Reidar Kaas


Reidar Kaas was a Norwegian opera singer and actor.

Career

Kaas was a baritone. He took singing lessons with Raimund von zur-Mühlen in London and the tenor Ernesto Colli in Milan. Kaas performed at La Scala in Milan, the Carlo Felice Theater in Genoa, and opera houses in Poznań, Hamburg, London, and Oslo. Kaas also appeared in film roles. He made his debut in the silent film Paria in 1916 as Doctor Berner. In 1932, he played a Gypsy chief in the film Fantegutten, which was his last film role.

Filmography

Family

Kaas was born in Oslo, the son of the wholesaler Christian Oluf Andresen and Aagot Theodosia Kaas. In 1906, he married Eli Tandberg, the daughter of the landowner Gudbrand Tandberg and Caroline Kristine Cortsen. They had a son, Gudbrand Kaas.