Johanne Bock fine Danish mezzosoprano

Johanne Bock fine Danish mezzosoprano
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”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
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

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