Martin Vanberg Biography

The Swedish tenor Martin Vanberg studied the Opera Academy in Copenhagen.

He has appeared in opera houses and festivals such as the Royal Danish Opera, Gothenburg Opera, Malmö Opera, Drottningholm Opera Festival, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Handel Festival Halle, Musikfestspiele Potsdam, Festival d’Opéra Baroque de Beaune, Festival d’Ambronay, Misteria Paschalia Festival in Krakow, Actus Humanus Festival in Gdansk, Nordic Opera, Ripasso Baroque Festival in Stockholm, the Vadstena Festival, just to mention a few.

His roles include Tamino in DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Arbace in IDOMENEO, Don Ottavio in DON GIOVANNI, Male Chorus in Britten’s THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA, Lysander in Britten’s A MIDSUMMERNIGHTS DREAM, Peter Quint in Britten’s THE TURN OF THE SCREW, Le Chevalier in LES DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES, Count Almaviva in IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, the title role in ORPHÉE AUX ENFERS, Nutrice, Lucano, Soldato 1 and Famigliare 2 in L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA, L’Humana fragilità, Pisandro and Eumete  in IL RITORNO D’ULISSE IN PATRIA, the title role in Handel’s JEPHTHA, Oronte in Handel’s ALCINA, Lurcanio in Handel’s ARIODANTE, Jonathan in Handel’s SAUL, Cephalus in Cavalli’s GLI AMORI D’APOLLO E DI DAFNE, Gomatz in Mozart’s ZAIDE, Cecco and Ecclittico in Haydn’s IL MONDO DELLA LUNA.

He has participated in a number of contemporary operas and concert pieces such as Christer in TONIGHT, TONIGHT, The Theatre Painter in David Sandström’s THE ROCOCO MACHINE, The therapist in Hugi Gudmundsson’s HAMLET IN ABSENTIA, Mr. Wickham in Daniel Nelson’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Elis, Christoffer Nobin’s HION OM NATTEN, David in Nikolo Kotzav’s JOEL, Moore of Moorehall in THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY, Daniel Hjort’s DET DYBESTE STED, G.A. Homilius’ ST MARK PASSION and he has recorded Thomas Jennefelt’s DIXIT DOMINUS.

As a concert singer he frequently appears in many of Europe’s leading concert halls, including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Wien, Kölner Philharmonie and Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen. His repertoire includes works by Bach, Britten, Dowland, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Monteverdi, Mozart, Porpora, Purcell, Rameau, Vivaldi, just to mention a few.

He regularly works with conductors such as Christian Badea, Stefano Barneschi, Benjamin Bayl, Steuart Bedford, Alfredo Bernardini, Fabio Biondi, Francesco Corti, Laurence Cummings, Ottavio Dantone, Thomas Dausgaard, Michael Francis, Ruben Jais, Stephen Layton, Fredrik Malmberg, Andrew Manze, Ville Matvejeff, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Riccardo Minasi, Thibault Noally, Ian Page, Simon Phipps, Helmut Rilling, Morten Schuldt Jensen, Claudio Scimone, Marc Soustrot, Peter Spissky, David Stern, Emil Tabakov, Alessandro Tampieri, Massimiliano Toni and Maciej Wieloch.

Recent engagements include Destino in Conti’s IL TRIONFO DELLA FAMA at the Innsbrucker Festwochen, the title role in Rameau’s DARDANUS at Confidencen Opera and Music Festival Stockholm, Haydn’s DIE SCHÖPFUNG in Ravenna with Accademia Bizantina, Eumete in Monteverdi’s IL RITORNO D’ULISSE IN PATRIA in Hamburg conducted by Fabio Biondi, Tempo in Handel’s IL TRIONFO DEL TEMPO E DEL DISINGANNO in Halle, Gdansk and Oslo with Accademia Bizantina, Handel’s ODE FOR ST. CECILIA’S DAY in Milan with Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Handel’s ISRAEL IN EGYPT with Accademia Bizantina, Handel’s MESSIAH in Poznan with Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, Mendelssohn’s SYMPHONY NO. 2, LOBGESANG with Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Bach’s ST MATTHEW PASSION in Stockholm (broadcast by Swedish Television) and Handel’s CHANDOS ANTHEMS at the Drottningholm Festival under the baton of Francesco Corti.

November 2024