Johannes Weisser

The Norwegian baritone Johannes Weisser is considered to be one of Scandinavia’s leading singers of his generation, and has been engaged at opera houses such as the Staatsoper Berlin, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Theater an der Wien, Salzburg Festival, Teatro Real Madrid, Opera Bilbao, Opera Versailles, Komische Oper Berlin, Opera de Lausanne, Théâtre de La Monnaie in Brussels, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Canadian Opera Company, Opera National du Rhin, Theater and der Wien, The Royal Danish Opera, Megaron Athens and The Norwegian National Opera, where he he remains a regular guest.

 Highlights of recent seasons have included Don Pizarro in Fidelio at the Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the Elbphilharmonie and the Berlin Philharmonic with the Freiburger Barockorchester, as well as at the Stavanger Concert Hall with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Verdi’s Requiem with The Copenhagen Phil, Händel’s Messiah at the Musikverein Wien, Germont in La traviata and the title role in Gianni Schicchi in Oslo, Siegfried in Schumann’s Genoveva at the Dresden Music Festival, Mauregato in Schubert’s Alfonso und Estrella in Helsinki and Budapest, Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Brahms’ Vier ernste Gesänge and Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, as well as at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Beethoven Festival in Bonn and in the Philharmonie Köln, Caldara’s Maria ai piedi Cristo in Madrid and the Philharmonie in Paris, St John Passion with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, as well as Der Einäugige in Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Kirill Petrenko. He has also in recent years had great success with his interpretations of contemporary operas, most notably as Dillon in the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners at the Norwegian Opera in Oslo, repeating the role for the German premiere of the piece at the Aalto Theater in Essen, and The Older Man in Bent Sørensen’s and Jon Fosse’s opera Asle og Alida that received much praise both at the Bergen National Opera and the Royal Danish Opera. In August 2025, he jumps in as Don Giovanni at the Confidencen Opera Festival in Stockholm.

Johannes Weisser’s recent and future engagements include a role debut as Father-in-Law in Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence at the Royal Danish Opera, Alberich in Das Rheingold at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Wolfram Christ at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona and Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, Mozart’s Requiem with the Oslo Philharmonic, Cartellieri’s Rüberzahl with Helsinki Baroque Orchestra in Helsinki and Budapest, Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Ivor Bolton and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra at Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 with Diego Fasolis and Orchestra i Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, among others.