Leading Danish bass has died

Leading Danish bass has died

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norman lebrecht

February 23, 2016

The death is reported of Ove Verner Hansen, Denmark’s premier Leporello at the Royal Opera in the 1960s and 1970s. He had a parallel career as the mighty villain ‘Bøffen’ in the Olsen Gang movies.

He was 83.

ove verner hansen
photo: Scanpix

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