Biography.

Swedish baritone Anders Östbergis a graduate of The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama's Opera course, where he studies with Peter Alexander Wilson. On his graduation from Birmingham Conservatoire in 2004 he was awarded a First Class BMus (Hons) degree after four years singing studies with Henry Herford. He was especially pleased to be awarded the Principal's prize for outstanding contribution to the life of the Conservatoire.

Operatic roles include: Argante in Handel’s Rinaldo (RSAMD), Onegin in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (for New Youth Opera at Jackson's Lane Theatre in London), Bartolo and Antonio Le Nozze di Figaro (for Opera! With performances in London and Holland), Notar Don Pasquale (for Stanley Hall Opera), Giove La Calisto, Eldest Son in Judith Weir's The Vanishing Bridegroom (RSAMD), Parson Cunning Little Vixen, Mercurio L’incoronazione di Poppea (for the RSAMD and Birmingham Conservatoire), Notar Die Rosenkavalier as well as having understudied Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro.

Anders is also an active oratorio singer and has recently appeared twice as a soloist in Birmingham’s Symphony Hall; in Brahms’ Requiem with the CBSO and as the High Priest in Bach’s St: Matthew Passion with the ECO. He has also performed as a soloist in Duruflé’s Requiem, Bach’s St John Passion, Fauré’s Requiem, Gounod’s Petite Messe de Sainte Cecilé, Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass, Rossini's Pettite Messe Solennel, Haydn’s The Seasons, Brahms’ Requiem, Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs, Schubert’s Mass in G and Steiners Crucifixion, and Schumann’s Requiem.

He has given concerts around England and Wales including recitals of Vaughn Williams’ Songs of Travel as well as recitals in Sweden performing Bach’s Cantata nr. 82 “Ich habe Genug” and Finzi’s Let us garlands bring. He has also taken part in a concert tour of Slovenia giving six concerts throughout the country. Recent concert engagements include concerts at Drumlanrig Castle and The Palace of Holyroodhouse.

He has won the Reginald Vincent Lieder Prize, the John Ireland Prize, the Gordon Clinton English Song Prize and received “the Robert Gahan award for achievement by a first year singer”. Anders has sung in master classes given by Elley Ameling, Donald Maxwell, Ian Storey, Patricia MacMahon, Woolfgang Holtzmar, Alasdair Elliot Susan McCulloch, and Peter Jackson and has attended the Abingdon Summer School for Solo singers as well as the Stuttgart based Festival ensemble directed by Helmunt Rilling.

Anders has been an active chorus singer and recently sang as one of eight chorus members in the Edinburgh International Festival's acclaimed production of Curlew River. He has also worked in the chorus for Stanley Hall Opera as well as being a member of both the Conservatoire Chamber Choir and the CBSO Chorus with whom he has performed at the Musikverin, the Concertgebouw and many of the main British venues.

Before coming to England he studied classical guitar and singing for two years at Lunnevads Folkhögskola after having taken the Swedish equivalent of A-levels in nature sciences in his hometown, Växjö.

Anders will be appearing as Steward in Jonathan Dove’s Flight at the RSAMD in June.

Anders recently appeared with the Scottish Opera Orchestra and is currently singing with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus. Future plans include covers at ENO.