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Stephen Milling
Born
1965 (age60–61)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Education
Royal Danish Academy of Music
Children
3
Awards
Seattle Opera's Artist of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Stephen Milling is a Danish operaticbass who has had an active international career since the mid-1990s.[1] Although his repertoire encompasses a wide range, he is particularly known for his roles in the operas of Richard Wagner.[2][3][4]
Career
Born 1965 in Copenhagen, Milling studied voice at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has been a member of the Royal Danish Opera since 1994,[1] serving as a principal bass from 1994–2012.[5] In addition to his operatic performances, he is a concert artist and has performed with well-known conductors throughout Europe.[3]
Sarastro in The Magic Flute under the stage direction of Simon McBurney at the Bergen National Opera in Norway (2022)[10] and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (2023)[11]
Milling received the Gladsaxe (Denmark) Music Prize in 1997. The prize is awarded each year to a young performing musician of "considerable talent."[13]
The Seattle Opera awarded Milling its Artist of the Year Award in 2003 for his portrayal of Gurnemanz in Parsifal.[6]
A number of recordings that include Milling are available on CD. In addition, a 2009 production of Der Ring des Nibelungen that was staged in Valencia by the Spanish group La Fura dels Baus under the direction of Zubin Mehta is available on DVD.[19]
Personal life
Milling grew up in the village of Annisse by the lake Arresø in Denmark.[citation needed] Milling is married and has three sons. He has taken his family to Seattle for rehearsals, starting when his youngest was only 13 days old.[6]
