Johan Reuter

Who is Johan Reuter?

Johan Reuter is a Danish baritone and opera singer. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and at the Royal Danish Opera Academy. He has been a member of the ensemble at the Royal Danish Opera since 1996.

His principal appearances at the Royal Danish Opera are the Mozart roles Leporello and Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, the Verdi roles Posa in Don Carlo and the title roles in Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra, Alex Bloch in Frandsen’s I-K-O-N™, Mandryka in Strauss' Arabella, Henrik in Carl Nielsen’s Maskarade, the title role in Philip Glass’ Orphée, Wotan in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Tomsky in Tchaikovsky’s Pique dame, Olivier in Strauss’ Capriccio, Struensee in Holten’s The Visit of the Royal Physician, Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen, Dr. Needlemeier in Sawer’s Skin Deep and the title role in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.

He is a highly sought-after soloist at Europe’s leading opera houses and festivals, John Reuter has appeared at the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, the Salzburg Festival, Wiener Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Covent Garden in London, Opéra national de Paris in Paris and the operas of Lisbon, Madrid, Zurich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Essen, and Stuttgart. At these stages he has performed roles such as the title role in Berg’s Wozzeck, the title role in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, Orest in Strauss' Elektra, Nick Shadow in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, Jochanaan in Strauss' Salome, Barak in Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten, Theseus in Birtwistle’s The Minotaur, Der Wanderer in Wagner’s Siegfried.