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Swedish baritone Anders
Östberg is is a graduate of The
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama's Opera course,
where he studies with Peter Alexander Wilson and George Gordon.
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.
Major operatic roles include Onegin in Tchaikovsky’s
Eugene Onegin for New Youth Opera, Bartolo and Antonio
in The Marriage of Figaro for Opera!, and Giove in
La Calisto at the Conservatoire.
Anders has appeared as a soloist in Birmingham's Symphony
Hall; in Brahms' Requiem with the CBSO
and twice as the High Priest in Bach's St. Matthew Passion
with the ECO.
As a recitalist Anders has toured Sweden, Slovenia, and Britain
and he has also won the Reginald Vincent Lieder Prize, the
John Ireland Prize and the Gordon Clinton English Song Prize.
Oratorio engagements include Mendelssohn's Elijah, Rossini's
Petite Messe Solennelle, Haydn’s The Seasons
and Brahms’ Requiem, Handel’s Messiah,
Fauré’s Requiem and Steiner’s Crucifixion.
Recent engagements include Argante in Rinaldo, Eldest
Son in Judith Weir's The Vanishing Bridegroom and
chorus for the Edinburgh International Festival's acclaimed
production of Britten's Curlew River. Recent concert and oratorio appearances include a concert with the Scottish Opera Orchestra, Bach’s St John Passion, Mozart’s
Requiem and Coronation Mass, Gounod’s Petite Messe
de Sainte Cecilé and concerts at Drumlanrig Castle
and The Palace of Holyroodhouse. Anders will be appearing
as Steward in Jonathan Dove’s Flight this June.
Anders is currently singing with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus. Future plans include covers at ENO.
For more information,
please check Anders' biography
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