Johannes Weisser
Johannes Weisser’s repertoire includes roles such as the title role and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Don Pizzarro in Beethoven’s Fidelio, Giorgio Germont in Verdi’s La traviata, the father in Hansel and Gretel, the title role in Gianni Schicchi, Papageno in The Magic Flute, and several of Händel’s major roles for bass, such as Achilla in Giulio Cesare and Re di Scozia in Ariodante. Weisser has performed with leading orchestras and ensembles such as the Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre de Radio France, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, and Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. He has collaborated with outstanding conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Andris Nelsons, Kirill Petrenko, Adam Fischer, Andrew Manze, René Jacobs, Ingo Metzmacher, Marc Minkowski, Giovanni Antonini, Alan Curtis, Fabio Biondi, Diego Fasolis, Philippe Herreweghe, Vasily Petrenko, Trevor Pinnock, Edward Gardner, and Jérémie Rhorer. As a dedicated performer of the German Lied and with a special affinity to the works of his compatriot Edvard Grieg, Johannes Weisser regularly performs in recitals and enjoys long-standing collaborations with outstanding pianists such as Julien Quentin, Christian Ihle Hadland, Daniel Heide, and Søren Rastogi. Johannes Weisser has appeared on more than twenty CD and DVD recordings. His discography includes Haydn’s The Creation, Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, and St. John Passion, Don Pizarro in Beethoven’s Leonore, the role of Achilla in Giulio Cesare, as well as “Visiting Grieg,” a critically acclaimed CD of songs by Edvard Grieg, together with the pianist Søren Rastogi. He has also recorded Grieg’s Peer Gynt with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Edward Gardner, and he was nominated for a GRAMMY (best opera recording) for his role as David in Ståle Kleiberg’s David and Bathsheba with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and conductor Tönu Kaljuste.
