John Lundgren (baritone)

John Otto Lundgren (born 12 October 1968) is a Swedish dramatic baritone opera singer.

John Lundgren
Birth nameJohn Otto Lundgren
Born (1968-10-12) 12 October 1968
GenresOpera
Occupation(s)Opera singer
Instrument(s)Vocals

Life

Educated at Vadstena Academy and in The Opera Academy in Copenhagen. During his studies he joined the ensemble of The Royal Danish Theatre and debuted as Schaunard in La Bohème. Since then he has frequently been singing in stagings in The Royal Danish Theatre, e.g. Enrico Ashton in Lucia di Lammermoor, Posa in Don Carlos, Amonasro in Aida, Scarpia in Tosca, Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde, and the title role of Der Fliegende Holländer. He has continued to sing many of these roles internationally and also adding to them by singing Carlo Gérard in Andrea Chenier in Bregenzer Festspiele and Jack Rance in the Stockholm staging of La Fanciulla del West in 2011/12.[1][2]
Lundgren has also sung contemporary opera. In 2005, he sang the part of Prospero in The Tempest by Thomas Adès and four roles in one and the same opera – Cecilia and the Monkey King by Reine Jönsson in Drottningholm (Sweden). In 2016 he sang Devlin in the premiere of Notorious (opera based on the Hitchcock movie with the same name) together with Nina Stemme. In 2016 he also expanded his classical dramatic baritone repertoire by singing Wotan in Bayreuth, repeating that part in Stockholm in a single revival of the 2006 staging of Der Ring des Nibelungen directed by Staffan Valdemar Holm. In autumn 2017 John debuted at the Dutch National Opera as Simone[3] in Eine florentinische Tragödie.

In 2018, John participated for the third consecutive year at Bayreuther Festspiele. This time in two roles, Wotan[4] in Die Walküre and the title role of the Flying Dutchman, Der Holländer.[5] Later 2018 he will take part in the production of Wagner's Ring at The Royal Opera House London.[6]

Awards

Recordings

Repertoire

Lundgren´s repertoire includes:[8]

Year (debut) Composer Opera Role Location
Thomas Adès The Tempest Prospero
2007 Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio Don Pizarro Den Jyske Opera
Alban Berg Wozzeck Wozzeck
Georges Bizet Carmen Escamillo
Benjamin Britten Rape of Lucretia Tarquinius
Claude Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande Golaud
Gaetano Donizetti Don Pasquale Malatesta
Gaetano Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor Lord Enrico Ashton
2012 Umberto Giordano Andrea Chénier Carlo Gérard Bregenzer Festspiele
George Frideric Handel Giulio Cesare Curio
Reine Jönsson The Monkey King Divers
Rued Langgaard Antikrist The hate
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni Leporello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Così fan tutte Guglielmo / Don Alfonso
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Zauberflöte Sprecher
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro Conte Almaviva
2018 Giacomo Puccini Tosca[9] Baron Scarpia Royal Swedish Opera
2011 Giacomo Puccini La Fanciulla del West[10][11] Jack Rance Royal Swedish Opera
Gioachino Rossini Il Signor Bruschino Gaudenzi
Gioachino Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia Bartolo
Gioachino Rossini Il Viaggio à Reims Don Profondo
Richard Strauss Capriccio Haushofmeister
Richard Strauss Elektra Orest
Richard Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten Barak
2019 Peter Tchaikovsky Pique Dame Graf Tomski Royal Opera House
Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore Conte di Luna
Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata Giorgio Germont
Giuseppe Verdi Simon Boccanegra Paolo Albiani
Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlos Posa
Giuseppe Verdi Aida Amonasro
Giuseppe Verdi Otello Jago
Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth Macbeth
2016 Richard Wagner Siegfried Der Wanderer Bayreuther Festspiele
2017 Richard Wagner Siegfried Wotan[12] Royal Swedish Opera
Richard Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer Holländer
Richard Wagner Lohengrin Telramund
Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde Kurwenal
Richard Wagner Parsifal Amfortas
2018 Richard Wagner Das Rheingold Alberich[13] Bayerischer Staatsoper München
2018 Richard Wagner Siegfried Alberich[14] Bayerischer Staatsoper München
2018 Richard Wagner Die Walküre Wotan[4] Bayreuther Festspiele
2018 Richard Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer Der Holländer[5] Bayreuther Festspiele
2018 Richard Wagner Das Rheingold Wotan[15][16] Royal Opera House
2018 Richard Wagner Die Walküre Wotan[17] Royal Opera House
2018 Richard Wagner Siegfried Der Wanderer[18] Royal Opera House
2016, 2017 Richard Wagner Die Walküre Wotan[19] Bayreuther Festspiele
Richard Wagner Ring des Nibelungen Alberich
2017 Alexander von Zemlinsky Eine florentinische Tragödie Simone Dutch National Opera

References
  1. "Flickan från Västern – La fanciulla del west – Kungliga Operan" (in Swedish).
  2. "Flickan från västern på Kungliga Operan" (in Swedish).
  3. "Vechtscène Eine florentische Tragödie door John Lundgren" – via www.youtube.com.
  4. "Die Walküre".
  5. "Der fliegende Holländer".
  6. "John Lundgren — People — Royal Opera House". www.roh.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  7. Kungliga Operan (2011-12-15). "Flickan från Västern – La fanciulla del west – Kungliga Operan" (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  8. "John Lundgren – Dramatic baritone". Artists Management Zurich. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  9. "Puccinis klassiska opera Tosca på Kungliga Operan". app-euwe-operan-prd.azurewebsites.net.
  10. "Flickan från västern på Kungliga Operan" (in Swedish).
  11. "Flickan från Västern Makalös västernopera" (in Swedish).
  12. "Siegfried – Opera" (in Swedish).
  13. "Alberich – Das Rheingold – Bayerischer Staatsoper München".
  14. "Alberich – Siegfried – Bayerischer Staatsoper München".
  15. "John Lundgren — People — Royal Opera House". www.roh.org.uk.
  16. "Das Rheingold – Royal Opera House".
  17. "Die Walküre – Royal Opera House".
  18. "Siegfried – Royal Opera House".
  19. "Aufführungsdatenbank – John Lundgren" (in German).
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