Per Bach Nissen
BASS
ABOUT PER
Danish bass Per Bach Nissen is a commanding stage presence with a repertoire spanning Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, and major 20th-century works. He appears regularly on leading European opera stages and is particularly recognised for his authority in dramatic bass roles.
Forthcoming and recent engagements include Dr. Bartolo (Il barbiere di Siviglia) for Theater Nordhausen, Hans Folz (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Sacristano (Tosca), Jens Grand (Drot og Marsk) and Dr. Bartolo for the Royal Danish Opera, Le Spectre (Hamlet) at the Buxton International Festival, Wirt (Der Schatzgräber) at Opéra National du Rhin, and King René (Iolanta) for Salzburg Landestheater and Volksoper Wien.
Highlights include his acclaimed debut at the Bregenzer Festspiele as Kardinal Camillo (Beatrice Cenci), Fafner (Das Rheingold, Siegfried) at Frankfurt Opera, Gremin (Eugene Onegin) at Komische Oper Berlin, and appearances with English National Opera.
A former ensemble member of Staatsoper Hannover, he has performed extensively across Scandinavia and Germany.
📍Per is based in Børkop, Denmark
CONTACT
Stephen Svanholm
Artist Manager
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REPRESENTATION
General Management with Svanholm Artists
Current Highlights
March 2025
Royal Danish Opera
Hans Folz / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Wagner
July 2025
Buxton International Festival
Le Spectre / Hamlet / Thomas
February 2026
Theater Nordhausen
Doctor Bartolo / Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Rossini
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Press
Fasolt / Das Rheingold / Wagner
Oper Frankfurt
“Fasolt and Fafner made lasting impressions: The former – Per Bach Nissen – with his clear and beautiful voice reached any depth with apparent ease yet never sounded dark. His lyrical tenderness is exactly what the only character in the entire Ring that gets to feel pure love ought to espouse."
Jens F. Laurson / Classics Today
Kardinal Camillo / Beatrice Cenci / Goldschmidt
Vadstena Academy
“Per Bach Nissen sings the slick cardinal with profound bass, and gives him the note of strength of religion standing above the sovereign.”
Klaus Billand / Neue Merker