Markus Pettersson is a young, Swedish tenor with a beautiful, expansive voice and passionate timbre. This season he is engaged at GöteborgsOperan singing Nathanael in The tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) and he also recently jumped in as Spalanzani with a short notice.
Markus recently made his debut as Max in Der Freischütz (Weber) at the Ringsaker Opera in Norway, where he previously participated in ”Viva Verdi” and then sang Duca, Alfredo and Fenton.
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Markus has sung several roles at the GöteborgsOperan, such as Léonard in La ville morte (Boulanger), Beppe in Pajazzo (Leoncavallo), Fritiof in Fritiof’s saga by the composer Elfrida Andrée with libretto by Selma Lagerlöf, Remendado in Carmen, Mats in Kronbruden by Ture Rangström and Gaston in la Traviata.
Other roles include the debut as Rodolfo in La Bohème with Skånska Operan, Don José in Carmen with Opera at Österbybruk, Juan in Don Quijote (Massenet), Pong in Turandot (Puccini), Don José in Carmen and Gaston in La Traviata at the Folkoperan , Fenton in Falstaff at Läckö Slottsopera and Steuermann in The Flying Dutchman (Wagner) at Opera på Skäret.
Markus Pettersson is also a frequently hired concert soloist and his repertoire includes Verdi’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Haydn’s Creation, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle. He has also appeared during the Kirsten Flagstad festival and during national day celebrations on Swedish television. At the Gothenburg Concert Hall, he has performed famous operas in concert form, including operas such as MacBeth (MacDuff), Le Villi (Roberto) and Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu).
Markus is educated at the University College of Opera in Stockholm (now the Department of Opera) and has a Bachelor and Master’s degree. He has received several scholarships and awards such as Jussi Björlingsällskapet’s prize 2015, scholarships from Marianne and Sigvard Bernadotte’s Artists’ Fund 2013, Bollnäs Kulturstipendium 2013, William Lind 2012, Anders Wall Confidencen 2012, and Christina Nilsson 2011.
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