Jacob Abel

Jacob Abel

Bass

Jacob Abel is managed worldwide by Rozemarijn Tiben and Fernando de Testa.

Contact:
Artist Manager
E: rozemarijn.tiben@interartists.nl
T: +31 6 34 272 282

Assistant Artist Manager
E: fernando.detesta@interartists.nl
T: +33 7 48 25 93 63

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Jacob Abel is a Norwegian bass. A graduate of the Opera Academy in Oslo (2020), he was a member of the Young Artists Programme at the Norwegian National Opera, where he made his role debuts as Colline (La Bohème) and Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia).

In the 2025/26 season, he makes his house debut at the Ópera de Oviedo as Frère Laurent in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, alongside other upcoming debuts to be announced.

Highlights of the 2024/25 season include Valens in Händel’s Theodora with Camerata Øresund in Malmö and Copenhagen, King Balthazar in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors at Bergen National Opera, Arne in César Franck’s Hulda at Maihaugsalen in Lillehammer, and Hunding (Act I) in Wagner’s Die Walküre with Opera by the Fjord.

He has previously appeared at Opera Vlaanderen as Nourabad in Les Pêcheurs de Perles in Antwerp and Ghent, and performed roles such as Montano (Otello) at Oscarsborg Opera, Angelotti (Tosca), Zuniga (Carmen), Rychtář (Jenůfa), Mars (Orphée aux enfers), Colline (La Bohème), Simone (Gianni Schicchi), and Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia) at the Norwegian National Opera.

Other roles include Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) on tour in Norway, Pistola (Falstaff), Plutone (Il ballo delle ingrate), and Joe (Mahagonny), performed at the Opera Academy in Oslo.

In concert, he has appeared as Colline in La Bohème, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with the Arctic Philharmonic, the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah at the Cathedral of Kristiansand, Mozart’s Requiem with the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle.

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Nourabad in Les Pêcheurs de Perles at Opera Vlaanderen. Conductor Karel Deseure, stage direction FC Bergman.

“Nourabad – who, in the staging, is the young Zurga – by Jacob Abel completes the cast ideally.”

— Forum Opéra

“Very successful Pearl Fishers in Antwerp […] His [Zurga’s] young version was sung adequately by Jacob Abel.”

— Opéra Magazine

“The Norwegian Jacob Abel completes the ensemble as the high priest Nourabad, who, in FC Bergman’s interpretation, becomes the young version of Zurga, with a dark and impressive bass.”

— Der Opernfreund

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