Newsletter, November 2013

Christian Juslin sings Cavaradossi at Theater Bonn

Many exciting challenges await tenor Christian Juslin of Åland. On Sunday 3 November Tosca opens at Theater Bonn with Christian singing the role of Cavaradossi. After this Christian takes on the role of Don Carlo at Chemnitz and then two other leading roles at other European opera houses. Christian moved to Bonn in September and now lives there with his family.

Question: Your career gathered momentum after 2011/2012 when you sang the role of Pinkerton at Folkoperan in Stockholm. You sang the role of Cavaradossi at Theater Vanemuine in Estonia and that of Edmund in Malmö Opera’s widely acclaimed production of Reimann’s expressionist opera LEAR. Last summer you were awarded the prestigious Jussi Björling Society prize. Tell us – what set off your career?

Answer: That´s a very good question! I think it’s a combination of various things, perhaps the most  important of which is that I have dared make music my own way and that I have had support from people around me. Then it’s also a question of maturity.

Q: Many people say that your voice sounds Italian. Have you particularly studied the Italian way of singing?

A: Yes, I have. I studied in Italy in 2001 and the following year in Switzerland for maestro Bruno Pola. He made me sing “in Italian” and like that way of singing.

Q: Who are your most important teachers and role models?

A: The first person I always mention is Finnish tenor Peter Lindroos who unfortunately died in a tragic car accident. Other models are probably Italian singers from the 40s, 50s and 60s, Franco Corelli, Mario del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini.

Q: What is your future objective?

A: To carry on along the chosen path. To get vocal challenges that will give audiences and listeners pleasure.

Christian Juslin studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He made his operatic debut at Folkoperan in Stockholm in the role of Alfredo in La Traviata, after which followed appearances as Macduff in Macbeth, Cavaradossi in Tosca and the Duke in Rigoletto. Christian Juslin is also a very versatile musician and has worked as a church organist, choir and orchestra conductor.

Photo by Veli-Pekka Väisänen

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Susanne Resmark

Susanne Resmark is the soloist when the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra presents Mahler’s Third Symphony in Berwaldhallen on Nov. 8 and 9. The week before, Susanna, Jonas Durán and Fredrik Zetterström join conductor Stefan Karpe and Uppsala’s Royal Academic Orchestra on a tour to Japan with Verdi’s Requiem.

Michael Weinius

Michael Weinius appears as the soloist at Aarhus Symphony Orchestra’s great Wagner gala concert on Oct. 31 and Nov. 2. The programme includes Lohengrin and Tristan. The last performance of Parsifal, in which Michael sings the title role, is performed on Nov. 7 at the Stockholm Royal Opera. On Nov. 21 Michael visits Västerås Sinfonietta and is the soloist in Benjamin Britten’s Serenade for tenor, horn and strings. Later he will sing the same song cycle in Oulu, Finland.

Jan Stigmer

After a long absence, Swedish violin virtuoso Jan Stigmer is back with his rendering of the 24 Caprices by Niccoló Paganini. The recording will soon be released worldwide!

Daniel Hällström

Daniel Hällström will sing the role of the strict Count des Grieux as the Malmö Opera presents Jules Massenet’s opera Manon. Leif Segerstam conducts and in the role of Guillot de Morfontaine we will hear Jonas Durán. Opening night is on Nov. 30, further performances until 5 Jan. 2014.

Niklas Björling Rygert

Also on Nov. 30 is the opening night of Richard Strauss’ opera Salome at the Stockholm Royal Opera. In this opera Niklas Björling Rygert makes his debut as Herodes and Nina Stemme sings the title role.

Petter Sundkvist

As mentioned in the October Newsletter, Petter Sundkvist this month closes his long period as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Norbotten Chamber Orchestra in Piteå with a great gala concert and a tour titled “Maestro vänder blad” (Maestro turns the page).