Laurens Bogtman
Laurens Bogtman (8 February 1900 in Oudkarspel – 1969 in Hilversum, the Netherlands) was a Dutch baritone.
Unlike many contemporary singers his career began late, at the age of 30, and he studied singing in Berlin, with in Vienna and with Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius in Hilversum.
Bogtmam debuted in 1932 in a concert with the Kölner Bachverein (Cologne Bach Society). He then had a successful career as an oratorio singer in Germany, Austria and England and travelled further afield.[1]
Following World War II, Bogtman sang in France and Belgium. In a 1957 recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion with De Nederlandse Bachvereniging, conducted by , he was the Vox Christi.
References[]
- ^ Laurens Bogtman (Baritone) bach-cantatas.com
Categories:
- 1900 births
- 1969 deaths
- People from Langedijk
- Dutch operatic baritones
- 20th-century Dutch singers
- 20th-century male singers