Biography

Finnish tenor Johan Krogius (*1998) began his musical studies at an early age of three, playing the cello and singing as a boy soprano soloist, and later studied in Helsinki and Stockholm. In 2021, he won the Timo Mustakallio singing competition and was awarded 1st place at the Helsinki Lied competition in the same year.

During the seasons 2022/23 and 2023/24, he was a member of the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, performing roles such as Leukippos in Strauss' Daphne, Streschnew in Mussorgky’s Khovanshchina, Tamino, Erster Geharnischter and Erster Priester/Die Zauberflöte, as well as Wirt and Haushofmeister bei Faninal/Der Rosenkavalier, Trojaner/Idomeneo, Parpignol/La Bohème, and Borsa/Rigoletto.
In the following season he returned to the Staatsoper as a guest and could be heard as Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette, Erscheinung eines Jünglings/Die Frau ohne Schatten and Erster Gralsritter in Parsifal.

Further highlights on the opera stage include Don Ottavio/Don Giovanni, Jaquino/Fidelio and Pong/Turandot in Helsinki, Juhana in Joonas Kokkonen’s „The Last Temptations“ at Opera Tampere, Tamino/Die Zauberflöte at the Dresden Semperoper, Opera Tampere and at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, where he also sang Don Ottavio and Ismaele/Nabucco in 2024 and Macduff/Macbeth and Juhana/The Last Temptations in 2025.

As of season 2025/26, Johan Krogius is a permanent ensemble member at Opera Zürich, where in his first season he will make his debut both as Walther von der Vogelweide/Tannhäuser, Graf Elemer/Arabella, Le Remendado/Carmen and Spoletta/Tosca and also perform the roles of Wirt and Haushofmeister der Feldmarschallin in Der Rosenkavalier. In addition, he will return as Tamino/Zauberflöte to the Dresden Semperoper and as Streschnew/Khovanshchina to Staatsoper Berlin.

In the concert field, Krogius worked with orchestras such as the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (most recently in the summer of 2024 as Kuska in a semi-staged version of Khovanshchina under Esa-Pekka Salonen), Jyväskylä Sinfonia, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, and Turku Philharmonic Orchestra.

In the current season his concert engagements include Bach’s St. John Passion with the Zürcher Sing-Akademie and Orchestra La Scintilla in Zürich and Bern, Beethoven’s Symphony no 9 with Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt in Berlin and Frankfurt (Oder), and Britten‘s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with the Jyväskylä Sinfonia.


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Management

General Management

Artist Manager
 
 
 
 Ingunn Sighvatsdóttir
Artist Manager
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Repertoire

Repertoire Concert

Beethoven Symphony no 9
Mozart Requiem
 

Repertoire Opera

Beethoven Fidelio Jaquino
Gounod Roméo et Juliette Tybalt
Kokkonen, J. The Last Temptations 1st Man
    Juhana
Mozart Die Zauberflöte 1. Geharnischter
    1. Priester
    Tamino
  Don Giovanni Don Ottavio
  Idomeneo Trojaner
Mussorgsky Khovanshchina Kuska
    Streschnew
Puccini La bohème Parpignol
  Turandot Pong
Strauss, R. Arabella Graf Elemer*
  Daphne Leukippos
  Der Rosenkavalier Ein Wirt
    Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin
    Haushofmeister bei Faninal
  Die Frau ohne Schatten Erscheinung eines Jünglings
Verdi Macbeth Macduff
  Nabucco Ismaele
  Rigoletto Borsa
Wagner Parsifal 1. Gralsritter
  Tannhäuser Walther von der Vogelweide*
 
*in preparation

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News

A summer full of role debuts!
To our great delight, this year's Savonlinna Opera Festival again features several BOM artists in central roles - all of whom are celebrating exciting role debuts!

Beginning on July 11th, the audience can look forward to a great Russian spectacle when Mussorgsky's powerful opera Boris Godunov is presented at the Olavinlinna Castle! Starring in perhaps one of the most famous leading roles for a bass, Mika Kares will be making his long-awaited debut in the main role of Boris, alongside fellow BOM artists and debutants Tuomas Katajala as Grigori and Arttu Kataja as Tschelkalov. The production by Nicola Raab is conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk.
All performance dates: 11/14/17/19/24 July 2025

Shortly before, on July 4th, Johan Krogius will be making his debut as Macduff in Verdi's Macbeth, staged by Ralf Långbacka and conducted by Lorenzo Passerini.
All performance dates: 04/07/09/12/15 July 2025

Finally, from July 8th, and for the first time ever, the audience can experience Sonja Herranen as Liù when she embodies the role in Pet Halmen's staging of Puccini's Turandot. The production is conducted by Yves Abel.
All Sonja's performance dates: 08/10/18/25 July 2025

In addition, the Finnish "opera landmark" 'The Last Temptations' (J. Kokkonen), which celebrated its premiere earlier this season in Tampere and is a co-production between Tampere Opera and the Savonlinna Opera Festival, will be shown at the Castle during this festival season. Mika Kares and Johan Krogius again reprise the leading roles of Paavo and his son, Juhana. Mikko Kouki's production is conducted by Ville Matvejeff.
All performance dates: 22/26/28/30 July 2025

More information about the productions and casts:
www.operafestival.fi/en/ ... 
Full house for the festive season - Parsifal at the Staatsoper
Tcherniakov's Parsifal is once again on the programme at this year's Staatsoper Unter den Linden festivities - this time 4 BOM artists are taking part, which we are delighted about.
Under the direction of Philippe Jordan, Andreas Schager and Tómas Tómasson will be on stage from April 12th as Parsifal and Klingsor - both of whom already appeared in the premiere cast in 2015 with sensational success. They are joined by Johan Krogius as the First Knight of the Grail and Sonja Herranen as the Flower Maiden. Audiences have already been able to experience them in major roles this season, including Tamino and Agathe.

All performance dates: 12/15/18/20 April 2025
A landmark in Finnish Opera!
The Finnish audience can look forward to a special experience when "The Last Temptations" is performed at Tampere Opera throughout the month of March. The opera by Joonas Kokkonen, one of the most successful and popular Finnish operas of all time, celebrated its world premiere in 1975, this year marking its 50th anniversary with a new staging by Finnish director Mikko Kouki. The monumental main role of Paavo will be embodied by worldwide requested Mika Kares, while Finnish shooting star Johan Krogius will perform the role of Juhana, Paavo's son. The production is conducted by Ville Matvejeff.

The Last Temptations is a co-production between Tampere Opera and the Savonlinna Opera Festival, where it will be shown this summer as well, again featuring Kares and Krogius in the leading roles.

All performance dates: 05/07/08/12/14/15 March 2025

For more information about the work and the production:
www.tampere-talo.fi/ ... 
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