”Johanne Bock has an artistic nerve more than most singers… It was stirring to listen to… She was the second highlight of the performance” a newspaper (Berlingske Tidende) wrote after her debut as The Mother in Hoffmann by Offenbach in 2007 at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen and immediately after the Royal Opera offered her a 3 year soloist contract!
Johanne Bock fine Danish mezzosoprano
Since 2008 Johanne Bock has been singing 3. Dame in The Magic Flute by Mozart, Annina in Der Rosenkavaler, 1. Magd in Elektra both by Strauss, Mother Goose in The Rakes Progress by Stravinskij, Filipevna in Eugen Onegin by Tjaikovskij and Karen in Waiting in Nowhere by Edina Hadziselimovic (new written opera 2010).
Johanne Bock has performed Mrs. Quickly in Falstaff by Verdi, Auntie in Peter Grimes by Britten, Filipevna in Eugen Onegin, Zita in Gianni Schicchi by Puccini, 2. Magd in Elektra and The Mother in Hoffmann at the Danish National Opera (Den Jyske Opera) in Aarhus (DK) since her debut at the opera as Elisabeth in Love and Betrayal (1997), a role which was written especially for her by the Danish composer Niels Marthinsen.
In 1998 Johanne Bock was educated from the Music Academy in Aarhus (DK). In her last year she won a contest at the Academy by singing Kindertotenlieder by Mahler.
Johanne Bock has been a soloist with almost every Symphony Orchestra in Denmark lastest in El Amor Brujo by de Falla with Collegium Musicum, Copenhagen, in The Messiah with the Symphony Orchestra in South Jutland, in Mendelsohn Lobgesang with the Symphony Orchestra in Odense and in Christmas Oratorio by Bach with Aarhus Symphony Orchestra.
J.B. has been working with following conducters Marc Soustrout, Ion Marin, Andreas Stoehr, Philip Pickett, Alex Briger, Gérard Korsten, William Lacey, Tamas Vetö, Giordano Bellincampi, Giancarlo Andretta, Søren K. Hansen, Michael Schønwandt.
Johanne Bock has participated in masterclasses with Dr. Joyce Farwell (USA), Ian Partridge (UK), Roger Vignoles (UK), Niels Muus (Austria), Tom Jaber (USA), Douglas Yates (Germany) and Lars Ulrik Mortensen (DK).
Experienced performances
Opera | Roll | Operahus | Datum |
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Spar Dame | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 30.10.2000 | |
Trollflöjten | 3:e dam | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 12.9.2003 |
Elektra | 1 flicka | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 5.3.2005 |
Glada änkan | Praskovia | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 6.4.2009 |
Rucklarens väg | Mother Goose | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 3.3.2010 |
Die frau ohne Schatten | En röst från ovan | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 15.5.2011 |
Djävlarna från Loudon | Louise | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 12.2.2012 |
Albert Herring | Florence Pike | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 20.5.2012 |
Otello | Emilia | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 21.9.2013 |
Falstaff | Mrs Quickly | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 2013 |
Den flygande holländaren | Mary | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 2014 |
Cavalleria Rusticana | Lucia | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 2014 |
Trollflöjten | 3:dame | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 15.1,2015 |
Die frau ohne Schatten | En stämma från ovan | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 9.9.2015 |
Den flygande holländaren | Mary | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 9.10.2016 |
Pigen fra Vesten | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 10.11.2017 | |
Trollflöjten | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 13.12.2017 | |
Figaros bröllop | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 24.9.2018 | |
Nixon in China | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 14.5.2019 | |
Snedronningen | Den Kongelige Opera i Köpenhamn | 16.10.2019 |