Johan Reuter
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Johan Reuter is a Danish
baritone
and opera singer. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and at the Royal Danish Opera Academy. He has been a member of the ensemble at the Royal Danish Opera since 1996.
His principal appearances at the Royal Danish Opera are the Mozart roles Leporello and Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, the Verdi roles Posa in Don Carlo and the title roles in Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra, Alex Bloch in Frandsen’s I-K-O-N™, Mandryka in Strauss' Arabella, Henrik in Carl Nielsen’s Maskarade, the title role in Phillip Glass’ Orphée, Wotan in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Tomsky in Tchaikovsky’s Pique dame, Olivier in Strauss’ Capriccio, Struensee in Holten’s The Visit of the Royal Physician, Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen, Dr. Needlemeier in Sawer’s Skin Deep and the title role in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.
He is a highly sought-after soloist at Europe’s leading opera houses and festivals, John Reuter has appeared at the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, the Salzburg Festival, Wiener Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Covent Garden in London, Opéra national de Paris (Bastille) in Paris and the operas of Lisbon, Madrid, Zurich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Essen, and Stuttgart. At these stages he has performed roles such as the title role in Berg’s Wozzeck, the title role in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, Orest in Strauss' Elektra, Nick Shadow in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Jochanaan in Strauss' Salome, Barak in Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten, Theseus in Birtwistle’s The Minotaur, Der Wanderer in Wagner’s Siegfried.
Furthermore, Johan Reuter enjoys an extensive international concert career and has performed at highly acclaimed festivals and in celebrated concert halls across Europe, including the Bregenz Festival, Maggio Musicale in Florence and the BBC Proms in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Berliner Philharmonie, and Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels.
Scheduled are debuts at Gran Teatre de Liceu in Barcelona, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and the Metropolitan in New York.
John Reuter has released a wide host of CDs, including recordings of Kunzen’s Holger Danske, Carl Nielsen’s Maskarade, Schubert’s Winterreise (in Danish), Rare Verdi with rare Verdi arias, and a CD with lieder by Richard Strauss, Nielsen and Børresen. He furthermore appears on a number of DVDs, including The Copenhagen Ring, Bo Holten’s The Visit of the Royal Physician, Mozart’s Zaïde and Birtwistle’s Minotaur.
Johan Reuter was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog
in 2005.
He also sang the role of Theseus in Harrison Birtwistle's
opera The Minotaur
.
Johan Reuter at The Royal Danish Opera.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
baritone
Baritone
Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
and opera singer. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and at the Royal Danish Opera Academy. He has been a member of the ensemble at the Royal Danish Opera since 1996.
His principal appearances at the Royal Danish Opera are the Mozart roles Leporello and Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, the Verdi roles Posa in Don Carlo and the title roles in Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra, Alex Bloch in Frandsen’s I-K-O-N™, Mandryka in Strauss' Arabella, Henrik in Carl Nielsen’s Maskarade, the title role in Phillip Glass’ Orphée, Wotan in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Tomsky in Tchaikovsky’s Pique dame, Olivier in Strauss’ Capriccio, Struensee in Holten’s The Visit of the Royal Physician, Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen, Dr. Needlemeier in Sawer’s Skin Deep and the title role in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.
He is a highly sought-after soloist at Europe’s leading opera houses and festivals, John Reuter has appeared at the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, the Salzburg Festival, Wiener Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Covent Garden in London, Opéra national de Paris (Bastille) in Paris and the operas of Lisbon, Madrid, Zurich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Essen, and Stuttgart. At these stages he has performed roles such as the title role in Berg’s Wozzeck, the title role in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, Orest in Strauss' Elektra, Nick Shadow in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Jochanaan in Strauss' Salome, Barak in Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten, Theseus in Birtwistle’s The Minotaur, Der Wanderer in Wagner’s Siegfried.
Furthermore, Johan Reuter enjoys an extensive international concert career and has performed at highly acclaimed festivals and in celebrated concert halls across Europe, including the Bregenz Festival, Maggio Musicale in Florence and the BBC Proms in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Berliner Philharmonie, and Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels.
Scheduled are debuts at Gran Teatre de Liceu in Barcelona, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and the Metropolitan in New York.
John Reuter has released a wide host of CDs, including recordings of Kunzen’s Holger Danske, Carl Nielsen’s Maskarade, Schubert’s Winterreise (in Danish), Rare Verdi with rare Verdi arias, and a CD with lieder by Richard Strauss, Nielsen and Børresen. He furthermore appears on a number of DVDs, including The Copenhagen Ring, Bo Holten’s The Visit of the Royal Physician, Mozart’s Zaïde and Birtwistle’s Minotaur.
Johan Reuter was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog
Order of the Dannebrog
The Order of the Dannebrog is an Order of Denmark, instituted in 1671 by Christian V. It resulted from a move in 1660 to break the absolutism of the nobility. The Order was only to comprise 50 noble Knights in one class plus the Master of the Order, i.e. the Danish monarch, and his sons...
in 2005.
He also sang the role of Theseus in Harrison Birtwistle's
Harrison Birtwistle
Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle CH is a British contemporary composer.-Life:Birtwistle was born in Accrington, a mill town in Lancashire some 20 miles north of Manchester. His interest in music was encouraged by his mother, who bought him a clarinet when he was seven, and arranged for him to have...
opera The Minotaur
The Minotaur (opera)
The Minotaur is an opera in two acts, with 13 scenes by English composer Harrison Birtwistle to a libretto by poet David Harsent, commissioned by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London. The work premiered at the Royal Opera House on April 15, 2008 and was shown on BBC2 television on June 7,...
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Johan Reuter at The Royal Danish Opera.