Works for Bass Baritone

I have not had many opportunities to write for male voice. However, my opera The Visitor contained a major role for bass baritone. I found writing for this voice a challenge and I must admit I placed quite a lot of demands on the singer.

1. The Visitor: an Opera in Five Scenes with Prologue, Op. 58 (2000) The Visitor is scored for Mezzo-Soprano, Lyric Baritone, Bass Baritone, Speaking Role and Chamber Orchestra. Hekja (Mezzo-Soprano) is the focus of the work along with her husband Haki (Lyric Baritone). However, the bass baritone is required to sing three roles. In the Prologue he sings the role of an Icelandic Bard, singing from the original Icelandic version of the Vinland Sagas. Scene 2 is entirely devoted to a bass baritone monologue for the character Tyrkir, a German rune-stone carver. Finally, in Scene 4, the singer creates the role of Decker, a modern archaeologist.