JOHAN WÅLLBERG BARITONE BIOGRAPHY
Johan Wållberg is a much appreciated concert and oratorio singer and has also performed in opera productions at the Royal Swedish Opera, Malmö Opera, Drottningholms Slottsteater, Wermland Opera and Opera på Skäret. He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main and the University College of Opera in Stockholm.
Among recent highlights can be mentioned Belcore in L’elisir d’amore at Opera på Skäret and Archon in The Greek Passion by Martinú at Wermland Opera. He also participated in the contemporary opera “Det går an” by Sundqvist and Fjellström at Läckö Slott and at Malmö Opera, as Il Sagrestano in Tosca at Opera Østfold in Norway and with the title role in the new opera, Boris Christ at the Piteå Chamber Opera.
Johan is engaged regularly as concert and oratorio soloist and has performed with choirs and orchestras in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Germany. Major works are Brahms’ Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, B Minor Mass, St. Matthew passion and St. John Passion. His Concert repertoire also includes Winterreise by Schubert, Dichterliebe by Schumann, The Dream of Gerontius by Elgar, Allan Pettersson Barfotasånger and Kung Eriks visor by Ture Rangström.
