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.