Jacob Abel

Jacob Abel

Bass

Jacob Abel is managed worldwide by Rozemarijn Tiben and Fernando de Testa.

Contact:
Artist Manager
E: rozemarijn.tiben@interartists.nl
T: +31 6 34 272 282

Assistant Artist Manager
E: fernando.detesta@interartists.nl
T: +33 7 48 25 93 63

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Jacob Abel (1992) is a Norwegian bass. For the last two years, Jacob Abel has taken part in the young artists programme of the Norwegian National Opera, where he debuted roles such as Colline (La Bohème) and Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia). He graduated from the opera academy in Oslo in 2020.

In the 2022-23 season, he performed the role of Montano in Verdi’s Otello at Oscarsborg Opera, and Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca at Norwegian National Opera. In concert he performed, among others, Colline in Puccini’s La Bohème and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with the Arctic Philharmonic, and Mozart arias (Figaro, Leporello and Sarastro) at Bergen National Opera. In November 2023, he makes his debut at Opera Vlaanderen as Nourabad in Les Pêcheurs de Perles in Antwerp and Ghent. In concert, he will sing the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah at the Cathedral of Kristiansand.

In previous seasons, Jacob Abel has performed the roles of Zuniga in Carmen, Rychtář in Jenůfa, Mars in Orphée aux enfers, Colline in La Bohème, Simone in Gianni Schicchi, Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, all between 2020 and 2022 at Norwegian National Opera. Previously at the opera academy, he sang Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte on tour in Norway, Pistola in Falstaff, Plutone in Monteverdi’s Il ballo delle ingrate and the role of Jimmy in Mahagonny. In concert, he has sung Mozart’s Requiem with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle.

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Highlights 2023-24

October:
Title role of Mendelssohn’s Elias in two semi-staged performances with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, the Cathedral choir, and the opera choir at the Cathedral of Kristiansand.

December-January:
Debut at Vlaanderen Opera as Nourabad in Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles.

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Nourabad in Les Pêcheurs de Perles at Opera Vlaanderen. Conductor Karel Deseure, stage direction FC Bergman.

“Nourabad – who, in the staging, is the young Zurga – by Jacob Abel completes the cast ideally.”

— Forum Opéra

“Very successful Pearl Fishers in Antwerp […] His [Zurga’s] young version was sung adequately by Jacob Abel.”

— Opéra Magazine

“The Norwegian Jacob Abel completes the ensemble as the high priest Nourabad, who, in FC Bergman’s interpretation, becomes the young version of Zurga, with a dark and impressive bass.”

— Der Opernfreund

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