesses a rare ability to combine professionalism and good singing technique with artistic exploration (...) I have however never heard him choose musical interpretations solely for the sake of flashy effects; his interpretational alternatives are always the fruits of a serious and well-founded process."

Reviews he has received include the following:

“Perfectly cast as Scarpia, an unforgettable portrayal of a fascist… Formidably interesting”
MATTI EDÉN, SYDSVENSKAN

“Sings Scarpia powerfully, with lots of darkness… Expertly portrayed sadism”
LARS-ERIK LARSSON, SKÅNSKA DAGBLADET

“Eirik Krokfjord’s Scarpia grows into an awfully sinister dictator… What an achievement!”
SUNE JOHANNESSON, KRISTIANSTADSBLADET

“Scarpia is played absolutely brilliantly by the Norwegian Eirik Krokfjord… So fucking good”
CLAES GYLLING, RADIO RFSL

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“Blew the audience members’ hats off [in The Messiah]… Absolutely incredible”
ELLEN MARIE STØLAN, ILEVANGER.NO

“Very powerful interpretation of King David… A joy to watch”
ANDERS OLAI NEERLAND KRUSE, SCENEKUNST.NO

“The best and the most memorable… brought genuine emotion [to Bach’s St. John’s Passion]”
JACK DHAINAUT, BACHTRACK.COM﻿

“Highly expressive [in Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610]... a pleasure to listen to”
STÅLE WIKSHÅLAND, DAGBLADET

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