Daniel Johansson (tenor)

Daniel Mattias Johansson (born 4 August 1980) is a Swedish operatic and concert tenor. He became a hovsångare, or a Swedish "Court Singer", in 2018.[1]

Not to be confused with Daniel Johannsen.

Elin Rombo as Adina and Daniel Johansson as Nemorino in Kärleksdrycken (L'elisir d'amore) at the Gothenburg Opera in 2013.

Life

Training

Johansson was educated at the University College of Opera 2006–2010. He previously studied music at the Ljungskile folkhögskola.

During his studies, he was a soloist at the Sveriges Television "Thirteen-Day Concert 2008" from Berwaldhallen with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Thomas Søndergård. Then, together with Miah Persson, he performed the love duet from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini.[2]

Opera
Daniel Johansson made his debut at The Royal Opera in 2013 as Tamino in The Magic Flute. Here he has since been involved in several roles and productions.

Johansson has sung Rodolfo in La Boheme and Hoffmann in The Tales of Hoffmann, both at the Bregenzer Festspiele and The Royal Opera in Stockholm (2011) as well as in Helsinki and Oslo. He has sung Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the Royal Opera (2014) and Opera Hedeland in Denmark. He has appeared in the role of Alfredo in La traviata both in Stockholm (2015), in Oslo (2015), at the Opera Hedeland and at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. He has also sung Tamino in The Magic Flute in Valencia, Oslo and Stockholm (2012), and Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore on Dalhalla (2011) and at Göteborgsoperan (2013).

Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo. has been tied there for a few seasons.

Johansson has been associated with the Norwegian Opera in Oslo and has appeared in roles such as Alfred in Die Fledermaus, Narraboth in Salome, Macduff in Macbeth and Telemaco in Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria.

Other engagements include the title role in Faust on Folkoperan and Lensky in performances of Eugene Onegin at the Norrlandsoperan within the framework of Umeå Kulturhuvudstad 2014 and in Chautauqua County, New York.

Roles
Daniel Johansson as Nemorino (right) and Åke Zetterström as Dulcamara (center) in L'elisir d'amore at the Göteborgsoperan 2013.
Johansson's opera roles for the first time on stage during 2011–2018.
Title roleOperacomposerMonth and yearLocation
NemorinoL'elisir d'amoreGaetano DonizettiJune 2011Dalhalla
TelemacoIl ritorno d'Ulisse in patriaClaudio MonteverdiMay 2012Den Norske Opera
NarrabothSalomeRichard StraussMay 2013Den Norske Opera
FaustFaustCharles GounodJune 2013Folkoperan
PinkertonMadama ButterflyGiacomo PucciniAug 2013Opera Hedeland
Taminothe Magic FluteWolfgang Amadeus MozartSeptember 2013Kungliga Operan
AlfredDie FledermausJohann StraussDecember 2013Den Norske Opera
MacduffMacbethGiuseppe VerdiDecember 2013Den Norske Opera
RudolfoLa BohemeGiacomo PucciniJanuary 2014Den Norske Opera
Vladimir LenskijEugene OneginPjotr TjajkovskijFebruary 2014Norrlandsoperan
Don JoséCarmenGeorges BizetMarch 2015Den Norske Opera
Alfredo GermontLa traviataGiuseppe VerdiApril 2015Den Norske Opera
HoffmannDie FledermausJacques OffenbachJuly 2015Bregenzer Festspiele
A singerDer RosenkavalierRichard StraussSeptember 2015Kungliga Operan
FlorestanFidelioLudwig van BeethovenJanuary 2016Malmö Live Konserthus
FrohDas RheingoldRichard WagnerOctober 2016Semperoper, Dresden
LohengrinLohengrinRichard WagnerDecember 2016Aalto-Musiktheater, Essen
Mario Cavaradossila ToscaGiacomo PucciniJune 2017Den Norske Opera
SiegmundDie WalküreRichard WagnerDecember 2017Theater an der Wien
Greve Loris IpanovFedoraUmberto GiordanoMarch 2018Kungliga Operan
MatteoArabellaRichard StraussOctober 2018San Francisco Opera

Concert

Johansson has sung Melot at concert performances of Tristan and Isolde with both the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Daniel Harding as well as with the Orchestre de Paris and its conductor Christoph Eschenbach. He has sung Mozart's Coronation Mass at the opening of Danmarks Radio's new concert hall under the direction of Adam Fischer, Herden in Oedipus Rex with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen in Stockholm and in Brussels, as well as the tenor part in the chamber version of Das Lied von der Erde with Nordiska Kammarorkestern in Sundsvall, Västerås Sinfonietta and with Oulu's Symphony Orchestra.

He introduced himself to a wider audience in 2013, when he, together with several of Sweden's foremost artists, participated in Sweden's Riksdag televised celebration of King Carl XVI Gustaf's 40 years as head of state in Sweden.

Recording

Johansson can be heard as Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie in Jacopo Foroni's Cristina Regina di Svezia (Sterling) with Göteborgsoperan's orchestra under the direction of Tobias Ringborg.

Prizes and honours

References
  1. "Nya hovsångare", Kungliga Hovstaterna, retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. -kast-i-pakostad-musikshow Tvära kast i påkostad musikshow , review by Sofia Nyblom in the Svenska Dagbladet dated 8 January 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  3. Stipendiater, Giresta, Wallstiftelsen. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. Håkan Mogrenstipendiet. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. "2012". WSIMC. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
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