Bariton
Johannes
Weisser
Bariton
Johannes
Weisser
Biography
Norwegian baritone Johannes Weisser has established himself as one of the most exciting European singers of his generation.
Recent engagements have brought him to the Salzburg Festival, Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro Real Madrid, Théâtre de La Monnaie in Brussels, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Canadian Opera Company, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Komische Oper Berlin, Norwegian National Opera, Royal Danish Opera, and the Edinburgh International Festival. He has worked with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Andris Nelsons, Kirill Petrenko, Thomas Dausgaard, Adam Fischer, René Jacobs, Ingo Metzmacher, Marc Minkowski, Giovanni Antonini, Fabio Biondi, Ottavio Dantone, Diego Fasolis, Philippe Herreweghe, Vasily Petrenko, and Trevor Pinnock.
Johannes Weisser has recently appeared in the title role of Tchaikovsky‘s Eugene Onegin, as Germont in La Traviata, as Don Giovanni and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Don Pizarro (Fidelio), Schaunard (La Bohème), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Mr. Flint (Billy Budd), and the title role in Grieg’s Peer Gynt. At Staatsoper Berlin he has appeared in 2017 in Purcell’s King Arthur. With the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and René Jacobs, Mr. Weisser successfully toured Beethoven’s original Leonore, singing the role of Don Pizarro.
Johannes Weisser is a much sought-after concert and oratorio singer, with repertoire that spans from the early 17th century music of Monteverdi to the works of Weill, Britten and contemporary composers. With the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra he recently sang Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra invited him to sing Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder.
Norwegian baritone Johannes Weisser has established himself as one of the most exciting European singers of his generation.
Recent engagements have brought him to the Salzburg Festival, Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro Real Madrid, Théâtre de La Monnaie in Brussels, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Canadian Opera Company, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, …
Komische Oper Berlin, Norwegian National Opera, Royal Danish Opera, and the Edinburgh International Festival. He has worked with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Andris Nelsons, Kirill Petrenko, Thomas Dausgaard, Adam Fischer, René Jacobs, Ingo Metzmacher, Marc Minkowski, Giovanni Antonini, Fabio Biondi, Ottavio Dantone, Diego Fasolis, Philippe Herreweghe, Vasily Petrenko, and Trevor Pinnock.
Johannes Weisser has recently appeared in the title role of Tchaikovsky‘s Eugene Onegin, as Germont in La Traviata, as Don Giovanni and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Don Pizarro (Fidelio), Schaunard (La Bohème), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Mr. Flint (Billy Budd), and the title role in Grieg’s Peer Gynt. At Staatsoper Berlin he has appeared in 2017 in Purcell’s King Arthur. With the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and René Jacobs, Mr. Weisser successfully toured Beethoven’s original Leonore, singing the role of Don Pizarro.
Johannes Weisser is a much sought-after concert and oratorio singer, with repertoire that spans from the early 17th century music of Monteverdi to the works of Weill, Britten and contemporary composers. With the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra he recently sang Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra invited him to sing Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder.
This season will see him appear in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Mendelssohn‘s Erste Walpurgisnacht at Klarafestival. With Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin he toured St Matthew Passion across Europe. An accomplished Lied singer, he has won international critical acclaim for his performances of Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Grieg’s Vinje Songs in recitals, and for his recent recital appearance at Eppaner Lied Festival, directed by the legendary Brigitte Fassbaender. His recording of Grieg Songs has received international critical acclaim.
Widely known for the numerous award-winning recordings that he has already produced, Johannes has appeared on disc in the title role of Don Giovanni (René Jacobs/harmonia mundi), Don Pizarro in Beethoven’s original Leonore and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung (René Jacobs/harmonia mundi), Bach’s St Matthew Passion and St John Passion (both René Jacobs/harmonia mundi), but also in the role of Achilla in Giulio Cesare (Alan Curtis/naive), and Ståle Kleiberg’s Mass for a Modern Man with Trondheim Sinfonietta. In 2013 he was a GRAMMY nominee for his role as David in Ståle Kleiberg‘s opera David and Bathsheba, a recording with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tönu Kaljuste (best opera recording).
Johannes Weisser studied at the Music Conservatory in Copenhagen and at the Royal Danish Academy of Opera in Copenhagen with Susanna Eken. In the spring of 2004, aged 23, he made his debut at the Norwegian National Opera as well as at Komische Oper Berlin, in both houses as Masetto in Don Giovanni. He lives in Oslo.
This season will see him appear in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Mendelssohn‘s Erste Walpurgisnacht at Klarafestival. With Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin he toured St Matthew Passion across Europe. An accomplished Lied singer, he has won international critical acclaim for his performances of Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Grieg’s Vinje Songs in recitals, and for his recent recital appearance at Eppaner Lied Festival, directed by the legendary Brigitte Fassbaender. His recording of Grieg Songs has received international critical acclaim.
Widely known for the numerous award-winning recordings that he has already produced, Johannes has appeared on disc in the title role of Don Giovanni (René Jacobs/harmonia mundi), Don Pizarro in Beethoven’s original Leonore and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung (René Jacobs/harmonia mundi), Bach’s St Matthew Passion and St John Passion (both René Jacobs/harmonia mundi), but also in the role of Achilla in Giulio Cesare (Alan Curtis/naive), and Ståle Kleiberg’s Mass for a Modern Man with Trondheim Sinfonietta. In 2013 he was a GRAMMY nominee for his role as David in Ståle Kleiberg‘s opera David and Bathsheba, a recording with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tönu Kaljuste (best opera recording).
Johannes Weisser studied at the Music Conservatory in Copenhagen and at the Royal Danish Academy of Opera in Copenhagen with Susanna Eken. In the spring of 2004, aged 23, he made his debut at the Norwegian National Opera as well as at Komische Oper Berlin, in both houses as Masetto in Don Giovanni. He lives in Oslo.
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Performances
11/06/2020 20:00
Dresdner Festspielorchester
René Jacobs
Konzerthaus Berlin
10/06/2020 20:00
Dresdner Festspielorchester
René Jacobs
Frauenkirche Dresden
Dresdner Musikfestspiele
06/06/2020 20:00
Susanne Bernhard | Sopran
Marianne Beate Kielland | Alt
Magnus Steveland | Tenor
Johannes Weisser | Bass
Andrew Manze | Dirigent
MDR-SINFONIEORCHESTER
MDR-RUNDFUNKCHOR
Erfurt, Dom
06/05/2020 19:00
Schumann: Zyklen op.39 & op.24
Brahms “Vier ernste Gesänge” op.121
with Daniel Heide, piano
Goethe-Theater
11/04/2020 18:30
Joseph Haydn: Salve Regina in g‑Moll
Stabat mater für 4 Solisten, Chor und Orchester
Kammerorchester Basel
René Jacobs, conductor
07/04/2020 20:30
Joseph Haydn: Salve Regina in g‑Moll
Stabat mater für 4 Solisten, Chor und Orchester
Kammerorchester Basel
René Jacobs, conductor
05/04/2020 18:00
Joseph Haydn: Salve Regina in g‑Moll
Stabat mater für 4 Solisten, Chor und Orchester
Kammerorchester Basel
René Jacobs, conductor
13/03/2020 20:00
J. Brahms/Glanert: Vier Ernste Gesänge
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor: Olari Elts
09/02/2020 19:30
concert performance
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Markus Stenz
07/02/2020 19:30
concert performance
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Markus Stenz
27/12/2019 15:00
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Norwegian National Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
The Children’s Chorus, The Opera Chorus, The Opera Orchestra
17/12/2019 19:00
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Norwegian National Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
The Children’s Chorus, The Opera Chorus, The Opera Orchestra
12/12/2019 18:00
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Norwegian National Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
The Children’s Chorus, The Opera Chorus, The Opera Orchestra
07/12/2019 15:00
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Norwegian National Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
The Children’s Chorus, The Opera Chorus, The Opera Orchestra
05/12/2019 18:00
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Norwegian National Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
The Children’s Chorus, The Opera Chorus, The Opera Orchestra
01/12/2019 15:00
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Norwegian National Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
The Children’s Chorus, The Opera Chorus, The Opera Orchestra
24/11/2019 15:00
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Norwegian National Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
The Children’s Chorus, The Opera Chorus, The Opera Orchestra
22/11/2019 18:00
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
Norwegian National Opera
conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
The Children’s Chorus, The Opera Chorus, The Opera Orchestra
15/09/2019 0:00
Enescu Festival — Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
13/05/2019 20:00
Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
Philharmonie
08/05/2019 20:00
Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
Konzerthaus
06/05/2019 20:30
Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
Philharmonie de Paris
04/05/2019 14:15
Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
Concertgebouw
29/04/2019 20:00
29Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
Auditorio Principe Felipe
28/04/2019 20:00
Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
19/04/2019 19:30
St Matthew Passion
Orchestre National de France
Václav Luks
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
04/04/2019 20:00
Don Giovanni
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
National Theatre
15/03/2019 20:00
Klarafestival
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, op. 60
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
David Afkham, conductor
DeSingel
18/01/2019 — 16/02/2019 0:00 — 23:59
Britten: Billy Budd
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Mark Wigglesworth
Discography

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
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Beethoven: Missa solemnis “Agnus Dei”
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