Bariton
Johannes
Weisser
Bariton
Johannes
Weisser
Biography
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, 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.
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, 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 Bergen National Opera received much praise.
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.
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 Bergen National Opera received much praise.
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.
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Royal Danish Opera
Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Conductor
Sofia Adrian Jupither, Stage Director
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Royal Danish Opera
Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Conductor
Sofia Adrian Jupither, Stage Director
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Royal Danish Opera
Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Conductor
Sofia Adrian Jupither, Stage Director
Discography

Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und ‑leben, Op. 42 — Liederkreis, Op. 24 — Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart, Op. 135 — Songs from Myrthen, Op. 25
Marianne Beate Kielland, Johannes Weisser & Nils Anders Mortensen
Lawo, DDD, 2020
L.v.Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Polina Pastirchak, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim, Johannes Weisser, RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs
harmonia mundi, DDD, 2020
L.v.Beethoven: Leonore
Marlis Petersen, Dmitry Ivashchenko, Maximilian Schmitt, Robin Johannsen, Johannes Weisser, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs
harmonia mundi, DDD, 2020

W.A. Mozart: Requiem KV 626
Sophie Karthäuser, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Maximilian Schmitt, Johannes Weisser, RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
harmonia mundi, DDD, 2016
G.F. Händel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto/Achillas
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin, Romina Basso, Emoke Baráth, Filippo Mineccia, Johannes Weisser
Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
Naive, DDD, 2012

E. Grieg: Peer Gynt
Lise Davidsen, Ann-Helen Moen, Victoria Nava, Johannes Weisser, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Chandos, DDD, 2017
J.S. Bach: St. John’s Passion
Werner Güra, Sunhae Im, Benno Schachtner, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Johannes Weisser, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs
harmonia mundi, DDD, 2015

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew’s Passion
Werner Güra, Johannes Weisser, Sunhae Im, Bernarda Fink, Topi Lehtipuu, Konstantin Wolff, Staats- und Domchor Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs harmonia mundi, DDD, 2012

Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man
Mari Eriksmoen, Johannes Weisser, Trondheim Symphony Choir, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Eivind Gullberg Jensen
2L, DDD, 2016

C.Ph.E. Bach: Die Israeliten in der Wüste
Anja Petersen, Sarah Maria Sun, Daniel Johannsen, Johannes Weisser, Chorus Musicus Köln, Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Spering
DHM, DDD, 2014
G.Ph. Telemann: Brockes Passion
Birgitte Christensen, Lydia Teuscher, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Donat Havar, Daniel Behle, Johannes Weisser, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
harmonia mundi, DDD, 2008

G.F. Händel: Giove in Argo
Ann Hallenberg, Karina Gauvin, Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Vito Priante, Theodora Baka, Johannes Weisser, Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
Erato, DDD, 2012
J. Haydn: Die Schöpfung
Freiburger Barockorchester, Julia Kleiter, Maximilian Schmitt, Johannes Weisser
harmonia mundi, DDD, 2009

A Telemann Companion
Birgitte Christensen, Lydia Teuscher, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Donat Havar, Daniel Behle, Johannes Weisser, Maurice Steger, Dorothea Röschmann, Ruth Ziesak, Werner Güra, Roman Trekel, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs
harmonia mundi, 2017
Emilio de’Cavalieri: Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo
Marie-Claude Chappuis, Johannes Weisser, Gyula Orendt, Mark Milhofer, Marcos Fink, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
harmonia mundi, DDD, 2013

Niels Wilhelm Gade: Elverskud op.30
Sophie Junker, Ivonne Fuchs, Johannes Weisser, Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
DaCapo, 2018
W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Johannes Weisser, Lorenzo Regazzo, Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Olga Pasichnyk, Kenneth Tarver, RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
harmonia mundi, DDD, 2006
J. Haydn: Applausus
Anna Palimina, Marina De Liso, Donat Havar, Johannes Weisser, Andreas Wolf, Capella Augustina, Andreas Spering
Capriccio, DDD, 2010

Visiting Grieg
Melodies of the Heart op. 5, Romanzen & Lieder op. 18
5 Poems op. 26, 12 Melodies to Poems by A. O. Vinje op. 33
Six Songs op. 48
Johannes Weisser, Soren Rastogi
Simax, DDD, 2009
Gallery
Video
Schumann: from Liederkreis op 24
with Christian Ihle Hadland
Norwegian National Opera, January 2021
Mahler: “Kindertotenlieder“
with Christian Ihle Hadland
Norwegian National Opera, January 2021
Johannes Weisser “Di provenza il mar”
F.Schubert: from “Alfonso und Estrella”
L.v.Beethoven: from Fidelio “Ha, welch´ ein Augenblick”
Caldara: “Parti che di virtu”
Puccini: Gianni Scicchi
Bach, Johannes Passion (anhangsarie): Himmelreisse, welt, erbebe
C.P:E Bach: Ihr tore gottes
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