Johannes Weissner Norwegian baritone

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Johannes Weissner was born in 1980 in Norway. He studied at the Music Conservatory in Copenhagen and at the Royal Danish Academy of Opera in Copenhagen with Susanna Eken. In the spring of 2004, at the age of 23, he made his debut at the Norwegian National Opera as well as at the Komische Oper Berlin, in both houses as Masetto in Don Giovanni. Since then he has established himself as one of the most exciting Scandinavian singers of his generation.

Johannes Weissner Norwegian baritone 1980-

Johannes Weissner, engagements have brought him to Salzburg Festival, Staatsoper Berlin, Theater an der Wien, Théâtre de La Monnaie in Brussels, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra national du Rhin Strasbourg, Opéra de Dijon, Opera Bilbao, Megaron Athens, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Komische Oper Berlin, Norwegian National Opera, Royal Danish Opera, Edinburgh International Festival, Innsbrucker Festwochen der alten Musik and Flanders Festival Bruges.

Roles

Johannes Weissner roles include the title role and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Schaunard in La Bohème, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Mr. Flint in Billy Bud, Agamemnon in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Aulide, Ramiro in Ravel’s L’heure espagnole, King Theseus in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the title role in Grieg’s Peer Gynt, Plutone and Pastore 4 in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, Achilla in Giulio Cesare, Valens in Theodora, Melisso in Alcina, Licomede in Deidemia, Giove in Cavalli’s La Calisto and Corpo in Cavalieri’s La rappresentazione di anima.

Concerts

Johannes Weissner is a much sought after concert, oratorio and singer and he regularly appears in concert venues and festivals throughout Europe. He has a considerable repertoire that spans music from the early 17th Century works of Monteverdi up to 20th Century works of Weill and Britten. He is an exceptionally communicative “Lied”-singer. His concerts have attracted much attention and have been highly praised, notably the concerts with the pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.

Conductors

Johannes Weissner has worked with conductors such as Phillipp Ahmann, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Giordano Bellincampi, Alfredo Bernardini, Fabio Biondi, Olof Boman, Francesco Corti, Alan Curtis, Ottavio Dantone, Thomas Dausgaard, Stéphane Denève, Laurence Equilbey, Olari Elts, Diego Fasolis, Adam Fischer, Patrick Fournillier, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Olaf Henzold, Philippe Herreweghe, J. David Jackson, René Jacobs, Tõnu Kaljuste, Fredrik Malmberg, Michael McCarty, Juanjo Mena, Ingo Metzmacher, Marc Minkowski, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Andris Nelsons, Andrew Parrott, Kirill Petrenko, Vasily Petrenko, George Petrou, Trevor Pinnock, Daniel Reuss, Jérémie Rhorer, Christophe Rousset, Kwame Ryan, Fredrik Sixten, Andreas Spering, Christoph Spering and Lothar Zagrosek.

2013

2013 included Malatesta in Don Pasquale at Norwegian National Opera, Minos in Handel’s Arianna in Creta at Theater an der Wien, Bruckner’s Mass in F minor in Paris with Orchestre de Paris, Bach’s St John Passion in Paris with the Insula Orchestra, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in Leipzig with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Mozart’s Requiem in Seoul, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Nishinomiva and Tokorozawa with Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, in Versailles and Reims with the Insula Orchestra and in Kristiansand with Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, the title role in Grieg’s Peer Gynt with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra,

Krakow

Haydn’s Die Schöpfung in Krakow with Capella Cracoviensis, Villotto in Haydn’s La vera costanza in Cologne with Capella Augustina, the title role in Marx’ Mose in Berlin with Kammersymphonie Berlin, Fauré’s Requiem in Stockholm with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in Oslo with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah in Trondheim with Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem in Sandefjord and Tonsberg with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra as well as in Kristiansund with KK Festival Orchestra and in Oslo with Oslo Baroque Orchestra. He also sang recitals in Berlin, Weimar, Volda and Oslo with music by composers such Schumann, Britten, Mahler and Grieg.

2014

2014 included Melisso in Alcina at the Norwegian National Opera, Corpo in Cavalieri’s La rappresentazione di anima at the Staatsoper Berlin, Beethoven’s Missa solemnis in Utrecht with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra as well as in Warsaw with Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, Handel’s La Resurrezione in Madrid, Brussels, Versailles and Krakow with Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Sammartini’s The Judgement of Paris in Ascona with I Barocchisti, Cantatas by Bach at the Bachfest Leipzig, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Weber’s Kampf und Sieg in Paris, Versailles, Aix en Provence and Dijon with the Insula Orchestra, Bach’s Mass in B minor with René Jacobs, Bach’s St Matthew Passion in Oslo, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah in Oslo with Grex Vocalis and recitals of Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder.

2015

2015 has started with A pastor; The Devil in the world premiere of Jüri Reinvere’s Peer Gynt at the Norwegian National Opera, Mozart’s Krönungsmesse in Salzburg with the Insula Orchestra, Telemann’s Der Tod Jesu in Hamburg with B’Rock Belgian Baroque Orchestra Ghent, Bach’s St John Passion in Berlin, Paris and Krakow with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, C.F.E. Bach’s Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu in Lugano with I Barocchisti, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and semi-staged performances of Haydn’s Die Schöpfung at the Gloger Festival.

Recordings

Johannes Weissner has recorded the title role in Don Giovanni, Telemann’s Brockes Passion, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung and Bach’s St Matthew Passion – all with René Jacobs, Haydn’s Applausus with Andreas Spering, Achilla in Giulio Cesare and Licaone in Handel’s Giove in Argo with Alan Curtis, David in Staale Kleiberg’s David and Bathsheba and a highly acclaimed CD with songs by Grieg.

Upplevda föreställningar

Opera Roll Operahus Datum
Don Giovanni Leporello Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn 9.1.2007
Don Giovanni Don Giovanni Opera Hedeland 3.8.2012

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