# Hugo Hasslo

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{{Short description|Swedish operatic baritone}}
[[Image:Cosi fan tutte.jpg|250px|thumb|upright|[Hjördis Schymberg](/source/Hj%C3%B6rdis_Schymberg) as Fiordiligi with Hugo Hasslo as Guglielmo in ''Così fan tutte'']]
'''Hugo Hasslo''' (16 May 1911 [Bohuslän](/source/Bohusl%C3%A4n) - 20 January 1994 [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm)) was a Swedish operatic [baritone](/source/baritone).

Hasslo studied in Stockholm with Hjaldis Ingebjart and [Joseph Hislop](/source/Joseph_Hislop) and made his debut at the [Royal Swedish Opera](/source/Royal_Swedish_Opera), as Guglielmo in ''[Cosi fan tutte](/source/Cosi_fan_tutte)'', in 1940, where he remained until 1964, quickly establishing himself as first baritone.

He was particularly admired in the Italian repertory singing roles such as [Figaro](/source/Figaro_(character_in_operas_and_plays)) in ''[Il barbiere di Siviglia](/source/Il_barbiere_di_Siviglia)'', Belcore in ''[L'elisir d'amore](/source/L'elisir_d'amore)'', Malatesta in ''[Don Pasquale](/source/Don_Pasquale)'', the title role in ''[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth)'' and ''[Rigoletto](/source/Rigoletto)'', di Luna in ''[Il trovatore](/source/Il_trovatore)'', Riccardo in ''[Un ballo in maschera](/source/Un_ballo_in_maschera)'', Marcello in ''[La boheme](/source/La_boheme)'', etc. He also sang in [Mozart](/source/Mozart) and [Wagner](/source/Wagner) operas, and attempted the [tenor](/source/tenor) role of Cavaradossi in ''[Tosca](/source/Tosca)'', in 1943.

In Stockholm, he took part in the creation of [Natanael Berg](/source/Natanael_Berg)'s ''Genoveva'', in 1947, and in [Kurt Atterberg](/source/Kurt_Atterberg)'s ''Der Sturm'', in 1948.

He made guest appearances in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg), the [Royal Opera House](/source/Royal_Opera_House) in London, the [Edinburgh Festival](/source/Edinburgh_Festival), the latter two in 1959.

Hasslo was also much appreciated in concert and often appeared in [oratorios](/source/oratorios).

==Selected recordings==

* 1952 - Tchaikowsky - ''Eugen Onegin'' - Hugo Hasslo, [Rudolf Schock](/source/Rudolf_Schock), [Sena Jurinac](/source/Sena_Jurinac), Gisela Litz, [Gottlob Frick](/source/Gottlob_Frick) - Hamburg Radio Chorus and Orchestra, [Wilhelm Schüchter](/source/Wilhelm_Sch%C3%BCchter) - Cantus Classics (sung in German)
* 1953 - Verdi - ''Don Carlo'' - Aase Nordmo-Lövberg, Dagmar Herrmann, [Libero de Luca](/source/Libero_de_Luca), Hugo Hasslo, [Josef Greindl](/source/Josef_Greindl), Hans-Herbert Fiedler - Hamburg Radio Chorus and Orchestra, [Wilhelm Schüchter](/source/Wilhelm_Sch%C3%BCchter) - Cantus Classics (sung in German)
* 1959 - Verdi - ''Rigoletto'' - Hugo Hasslo, [Margareta Hallin](/source/Margareta_Hallin), [Nicolai Gedda](/source/Nicolai_Gedda), [Kerstin Meyer](/source/Kerstin_Meyer), Arne Tyren - Royal Swedish Opera Chorus and Orchestra, [Sixten Ehrling](/source/Sixten_Ehrling) - (live recording issued on various labels)

==Sources==
* [http://www.operissimo.com Operissimo.com]

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0368506}}

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Category:1911 births
Category:1994 deaths
Category:People from Västra Götaland County
Category:Swedish operatic baritones
Category:20th-century Swedish male  opera singers

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