Draft:Anders Larsson (singer)

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Anders Larsson
Birth nameJöns Olof Anders Larsson
Born(1969-04-24)24 April 1969
Östersund, Sweden
GenresOpera
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1991-

Anders Larsson (born 24 April 1969)[1] is a Swedish operatic baritone. He received Birgit Nilsson’s Grant in 1992.[2] 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[3] and 2001 to the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, England to sing the Count Almaviva in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.[4] In 2007 he sang Mandryka in Christof Loy's fantastic new production of Arabella with Nina Stemme at Gothenburg Opera House 2007.[5]

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),[6] Minnesota Orchestra[7] and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonique du Luxembourg to name just a few.[8]

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  1. ^ "Anders Larsson, 54 år, Sandstensvägen 8 Uppsala".
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20230207132512/https://birgitnilsson.com/stipendium/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/02/Stipendielista-till-och-med-2022.pdf
  3. ^ "CD5337 Debussy Pelleas et Melisande 1999 Bruxelles van Dam Larsson Lascarro McIntyre".
  4. ^ "Le nozze di Figaro, 10 May 2001".
  5. ^ "Anders Larsson - Braathen Artist Management AB".
  6. ^ "Lohengrin 2014-04-10 Haenchen Madrid".
  7. ^ "CD: Strauss- R: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS - Minneapolis 7/31/99 - Eaglen- Villars- Makarina- Fox- Donose- Larsson- Pescevich- Peterson- Concepcion; Tate- cond. (Broadcast recording.)".
  8. ^ "Anders Larsson, Baritone".
  9. ^ "Luca Francesconi: Ballata, Kazushi Ono | CD (Album) | Muziek | bol".
  10. ^ "Andreas Hallén: Waldemarsskatten".
  11. ^ "BIS Records - Allan Pettersson - Complete Edition".

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Category:1969 births Category:Swedish operatic baritones Category:20th-century Swedish male opera singers Category:21st-century Swedish male opera singers