Henry Alf

Henry Alf
BornApril 10, 1891
Oslo, Norway
DiedJanuary 22, 1963(1963-01-22) (aged 71)
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorway
OccupationOpera singer
FamilyIvar F. Andresen (brother)

Alf Henry Andresen (April 10, 1891, Oslo, Norway – January 7, 1963, Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian opera singer who used the stage name Henry Alf.

Biography

He made his debut in the University Aula in the 1920s[1] and was head of the Norwegian Opera Singers' Association a couple of times in the 1930s. He performed at the capital's theater stages, such as Opera Comique (Oslo), which was active in 1918–1921. Later he was at the National Theatre,[2] for example in Aida, where he was "King of Egypt" in 1931.[1] He was also involved in Germany.[3]

He was the son of Anton Olaf Andresen (1863–1926) and Nilsine Trondsen (1870–1959).[4] His father ran a manufactory in Kristiania.[5] He was the brother of opera singer Ivar F. Andresen (1896–1940), while his sister Ingeborg Andresen (1904–92) was the mother of Thorvald Stoltenberg.

References

  1. ^ a b 50 år i Aftenposten den 9. april 1941.
  2. ^ "HENRY ALF | Nationaltheatrets forestillingsarkiv". forest.nationaltheatret.no. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. ^ "Nasjonalbiblioteket". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  4. ^ "Alf Henry Andresen". geni_family_tree. 1891-04-10. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  5. ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav (2023-01-27), "Ivar Frithjof Andresen", Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved 2023-09-06