The Norwegian tenor Eirik Grøtvedt, born in 1993, studied at the State Academy of Music in Oslo.
In the autumn of 2019 Eirik Grøtvedt joined the Young Singers Program at the Norwegian National Opera. He is now a member of the soloist ensemble at the same house.
His roles have included Rinuccio in GIANNI SCHICCHI, Don Ottavio in DON GIOVANNI, Ferrando in COSÌ FAN TUTTE, Chevalier de la Force in DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES, Cassio in OTELLO, Steuermann in DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, Male Chorus in THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA, Brother 1 in THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS, Le Dancaïre in CARMEN, Don Curzio in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Pluto in Offenbach’s ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD, Matteo Borsa in RIGOLETTO and he sang Kyle Harris in world premiere of Mazzoli’s THE LISTENERS as well as Andreas / Scott Hansen in the world premiere of Synne Skouen’s opera FRAM.
His concert repertoire includes Mendelssohn’s ELIAS, Haydn’s DIE SCHÖPFUNG, Handel’s MESSIAH, Mozart’s REQUIEM, MASS IN C MINOR and KRÖNUNGSMESSE, Beethoven’s SYMPHONY No 9, Dvořák’s STABAT MATER, Bruckner’s TE DEUM, Telemann’s DIE TAGESZEITEN, Bach’s MASS IN B MINOR as well as several CANTATAS by Bach. In the autumn of 2023 he sang Franz Lehár’s rarely performed symphonic poem FIEBER with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
Eirik has worked with conductors such as Fabio Biondi, Gregor Bühl, Daniel Cohen, Edward Gardner, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Mariangiola Martello, Ariane Matiakh, Vincenzo Milletarì, Yi-Chen Nin, Carlo Rizzi, Graham Ross, Ilan Volkov and Keri-Lynn Wilson.
He has an especial affection for Lieder. Despite his young age he has already built a considerable repertoire including songs by Alfvén, Beethoven, Brahms, Britten, Grieg, Liszt, Rangström, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Stenhammar, Vaughan Williams, just to mention a few.
In September 2024 Eirik Grøtvedt sang Steuermann in concert performances of DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER in a cast that included Lise Davidsen and Gerald Finley. The concerts were recorded by DECCA and will be released in 2025.
Eirik Grøtvedt has received two of Norway’s most prestigious music awards; the Norwegian Soloist Prize (September 2023) and even more notably; the Equinor Award (January 2025).
January 2025
Verdi – OTELLO / Cassio
Norwegian National Opera
Julia Jones, conductor
Donizetti – L’ELISIR D’AMORE / Nemorino
Opera Østfold
NN, conductor
Beethoven – SYMPHONY NO. 9
Bergen
Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – EUGENE ONEGIN / Lensky
Norwegian National Opera
NN, conductor
Mozart – DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE / Tamino
Norwegian National Opera
NN, conductor
Berg – WOZZECK / Andres
London
Edward Gardner, conductor / London Philharmonic Orchestra
February 2025
Eirik Grøtvedt er født i 1993 og studerte sang ved Norges musikkhøgskole.
I 2017 gjorde han Don Ottavio ved Scene 2, som en del av Operahøgskolens oppsetning av DON GIOVANNI, og Male Chorus i THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA ved Lidal North International Opera Workshop.
I 2018 deltok Grøtvedt i NRKs feiring av Edvard Grieg, og han sang Don Ottavio i DON GIOVANNI med Oslo Opera Festival og opera-gallaer med Lithuanian National Philharmonic og Trondheim Symfoniorkester. Han sang også konserter av Händels MESSIAS, Mozarts REQUIEM, MESSE I C-MOLL og KRONINGSMESSEN, Haydns SKAPELSEN, Dvoraks STABAT MATER og flere KANTATER av Bach.
2019 har startet blant annet med Mendelssohns ELIAS og Ruiz i Verdis IL TROVATORE med Opera Østfold.
Grøtvedt har en spesiell forkjærlighet for lieder. Til tross for sin unge alder har han allerede bygget et betydelig repertoar, med sanger av Alfvén, Beethoven, Brahms, Britten, Grieg, Liszt, Rangström, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Stenhammar og Vaughan Williams.
I sesongen 2019/20 er han ansatt som solistpraktikant ved Den Norske Opera & Ballett
September 2019