Almgren, Mats - bass

Biography

Swedish bass Mats Almgren began the 2017/18 season with appearances at Göteborg Opera as Simone Gianni Schicchi followed by Pimen Boris Godunov. He travels to UK to appear at Grange Park Opera as Friar Laurence in Roméo et Juliette.

His engagements in 2018/19 included premieres of Le nozze di Figaro at Royal Danish Opera and Göteborg Opera, also premieres of , Die Walküre are awaitening him at Göteborg Opera.

Mats has been a soloist at Göteborg Opera since 1998, when he joined the company’s permanent ensemble. Roles in which he has appeared among others during his tenure include Claggart (Billy Budd), Basilio (Il Berbiere di Siviglia)¸ König Marke (Tristan and Isolde), Timur (Turandot), Boris Ismailov (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk), Hunding (Die Walküre), Pimen (Boris Godunov), Gremin (Eugene Onegin), Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlos), Sarastro (The Magic Flute), Javert (Les Miserables), Ramfis (Aida), Arkel (Pelléas and Mélisande), Guardiano (La Forza del Destino), Gurnemanz ()and Sparafucile (Rigoletto).

Recent highlights among his international guest appearances include his highly-lauded performances as Fafner and Hagen in Opera North’s Der Ring des Nibelungen presented on tour in six cycles under the baton of Richard Farnes throughout the UK’s premier venues. Following quickly on this success, Mats appeared in concert at Grange Park Opera in the role of King Marke inTristan und Isoldegarnering outstanding reviews.

Other Ring cycles in which the artist has appeared include those of Scottish Opera, with an Edinburgh Festival appearance, and (Hagen), and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra where he sang Hunding Die Walkure with Nina Stemme as Sieglinde under the baton of Kent Nagano; and Hagen in Graham Vick’s new Götterdammerungat Teatro Massimo Palermo.

A graduate of the Göteborg Conservatory of Music, Mr. Almgren is regulary a guest artist at the highest level, singing Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) at Drottningholm Court Theatre and Sparafucile (Rigoletto)at Norwegian National Opera; Rocco (Fidelio)and Daland (Der fliegende Holländer)at Canadian Opera Company and Don Toribio (Love and other Demons)at Glyndebourne Festival.

Mr. Almgren’s concert work includes the bass parts across the standard vocal symphonic repertoire, and he has sung with such notable conductors as Vladimir Jurowsky, Christian Badea, Richard Bradshaw, Marc Albrecht, Francesco Croti, Maurizio Barbacini, Emmanual Joel, Richard Armstrong, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Tobias Ringborg, Pietro Rizzo, Antonello Allemandi, Jan Latham-Koenig, Stefan Lano, Patrik Ringborg and Johannes Debus. Repertoire

Opera Symphonic/Oratorio

Beethoven, L.van Fidelio Rocco Beethoven, L.van Missa Solemnis Berg, A. Lulu Der Tierbändiger Dvorák, A. Requiem Bizet, G. Carmen Zuniga Händel, G.F. Messiah Britten, B. Billy Budd Claggert Mozart, W.A. Requiem Debussy, C. Pelléas et Mélisande Arkel Verdi, G. Requiem Eötvös, P. Love and Other Demons Don Toribio Geforts, H. Notorius Dr. Knerr/Agent 4 Gounod, Ch. Roméo et Juliette Frère Laurent Hallström, I. Vikingarna Kung Raimond Mozart, W.A. Idomemeo Il Voce Le nozze di Figaro Bartolo Die Zauberflöte (SE) Sprecher Zweiter Priester Mussorgsky, M. Boris Godunov Pimen Nyström, G. Herr Arnes Penningar Herr Arne/Skepparen Puccini, G. Gianni Schicchi Simone Turandot Timur Rangström, T. Kronbruden Mats Farfar Rossini, G. Il barbiere di Siviglia Basilio Sandström, J. K. Beschrebung eines kampfes Vater Vorsteher Schönber, C.M. Les Misérables (SE) Javert Shostakovich, D. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Boris Ismailov Strauss, R. Pfleger des Orest Erste Nazaré Tchaikovsky, P. Eugene Onegin Gremin Verdi, G. Aida Ramfis Don Carlos Il grande Inquisitore Gustavo III Dehorn (Tom) La forza del destino Padre Guardiano Rigoletto Sparafucile Il trovatore Ferrando Wagner, R. Der fliegende Holländer Daland Götterdämerung Hagen Tannhäuser Reinmar von Zweter Die Meistersinger Nchtwächter Parsifal Gurnemanz Siegfried Fafner König Marke Die Walküre Hunding