Johannes Weisser (Baritone)

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Johannes Weisser (Baritone)
Born: 1980 - Norway
The Norwegian baritone, Johannes Weisser, studied with Susanna Eken at the Music Conservatory in Copenhagen. As of the autumn of 2002 he stated his studies at the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen. He has been awarded the Ruud-Wallenbergs Singers Stipend in both 1999 and 2000. Johannes Weisser is a very active concert and oratorio singer and has already sung with orchestras such as Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, and Copenhagen Consort. Johannes Weisser's repertoire includes Bach’s St. John Passion (BWV 245), Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248), St. Mark Passion (BWV 247), and several Cantatas, Mozart’s Requiem, Coronation Mass, and Mass In C Minor, Händel’s Messiah, Schütz’ St. John Passion (BWV 245), Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, and Fauré’s Requiem. He has sung Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with both Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and the conductor Philippe Herreweghe, and with Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and the conductor Iona Brown. In the spring of 2002 he participated in a staged version of Bach’s St. John Passion (BWV 245) in Bodø. Engagements in the season 2002/03 included Ceprano in Rigoletto at the Nordland Music Festival, Haydn’s the Creation in Oslo, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in Stavanger, Oslo, Bergen and Bodø, Händel’s Messiah in Hamar, and the arias in St. John Passion (BWV 245) in Trondheim. Engagements in the season 2003-2004 include his debut at the Norwegian National Opera as Masetto in Don Giovanni.

Source: Artefact Website (August 2003) Contributed by Aryeh Oron (March 2005)
Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
René Jacobs	Bass	BWV 244 [Radio]
Edward Higginbottom	Bass	BWV 247
Links to other Sites
Johannes Weisse (KGL Theater) [Norewgian] Johammnnes Weisser (Kjetil) [Norewgian] Johannes Weisser solodebuterer i aulaen i kveld (MIC) [Norewgian] Suksess i Operaen - Rwe-Dea [Norewgian] Rundetaarn - Koncerter - Weisser Rastogi [Norewgian] NRK.no - Store Studio [Norewgian]			Artefact Artists Management

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