Michael Weinius

Michael Weinius is a sought-after dramatic tenor. In 2021 and 2022 Weinius appeared as Erik at Opéra la Bastille, Siegfried in both Siegfried and Götterdämmerung at Vienna State Opera, Laca in Janáček’s Jenůfa at Norske Opera Oslo, Siegfried at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Massenet’s Bacchus at Flemish Opera and Royal Opera Stockholm, Tristan at Zürich Opera, and Herodes in Strauss’s Salome with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. In 2023 he sang Tristan at Opéra National de Paris and with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. He returned as Siegfried to Deutsche Oper am Rhein and sang the same role at the Riga Cesis Art Festival. Weinius performed Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and Mahler’s The Song of the Earth with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra. Future engagements include Tristan at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin, and the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. Weinius is celebrated for his interpretations of Siegfried in Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, Siegmund, Tristan, Parsifal, and Lohengrin. Starting his professional career in 1993, he transitioned from baritone to tenor in 2004, debuting as Laca in Janáček’s Jenůfa. In 2008, he was awarded first prize in the Wagner Competition in Seattle and in 2010 he made his debut at the Opéra Bastille in Paris in Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler. Weinius is in demand as a soloist, performing such works as Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius. He collaborates with such distinguished conductors as Esa Pekka Salonen, Kent Nagano, Axel Kober, Gianandrea Noseda, Christoph Eschenbach, Marek Janowski, Gustavo Dudamel, Donald Runnicles, and Christian Thielemann, and stage directors including Peter Sellars, Claus Guth, Dietrich Hilsdorf, Keith Warner, Willy Decker, and Alejo Pérez. He was nominated Swedish Royal Court Singer in 2013 and received the royal medal Litteris and Artibus in 2022.