Johan Reuter (born 1969) is a Danish

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and

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Life and work

Reuter was born in

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. He studied at the

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and at the Royal Danish Opera Academy. He has been a member of the ensemble at the

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since 1996. His principal appearances at the Royal Danish Opera are the Mozart roles Leporello and Don Giovanni in ''Don Giovanni'', Figaro in ''Le nozze di Figaro'', Papageno in ''Die Zauberflöte'' and Guglielmo in ''Così fan tutte'', the Verdi roles Posa in ''Don Carlo'' and the title roles in ''Macbeth'' and ''Simon Boccanegra'', Alex Bloch in Frandsen's ''I-K-O-N™'', Mandryka in Strauss' ''Arabella'', Henrik in Carl Nielsen's ''Maskarade'', the title role in Philip Glass’ ''Orphée'', Wotan in Wagner's ''Das Rheingold'', Tomsky in Tchaikovsky's ''Pique dame'', Olivier in Strauss’ ''Capriccio'', Struensee in Holten's ''The Visit of the Royal Physician'', Escamillo in Bizet's ''Carmen'', Dr. Needlemeier in Sawer's ''Skin Deep'' and the title role in Mussorgsky's ''Boris Godunov''. Reuter has appeared at the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, the Salzburg Festival, Wiener Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Covent Garden in London, Opéra national de Paris (Bastille) in Paris and the operas of Lisbon, Madrid, Zurich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Essen, and Stuttgart. At these stages he has performed roles such as the title role in Berg's ''Wozzeck'', the title role in Wagner's ''Der fliegende Holländer'', Orest in Strauss' Elektra, Nick Shadow in Stravinsky's ''The Rake’s Progress'', Jochanaan in Strauss' ''Salome'', Barak in Strauss’ ''Die Frau ohne Schatten'', Theseus in Birtwistle's ''The Minotaur'', Der Wanderer in Wagner's ''Siegfried''. He also sang the role of Theseus in Harrison Birtwistle's opera

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Reuter has performed at festivals and in concert halls across Europe, including the Bregenz Festival, Maggio Musicale in Florence and the BBC Proms in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Berliner Philharmonie, and Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels. Scheduled are debuts at Gran Teatre de Liceu in Barcelona, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and the Metropolitan in New York. Reuter has released a host of CDs, including recordings of Kunzen's ''Holger Danske'', Carl Nielsen's ''Maskarade'', Schubert's ''Winterreise'' (in Danish), ''Rare Verdi'' with rare Verdi arias, and a CD with lieder by Richard Strauss, Nielsen and Børresen. He furthermore appears on a number of DVDs, including ''The Copenhagen Ring'', Bo Holten's ''The Visit of the Royal Physician'', Mozart's Zaïde and Birtwistle's ''The Minotaur''. Reuter was awarded the

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in 2005. .

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Johan Reuter
at The Royal Danish Opera. {{DEFAULTSORT:Reuter, Johan 1969 births Living people Royal Danish Academy of Music alumni 20th-century Danish male opera singers Operatic baritones Singers from Copenhagen 21st-century Danish male opera singers