Anders Lorentzson

Anders Lorentzson was a soloist at the Royal Opera in Stockholm for nine years before taking employment at The Göteborg Opera in 1994. His numerous roles at The Göteborg Opera include the title roles in Figaro’s Wedding and The Flying Dutchman, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Lindorf/Coppelius/Miracle/Dapertutto in The Tale of Hoffmann, Scarpia in Tosca, Don Prudenzio in Viaggio a Reims, Colline in La Bohème, Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia and The Doctor in Wozzeck. He has also performed as The Wanderer in Wagner’s Siegfried, The Chief of Police Javert in Les Misérables, Géronte in Manon, Count Waldner in Arabella, Osmin in The Abduction from the Seraglio and Mephistopheles in Faust.

Anders Lorentzson’s interpretation of Baron von Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier, Wotan in The Valkyrie and the title role in Falstaff are among his most highly-appreciated performances at The Göteborg Opera. His most recent roles here are Banco in Macbeth, The Prison Governor Frank in Die Fledermaus and Martin Zapater in Daniel Börtz’ opera Goya.

In the spring of 2007 Anders Lorentzson was a guest performer at the Vilnius Opera in Lithuania as Wotan in The Valkyrie as well as on their summer tour to Ljubljana in Slovenia and The Ravenna Festival in Italy.