Since Sebastian Duran graduated from the Malmö Academy of Music in 2013, and the University College of Opera in Stockholm in 2016, Sebastian has been working in opera companies and concert venues all around Europe such as the Malmö Opera, the Royal Opera in Stockholm, Den Fynske Opera, Copenhagen Opera Festival, Oslo Opera Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, National Philharmonic of Ukraine, and Vadstena-Akademien.
Sebastian Duran Swedish baritone 1989-
Sebastian Durán (b 1989) began to study classical singing at the age of 15, alongside his cello- and harp studies in the town of Kristianstad in the south of Sweden.
At the age of 18 he moved to Stockholm to continue his vocal studies with baritone Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, Court Singer at the Royal Opera in Stockholm.
After studying with him for two years he got accepted at the Malmö Academy of Music where he studied in 2010-2013 with Britta Johansson, Assistant Master in Vocal Performance.
After graduation from the Malmö Academy of Music Durán began to study at the University College of Opera in Stockholm with Ulrika Tenstam, and Leif Lundberg.
During his years of singing, Sebastian has done several roles in both professional productions and school productions to great acclaim.
In the summer of 2014 he sang The Wolf in composer Daniel Hjort’s newly written opera The Deepest Place, which toured around Denmark and southern Sweden.
The most recent being the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni which he performed on tour with Malmö Opera, where he will return in the spring of 2016 to sing the role of Emanuel in composer Jonas Forsell’s newly written opera Drottningens Juvelsmycke.
His work also includes roles as Laertes in Hamlet by Thomas, Marullo in Rigoletto, Melisso in Alcina, both Figaro and Fiorello in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte.
Sebastian Durán has also sung repertoire such as the baritone-solo in Carmina Burana by Orff and the bass-solo in Symfoni nr 9 ”An die Freude” by Beethoven .
Sebastian Durán has received several scholarships from The Royal Swedish Academy of Music in the years of 2014, 2013 and 2012. He is also a recipient of the Family of John Andersson in Anderslövs Scholarship in 2015. The Joel Berglund scholarship in 2012 and the Culture-Scholarship from the Municipality of Kristianstad in 2009. Loa Falkman Scholarship in 2007.
In Swedish
Sebastian Durán gjorde rollen som Markis d’ Obigny i Skånska Operans uppsättning av La Traviata sommaren 2011. Han har tidigare sjungit rollen som Mr Gobineau i Mediet av Menotti samt arbetat som korist på Ulriksdals Slottsteater. Med barnteater i Kristianstad.
Under sommaren lär Sebastian Durán sig av sin roll att bejaka mänsklighetens mindre ädla sidor. Favoritoperan är Eugene Onegin av Tchaikovsky och drömrollen är Carmen.
Musikalisk förebild är sångpedagogen Britta Johansson, eftersom hon har betytt, och betyder väldigt mycket för Sebastian Durán röstliga såväl som personliga utveckling.
Tre M som gör Sebastian glad är: mamma, mat och musik. Arg blir han av fördomar avhoppade cykelkedjor och Sverigedemokrater.
Han hade helst velat leva i Berlin under 20-talet. Sebastians favoritplats är lite varstans där det finns portvin och gott sällskap. Alla människors lika värde och tolerans i stort hade varit i fokus om Sebastian Durán hade styrt Sverige.Framtidsplanerna är så gott som uppfyllda, då han vill sjunga, och vara glad …
MOTTO: Det ordnar sig alltid.
Experienced performances
Opera | Roles | Operahouse | Date |
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La Traviata | Markis d´Obigny | Skånska Operan | 8.7.2011 |
Rigoletto | Marullo | Skånska Operan | 8.7.2012 |
The Barber in Seville | Fiorello | Skånska Operan | 6.7.2013 |
The deepest place | The Wolf | ÖresundsOperan | 26.6.2014 |
Don G | Don G | Malmö Opera turnéföreställning | 1.9.2015 |
Drottningens juvelsmycke | Viktor | Operaverkstan på Malmö Opera | 31.3.2016 |
Hamlet in Absentia | Laertes | Kronborgs slott, Helsingör | 3.8.2016 |
Snow Queen by Benjamin Staern | The Crow | Malmö Opera | 17.12.2016 |
The Importance of being Earnest | Jack Worthing | Bröllopssalen på Vadstena slott | 22.7.2017 |
Snow Queen by Benjamin Staern | The Crow | Malmö Opera | 17.12.2018 |
Comedy on a bridge | Hans | Operaverkstan/Malmö Opera | 23.3.2019 |
more to read
- Copenhagen Operafestival 2014
- Freebird om Den Djupaste platsen
- Joel Berglund -stipendiat 2012
- Aalborg
Operafestival - OVIS-rösten 2017
- Swedish
Barihunks - Artist Management
- Web – site
- Gregers DH om Det Dypeste Sted
- Baritones in the world