Michael Weinius

After winning first prize at the 2008 international Wagner competition in Seattle, Weinius has quickly established himself as one of Europe's most sought after tenors.

During his first year as a tenor he was engaged to sing Don José (Carmen) in concert with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under Marc Soustrot, Loge (Das Rheingold) in concert with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Kent Nagano, and Sergej (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District) at the Värmland Opera in Karlstad, Sweden.

These initial triumphs as a tenor led to a row of role debuts, such as Riccardo/Gustav III (Un ballo in maschera), Dick Johnson (La fanciulla del West) and Herod (Salome), Turiddu (Cavalleria rusticana) and Siegmund (Die Walküre), Cavaradossi (Tosca), Don José again and the title role in Otello.

[2] In autumn 2010 Weinius made his debut at the Opéra Bastille in Paris in the role of Hans Schwalb in Hindemith's Mathis der Maler under the conductor Christoph Eschenbach.

Weinius is also heavily engaged as concert singer and has performed under directors such as Gustavo Dudamel, Alan Gilbert, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Kent Nagano, Pinchas Steinberg, Pier Giorgio Morandi and Marc Soustrot.