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 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, Berlin Opera (Germany), Teatro Real (Spain), Minnesota Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie 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 Jurić, Michael König, Catherine Naglestad, Dolora Zajick and Anders Larsson. Conducted by Hartmut Haenchen. Teatro Real, Madrid 2014. CD1000000 (www.operapassion.com).
Repertoire Larsson´s repertoire includes:https://www.braathenmanagement.com/artister/anders-larsson +Year (debut)ComposerOperaRoleLocation2009Ludwig van BeethovenFidelioDon FernandoGran Teatre del Liceu2001Vincenzo BelliniIl PirataErnesto2009Daniel BörtzDen döves husGoyaGothenburg opera house2004Daniel BörtzHans namn var OrestesOrestesRoyal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra1996Georges BizetCarmenEscamilloGothenburg opera house2004Ernest BlochMacBethMac DuffOper Frankfurt1999Claude DebussyPelléas et MélisandePelléasLa Monnaie2004Gaetano DonizettiL'elisir d'amoreBelcoreRoyal Swedish Opera2016Gaetano DonizettiLucrezia BorgiaAlfonsoMalmö Opera2002Luca FrancesconiBallataYoung MarinerLa Monnaie2010Charles GounodFaustValentinFolkoperan2001Andreas HallénWaldemarsskattenWaldemar AtterdagSwedish Radio Orchestra1999Joseph HaydnOrfeo ed EuridiceCreonteNationale Reisopera2016Erich Wolfgang KorngoldDie Tote StadtFritz2002Ruggero LeoncavalloI PagliacciSilvioLa Monnaie1998Ingvar LidholmEtt drömspelOfficerenRoyal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra2017Bohuslav MartinůThe Greek PassionKostandis1992Pietro MascagniCavalleria rusticanaAlfio2001Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLe Nozze di FigaroIl Conte AlmavivaGlyndebourne Opera Festival1996Wolfgang Amadeus MozartCosì fan tutteGuglielmoGothenburg opera house1995Wolfgang Amadeus MozartDie ZauberflötePapageno2003Jacques OffenbachThe Tales of HoffmannLindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, DapertuttoRoyal Swedish Opera2026Matthew PetersonAnders och Emma ZornHerman Lamm1995Giacomo PucciniMadama ButterflyYamadoriGothenburg opera house2026Giacomo PucciniToscaBaron ScarpiaFolkoperan1996Giacomo PucciniToscaIl SagrestanoGothenburg opera house1998Giacomo PucciniLa BohémeMarcelloGothenburg opera house2005Giacomo PucciniManon LescautLescautRoyal Swedish Opera2011Giacomo PucciniMadama ButterflySharplessFolkoperan1997Gioachino RossiniIl Viaggio à ReimsDon AlvaroGothenburg opera house2018Albert SchnelzerAtt dö på sin postRånaren1994Johann Strauss IIDie FledermausFalkeGothenburg Opera2001Richard StraussCapriccioDer GrafRoyal Danish Theatre1999Richard StraussAriadne auf NaxosHarlequinMinnesota Orchestra2006Richard StraussArabellaMandrykaGothenburg opera house1996Peter TchaikovskyEugene OneginOneginSpoleto Festival2004Viktor UllmannDer Kaiser von AtlantisKaiser OverallOper Frankfurt2003Giuseppe VerdiLa TraviataGiorgio GermontOper Frankfurt2008Giuseppe VerdiFalstaffFordRoyal Swedish Opera2008Giuseppe VerdiDon CarlosRodrigoOper Frankfurt2015Giuseppe VerdiRigolettoRigolettoOpera Zuid2014Richard WagnerLohengrinDer HeeruferTeatro Real2012Richard WagnerParsifalAmfortasMalmö Opera2005Richard WagnerDas RheingoldDonner2013Richard WagnerDas RheingoldWotanDalhalla2011Richard WagnerDie GötterdämmerungGunther2022Lars Johan WerleTintomaraBaron Reuterholm Sources
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