The Nor­we­gian bari­tone Johannes Weiss­er is con­sid­ered to be one of Scandinavia’s lead­ing singers of his gen­er­a­tion, and has been engaged at opera hous­es such as the Staat­sop­er Berlin, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, The­ater an der Wien, Salzburg Fes­ti­val, Teatro Real Madrid, Opera Ver­sailles, Komis­che Oper Berlin, Théâtre de La Mon­naie in Brus­sels, Fest­spiel­haus Baden-Baden, Cana­di­an Opera Com­pa­ny, Opera Nation­al du Rhin, The­ater and der Wien, The Roy­al Dan­ish Opera and The Nor­we­gian Opera and Bal­let, where he he remains a reg­u­lar guest.

His reper­toire includes roles such as the title role and Lep­orel­lo in Don Gio­van­ni, Don Piz­zarro in Beethoven’s Fide­lio, Gior­gio Ger­mont in Verdi’s La travi­a­ta, the father in Hansel and Gre­tel, the title role in Gian­ni Schic­chi, Papageno in The Mag­ic Flute and sev­er­al of Hän­dels major roles for bass, such as Achilla in Giulio Cesare and Re di Sco­zia in Ariodante.

High­lights of recent sea­sons have includ­ed, Don Pizarro at The Hes­sis­che Staat­sthe­ater Wies­baden, Ver­di Requiem with The Copen­hagen Phil, Don Piz­zarro in Fide­lio at the Elbphil­har­monie and the Berlin Phil­har­mon­ic with the Freiburg­er Barock­o­rch­ester, as well as at the Sta­vanger Con­cert Hall with the Sta­vanger Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra, Ger­mont in La travi­a­ta, he title role in Gian­ni Schic­chi in Oslo, Siegfried in Schumann’s Gen­ove­va at the Dres­den Music Fes­ti­val, Mau­re­ga­to in Schubert’s Alfon­so und Estrel­la in Helsin­ki and Budapest, Re di Sco­zia in Ari­o­dante in Stock­holm, Mahler’s Rück­ert-Lieder with the Copen­hagen Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra, Brahms’ Vier ern­ste Gesänge and Mahler’s Kinder­toten­lieder with the Sta­vanger Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra, Beethoven’s 9th Sym­pho­ny with the Monte Car­lo Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra, Beethoven’s Mis­sa Solem­nis at the Menuhin Fes­ti­val in Gstaad, as well as at the Aix-en-Provence Fes­ti­val, Caldara’s Maria ai pie­di Cristo in Madrid and the Phil­har­monie in Paris, St. John Pas­sion with the Roy­al Con­cert­ge­bouw Orches­tra Ams­ter­dam, as well as Der Einäugige in Die Frau ohne Schat­ten at the Fest­spiel­haus Baden-Baden and Berlin with the Berlin Phil­har­mon­ic and con­duc­tor Kir­ill Petrenko. 

He has also in recent years had great suc­cess with his inter­pre­ta­tions of con­tem­po­rary operas, most notably as Dil­lon in the world pre­miere of Mis­sy Maz­zo­lis “The Lis­ten­ers” at the Nor­we­gian Opera in Oslo, repeat­ing the role for the Ger­man pre­miere of the piece at the Aal­to The­ater in Essen, and most recent­ly as The Old­er Man in Bent Sørensens and Jon Fosse´s opera Asle Ali­da at received much praise both at The Bergen Nation­al Opera and at The Roy­al Dan­ish Opera.

Johannes Weiss­er has per­formed with lead­ing orches­tras and ensem­bles such as the Vien­na Phil­har­mon­ic, Berlin Phil­har­mon­ic, Vien­na Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra, Orchestre de Paris, Orches­tra dell’Accademia Nazionale di San­ta Cecil­ia, Orchestre de Radio France, BBC Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra, Mahler Cham­ber Orches­tra, Bel­gian Nation­al Orchestra,Bamberger Sym­phoniker, and Con­cert­ge­bouw Orches­tra in Ams­ter­dam, and he has col­lab­o­rat­ed with out­stand­ing con­duc­tors such as Her­bert Blom­st­edt, Andris Nel­sons, Kir­ill Petrenko, Adam Fis­ch­er, Andrew Manze, René Jacobs, Ingo Met­z­mach­er, Marc Minkows­ki, Gio­van­ni Antoni­ni, Alan Cur­tis, Fabio Bion­di, Diego Faso­lis, Philippe Her­reweghe, Vasi­ly Petrenko, Trevor Pin­nock, Edward Gard­ner, and Jérémie Rhor­er.
Johannes Weiss­er has appeared on more than twen­ty CD and DVD record­ings, and his discog­ra­phy includes Haydn’s The Cre­ation, Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s St. Matthew Pas­sion and St. John Pas­sion, Don Pizarro in Beethoven’s Leonore, the role of Achilla in Giulio Cesare, as well as “Vis­it­ing Grieg,” a crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed CD of songs by Edvard Grieg togeth­er with the Dan­ish pianist Søren Ras­to­gi. He has also record­ed Grieg’s Peer Gynt with the Bergen Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra and con­duc­tor Edward Gard­ner, and he was nom­i­nat­ed for a GRAMMY (best opera record­ing) for his role as David in Ståle Kleiberg’s David and Bathshe­ba with the Trond­heim Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra and con­duc­tor Tönu Kaljuste.