He sang the baritone solos in choral conductor Robert Shaw's acclaimed and highly popular 1980 recording of Carmina Burana, with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
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Hagegård also holds a Professorship in Vocal Studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway.
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Hagegård studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and has performed on stages around the world, including Carnegie Hall, the London Royal Opera House, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Sydney Opera House, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Vienna State Opera (Così fan tutte conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt), and the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.
Håkan Syrén | Hakan Şükür | Håkan Hellström | Hakan Hardenberger | Håkan Hagegård | Fikret Hakan | Ahmet Hakan Coşkun | İhsan Hakan | Håkan Rosengren | Håkan Nesser | Håkan Södergren | Håkan Nyblom | Håkan Mild | Håkan Larsson | Hakan Koç | Håkan Hardenberger | Hakan Gökçek |
The version of Tannhäuser that can be heard in the movie is performed by Kiri Te Kanawa as Elisabeth, René Kollo as Tannhäuser, Håkan Hagegård as Wolfram von Eschenbach and Waltraud Meier as Venus with the London Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Marek Janowski.