# Ulrik Cold

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{{Short description|Danish operatic bass (1939–2010)}}
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'''Ulrik Thestrup Cold'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Cold-Ulrik.htm/|title=Ulrik Cold|website=www.bach-cantatas.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-14|archive-date=2019-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302234748/http://bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Cold-Ulrik.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> (15 May 1939 — 13 October 2010) was a Danish [opera](/source/opera)tic [bass](/source/Bass_(voice_type)). In 1963 he made his professional opera debut at the Copenhagen Student Opera as Seneca in [Claudio Monteverdi](/source/Claudio_Monteverdi)'s ''[L'incoronazione di Poppea](/source/L'incoronazione_di_Poppea)''. He was born and died in Copenhagen and was active at the [Royal Danish Theatre](/source/Royal_Danish_Theatre) (RDT) for the next several  decades and served as the director of the RDT from 1975 to 1977.

He was committed to the [Staatstheater Kassel](/source/Staatstheater_Kassel) from 1969 to 1971. He has appeared as a guest artist with several major [opera house](/source/opera_house)s internationally, including the [English National Opera](/source/English_National_Opera), the [San Francisco Opera](/source/San_Francisco_Opera), and the [Wexford Festival Opera](/source/Wexford_Festival_Opera).

Ulrich Cold sang the role of Sarastro in the [Ingmar Bergman](/source/Ingmar_Bergman) film of ''[The Magic Flute](/source/The_Magic_Flute)'', by [Mozart](/source/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart), the role of Gurnemanz in the 1975 recording of [Wagner's](/source/Richard_Wagner) ''[Parsifal](/source/Parsifal_(opera))'', and the role of Argante in the 1977 recording of Handel's ''[Rinaldo](/source/Rinaldo_(opera))'' conducted by [Jean-Claude Malgoire](/source/Jean-Claude_Malgoire).

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