Nor­we­gian bari­tone Johannes Weiss­er has estab­lished him­self as one of the most excit­ing Euro­pean singers of his generation.

He has appeared in opera hous­es and fes­ti­vals such as the Salzburg Fes­ti­val, Staat­sop­er Berlin, Teatro Real Madrid, Théa­tre de La Mon­naie in Brus­sels, Théa­tre des Champs-Elysées, Cana­di­an Opera Com­pa­ny, Fest­spiel­haus Baden-Baden, The­ater an der Wien, Komis­che Oper Berlin, Nor­we­gian Nation­al Opera, Roy­al Dan­ish Opera, the Edin­burgh Inter­na­tion­al Fes­ti­val, Opera Bil­bao, Opera Nation­al du Rhin, Megaron Athens and the Enes­cu fes­ti­val among oth­ers. He has worked with con­duc­tors such as Her­bert Blom­st­edt, Andris Nel­sons, Kir­ill Petrenko, Thomas Daus­gaard, Adam Fis­ch­er, Andrew Manze, Mas­si­mo Zanet­ti, René Jacobs, Ingo Met­z­mach­er, Marc Minkows­ki, Gio­van­ni Antoni­ni, Alan Cur­tis, Fabio Bion­di, Ottavio Dan­tone, Diego Faso­lis, George Petrou, Philippe Her­reweghe, Vasi­ly Petrenko, Trevor Pin­nock and Edward Gardner.

Johannes Weiss­er began his 21/22 sea­son with a return to the Nor­we­gian Nation­al Opera for the title role in Gian­ni Schic­chi and Beethoven’s 9th Sym­pho­ny with Orchestre Phil­har­monique de Monte-Car­lo, fol­lowed recitals in Ger­many and Nor­way, Christ­mas Ora­to­rio with Copen­hagen Phil­har­mon­ic, Mes­si­ah with Sta­vanger Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra and Wro­claw Baroque Orches­tra, Brahms Vier Ern­ste Gesänge with Sta­vanger Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra and the con­duc­tor Andris Poga and Bach’s solo can­ta­ta Ich habe genug with the con­duc­tor Alfre­do Bernar­di­ni and recitals in Ger­many and Nor­way with the pianists Daniel Hei­de, Chris­t­ian Ihle Had­land and Julien Quentin.
He con­tin­ues his sea­son with a euro­pean tour to Madrid, Berlin, Freiburg and Paris with the ora­to­rio Mad­dale­na ai pie­di di Chris­to by Cal­adara with the Freiburg Baroque Orches­tra, as well as Beethoven’s Mis­sa Solem­nis at the Lud­wigs­burg Fes­ti­val and the Menuhin Fes­ti­val in Gstaad.

Nor­we­gian bari­tone Johannes Weiss­er has estab­lished him­self as one of the most excit­ing Euro­pean singers of his generation.

He has appeared in opera hous­es and fes­ti­vals such as the Salzburg Fes­ti­val, Staat­sop­er Berlin, Teatro Real Madrid, Théa­tre de La Mon­naie in Brus­sels, Théa­tre des Champs-Elysées, Cana­di­an Opera Com­pa­ny, Fest­spiel­haus Baden-Baden, The­ater an der Wien, Komis­che Oper Berlin, Nor­we­gian Nation­al Opera, Roy­al Dan­ish Opera, the Edin­burgh Inter­na­tion­al Fes­ti­val, Opera Bil­bao, Opera Nation­al du Rhin, Megaron Athens and the Enes­cu fes­ti­val among oth­ers. He has worked with con­duc­tors such as Her­bert Blom­st­edt, Andris Nel­sons, Kir­ill Petrenko, Thomas Daus­gaard, Adam Fis­ch­er, Andrew Manze, Mas­si­mo Zanet­ti, René Jacobs, Ingo Met­z­mach­er, Marc Minkows­ki, Gio­van­ni Antoni­ni, Alan Cur­tis, Fabio Bion­di, Ottavio Dan­tone, Diego Faso­lis, George Petrou, Philippe Her­reweghe, Vasi­ly Petrenko, Trevor Pin­nock and Edward Gardner.

Johannes Weiss­er began his 21/22 sea­son with a return to the Nor­we­gian Nation­al Opera for the title role in Gian­ni Schic­chi and Beethoven’s 9th Sym­pho­ny with Orchestre Phil­har­monique de Monte-Car­lo, fol­lowed recitals in Ger­many and Nor­way, Christ­mas Ora­to­rio with Copen­hagen Phil­har­mon­ic, Mes­si­ah with Sta­vanger Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra and Wro­claw Baroque Orches­tra, Brahms Vier Ern­ste Gesänge with Sta­vanger Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra and the con­duc­tor Andris Poga and Bach’s solo can­ta­ta Ich habe genug with the con­duc­tor Alfre­do Bernar­di­ni and recitals in Ger­many and Nor­way with the pianists Daniel Hei­de, Chris­t­ian Ihle Had­land and Julien Quentin.

He con­tin­ues his sea­son with a euro­pean tour to Madrid, Berlin, Freiburg and Paris with the ora­to­rio Mad­dale­na ai pie­di di Chris­to by Cal­adara with the Freiburg Baroque Orches­tra, as well as Beethoven’s Mis­sa Solem­nis at the Lud­wigs­burg Fes­ti­val and the Menuhin Fes­ti­val in Gstaad.

High­lights of his 20/21 sea­son includ­ed title role in Gian­ni Schic­chi, at the Nor­we­gian Nation­al Opera, Don Pizarro in Fide­lio with Freiburg­er Barock­o­rch­ester in the Berlin Phil­har­monie and the Elbphil­har­monie, Mahler’s Rück­er Lieder with the Copen­hagen Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra, Bach’s, Handel’s Mes­si­ah* with Bel­gian Nation­al Orches­tra at Bozar, Brus­sels, Arne Nord­heims The Tem­pest with Bergen Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra and the con­duc­tor Edward Gard­ner, as well as recitals at The Bergen Inter­na­tion­al Fes­ti­val and a main stage recital with songs by Mahler and Schu­mann with the pianist Chris­t­ian Ihle Had­land at the Nor­we­gian Nation­al Opera in Oslo.

High­lights of the 19/20 sea­son includ­ed Detlev Glanert’s orches­tral ver­sion of the mag­nif­i­cent Vier ern­ste Gesänge by Brahms in Tam­pere with Olari Elts, Peter in Hänsel und Gre­tel at the Nor­we­gian Nation­al Opera with Dmit­ry Jurows­ki, a high­ly praised Re di Sco­zia in the Drot­tning­holm The­aters pro­duc­tion of Händel’s Ari­o­dante as well as Don Piz­zarro in Fide­lio in Sta­vanger with the con­duc­tor Markus Stenz.

Johannes Weiss­er has appeared on stage in the title role of Tchaikovsky‘s Eugene One­gin, as Ger­mont in La Travi­a­ta, in the title role as well as Lep­orel­lo in Don Gio­van­ni, Gugliel­mo in Così fan tutte, Papageno in Die Zauber­flöte, Don Pizarro in Fide­lio, Schau­nard in La Bohème, Malat­es­ta in Don Pasquale, Agamem­non in Iphigénie en Aulide, Peter in Hänsel und Gre­tel and Re di Sco­zia in Ari­o­dante, Achilla in Giulio Cesare and Ramiro in L’heure Espag­nole among others.

Mr. Weiss­er is a much sought-after con­cert and ora­to­rio singer, with reper­toire that spans from the ear­ly 17th cen­tu­ry musi­ci to the works of Weill, Brit­ten and con­tem­po­rary com­posers, and appears reg­u­lar­ly in major con­cert halls and fes­ti­vals through­out Europe and Asia. An accom­plished Lied singer, Johannes Weiss­er has won inter­na­tion­al crit­i­cal acclaim for his performances of Schumann’s Dichter­liebe, Mahler’s Kinder­toten­lieder and Grieg’s Vin­je Songs in recitals. His record­ing of Grieg Songs has received inter­na­tion­al crit­i­cal acclaim.