Anders Larsson (singer)

Anders Larsson (born 24 April 1969) is a Swedish operatic baritone. He received Birgit Nilsson’s Grant in 1992. While studying at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Stockholm), Anders Larsson joined the Gothenburg Opera House in 1994 and was the first prize winner of the Swedish Placido Domingo National Contest. Gian Carlo Menotti selected him to sing Eugene Onegin at the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi 1996 and the next year Anders was Sweden’s representative in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 1997. Anders Larsson was 1999 invited to the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium to sing Pelléas in Debussy’s Opera Pelléas et Mélisande conducted by George Benjamin and 2001 to the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, England to sing the Count Almaviva in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. In 2007 he sang Mandryka in Christof Loy's fantastic new production of Arabella with Nina Stemme at Gothenburg Opera House 2007.

Anders Larsson has sung leading roles as a guest artist with several other important theatres and Orchestras internationally, including the Frankfurt Opera (Germany), the Royal Danish Theatre, Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain), Barbican Hall in London, Deutsche Staatsoper (Germany), Teatro Real (Spain), Minnesota Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonique du Luxembourg to name just a few.

Selected recordings

• Claude Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande. Anders Larsson, Juanita Lascarro, José van Dam, Anne Gjevang, Donald McIntyre, Conducted by George Benjamin (1999). Bruxelles CD5337 (www.operapassion.com).
• Luca Francesconi, Ballata. Anders Larsson (Young Mariner), Conducted by Ono Kazushi. La Monnaei, Bruxelles. Stradivarius, Ricordi oggi (2011).
• Andreas Hallén, Waldemarsskatten. Conducted by B. Tommy Andersson. Swedish Radio Orchestra, Stockholm. Sterling Records (2023).
• Larsson, Förklädd gud/Den Heliga natten, Conducted by Petter Sundkvist, NAXOS 1996.
• Allan Pettersson, Åtta barfotasånger with Nordic Chamber Orchestra. Anders Larsson, Conducted by Christian Lindberg BIS (2009).
• Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos. Jane Eaglen, Villars, Makarina, Fox, Donose, Pescevich, Peterson, Anders Larsson (Harlekin). Conducted by Jeffrey Tate and Minnesota Orchestra (1999) CD656 (www.operapassion.com).
• Richard Wagner, Lohengrin. Goran Juric, Michael König, Catherine Naglestad, Dolora Zajick and Anders Larsson. Conducted by Hartmut Haenchen. Teatro Real, Madrid 2014. CD1000000 (www.operapassion.com).

Sources

• "Anders Larsson baryton med Europa som arbetsfält". Operalogg (in Swedish). 22 February 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

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