Biography

The tenor Johan Krogius (*1998) began his musical studies at an early age of three, playing the cello and singing as a boy soprano soloist in the boys' choir of Helsinki Cathedral’s Cantores Minores, with whom he still regularly cooperates as a concert soloist.
He began his professional studies at the Helsinki Conservatory, followed by the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki and the Stockholm University of the Arts. He received important artistic impulses by singers such as Heikki Orama, Tommi Hakala, Tuomas Katajala, Neil Shicoff, John Norris, Andrew Watts and Gregory Lamar.

His concert repertoire includes works of baroque and renaissance music, lied and oratorio.
He works with institutions such as the Jyväskylä Sinfonia, the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, the Tapiola Sinfonietta, and the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2021, Johan Krogius won the Timo Mustakallio singing competition and was awarded 1st place at the Helsinki Lied competition in the same year.

As an opera singer, Johan’s lyrical tenor could be heard in roles such as Jaquino/Fidelio and Pong/Turandot in Helsinki, 1st Man in Joonas Kokkonen’s „The Last Temptations“ at Opera Jyväskylä, Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, and as Tamino/Die Zauberflöte at Oper Tampere as well as, most recently, the Savonlinna Opera Festival.

As of season 2022/23 Johan Krogius is a member of the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, where he was already on stage as Haushofmeister bei Faninal/Der Rosenkavalier, Trojaner/Idomeneo, Erster Priester/Die Zauberflöte, Parpignol/La Bohème and Borsa/Rigoletto, among others.

In the current season 2023/24 at Berlin’s State Opera he will sing Leukippos in Strauss' Daphne, Tamino and Erster Geharnischter/Zauberflöte, Ein Wirt and Haushofmeister bei Faninal/Der Rosenkavalier, and Streschnew in Mussorgky’s Khovanshchina.

Management



Artist Manager
 
 
 
 
Ingunn Sighvatsdóttir
Artist Manager
ingunn@orlob.net 
Mobil: +49-173-2 067 821

News

Big challenge at the Staatsoper Berlin
Following two very successful role debuts last season, as Tamino at the Savonlinna Opera Festival and Don Ottavio at the Finnish National Opera, this year, the young tenor faces two further challenges at the Staatsoper Berlin.

As of January 20, Johan Krogius will appear for the first time as Leukippos under the direction of Thomas Guggeis in a production by Romeo Castellucci. In spring 2024, he will once again embody the role of Tamino and will be heard from 6 April under the direction of Giuseppe Mentuccia in a production by Yuval Sharon.

Furher performances:

Daphne: 25./28./31.01. & 13.02. 

Die Zauberflöte: 10./12.04. & 09./11.05.


More information about the production, dates and casts:
www.staatsoper-berlin.de
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