John Sax

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John Sax has appeared on most of the major Swedish opera stages, including the Royal Opera in Stockholm, the Gothenburg Opera, the Northern Opera, the Drottningholm Court Theatre and the Swedish Folkopera. John has also performed on several foreign opera stages; the Norwegian National Opera, Wiener Kammer Oper and the opera in Bonn among others.His opera repertoire (over 25 roles) includes such parts as Eugéne Onegin (Tchaikovsky), Mr Gedge (Albert Herring/Britten)Schaunard and Marcello (Boheme/Puccini), Falke (Die Fledermaus/J. Strauss), Morales and Dancaire and many more. His extensive oratorio repertory includes The S:t Matthew Passion, The S:t John Passion, Actus Tragicus, Christmas Oratorio (Bach), The Messiah (Händel), Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms), Kullervo (Sibelius), God in Disguise (Larsson), Saint-Saëns.. Christmas Oratorio and Fauré..s Requiem.John is also a keen lieder singer with a wide repertoire including several of the major song cycles as Die Winterreise (Schubert), Dichterliebe, Liederkreis, Kerner Lieder (Schumann), Kindertotenlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Sieben Lieder aus letzter Zeit (Mahler), Vier ernste Gesänge (Brahms) and King Erik..s visor (Rangström).John Sax was trained at the University College of Opera in Stockholm and at the The European Mozart Foundation in Prague. Vocal Teacher .. Royal Court Singer Kerstin Meyer. He has been awarded a great number of scholarships, including that of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Buy cd and listen to more samples on www.johnsax.se.