Stockholm 〓 Hakan Hagegard Is Accused Of Sexual Harassment

2018/05/01

A suspicion of sexual harassment emerged in Sweden’s leading opera singer, baritone singer Hakan Hagegard, resigned from posts such as Stockholm’s Royal Academy of Music and Oslo’s Norwegian Academy of Music. Royal Academy of Music announced a statement that “the Board welcomes Hagegard’s decision.” In Sweden on November 22 last year, a classical music radio station “P2” broadcast a documentary interview with women who were sexually harassed in Stockholm and Oslo. Although the program is not naming it, it has been charged that sexual harassment by prominent musicians is taking place.

Hagegard was born in 1945, Sweden Midwest Karlstad, 72 years old. He studied at the Royal College of Music, Mozarteum University Salzburg in Austria and debuted as an opera. He played Papageno in the Swedish film “Magical Flute” of 1975 directed by Ingmar Bergman and attracted attention. After that he repeatedly appeared in famous opera houses around the world. Recently he was devoted to the guidance of the student, he was launching an experimental studio in Stockholm. Hagegard was married to Barbara Bonney of soprano for a while.

How about this ?

  1. Paris 〓 Return of Dutoit, the road is steep

  2. MAINZ 〓 Jörg Widmann receives “Robert Schumann Prize for poetry and music”

  3. VIENNA 〓 Silvia Careddu will leave the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

  4. NEW YORK 〓 The Metropolitan Opera Will Create A New “Ring Cycle” From 2025

  5. BORDEAUX 〓 Emmanuel Hondré succeeds Marc Minkowski as Intendant of Opéra National de Bordeaux

  6. EDINBURGH 〓 Ivan Bessonov won the 2018 edition of Eurovision Young Musicians

  7. LOS ANGELES 〓 Mayor of Los Angeles say that It is too early to hold gathering for sport and music in 2020

  8. BERLIN 〓 Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra receives applause at the Musikfest Berlin

  9. LOS ANGELES 〓 Los Angeles Opera has announced its 2020/2021 season performance lineup

  10. PRAGUE 〓 Czech Philharmonic will hold its first concert with audience since last fall

  11. MUNICH 〓 Soprano Singer Anja Harteros Announces 2024 Hiatus to Care for Family

  12. LONDON 〓 Sexual harassment behind Vittorio Grigolo’s Withdrawal in Japan

  13. MATSUMOTO 〓 Ozawa cancels all the concert at Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival

  14. MONTREAL 〓 Canadian tenor Joseph Kaiser is out of tune

  15. R.I.P 〓 Umberto Borso, Italian Tenor

  1. Nice post. I was checking continuously this weblog and
    I’m inspired! Very useful info particularly the final phase
    🙂 I care for such information much. I was seeking this particular info for a very
    lengthy time. Thanks and best of luck.

  1. No trackbacks yet.