Awarded with the renowned Reumert Prize 2018 as best Singer of the Year for his interpretation of SIEGMUND in “Die Walküre” at the Den Ny Opera in Denmark

International guest performances brought the Danish tenor Magnus Vigilius lately to the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli as SIEGMUND in “Die Walküre” and BORIS in “Katja Kabanova, as RADAMES to the Opera House Halle, as STEVA and CAVARADOSSI to the Royal Opera Stockholm, as CAVARADOSSI to the Malmö Opera House, as STEVA to the Opéra de Dijon and Caen and to the Prague National Opera. Here, he also made his successful debut as LOHENGRIN. He also sang SIEGMUND at the Bratislava International Music Festival, at the Opera House Kiel and the Ny Opera. He made his debut as FROH with the Odens Symphony Orchestra.
In 2021 he sang SIEGMUND in „The Ring on one evening“. On the recording of Richard Flurys’ “Die Helle Nacht” with the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra he sings the role of the KNIGHT. The CD will be released under the TOCCATA CLASSICS label.

After graduating at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and Drama, he continued his vocal studies with Tonny Landy and Stig Fogh Andersen in Denmark and Professor Douglas Yates (USA).
In May 2014 Magnus wan the 2nd Prize and the Prize of the Orchestra in the Lauritz Melchior Singing Comoetition in Aalborg. In spring 2010 he was awarded with The Funen Opera’s Lars Waage Prize.

In 2007 Magnus became a member of the Funen Opera ensemble, where he portrayed RODOLFO in “La Bohème”, DON JOSE in “Carmen” or PINKERTON in “Madama Butterfly”. He also sang in several world premieres of contemporary Danish operas.

Portrayals as CAVARADOSSI at the Opera in Provinsen , as STEVA both at the Scottish Opera and the Danish National Opera in a Annilese Miskimmon production and as the ANTHICHRIST in “The Scarlet-Colored Beast” at the Rued Langgaard Festival followed. Besides, he sang at the Scottish Opera House in Edinburg and at the Fynsken Opera in Odense.

As a concert singer he already performed with the Royal Danish Orchestra, the Odense Symphony Orchestra, the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra and the Randers Chamber Orchestra.

Besides, Magnus could be seen as ERIK at the Opera paa Skäret, returned to the Danish National Opera as PINKERTON and sang BORIS in a Robert Carsen production of “Katja Kabanová. In 2019 he was celebrated here as HARMAKI in “Kleopatra” . Magnus is a regular guest singer at the Janacek Opera in Brno, where he performs CAVARADOSSI, BORIS in “Katja Kabanova” , MICHEL in “Juliette”, just to name a few.

In 2020 and 2021 his debuts as PARSIFAL at the Budapest State Opera, as STOLZING in “Die Meistersinger” at the Prague State Opera, FROH at the Bayreuth Festival and as SIEGMUND at the Helsinki National Opera and at theOpera House Leipzig were cancelled because of the Corona pandemic.

Future engagements include WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE in „Tannhäuser“ at the Bayreuth Festival, SIEGMUND in „Die Walküre“ at the Budapest Wagner Days ,STOLZING in „Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“ at the Opera House Leipzig, BORIS in a new production of “Katja Kabanova” at the Comic Opera Berlin , MANOLIOS in “Greek Passion” at the Hannover State Opera and the TENOR in Janaceck’s “Diary of one who vanished” at the Opéra du Rhin Strasbourg. His debut as SIEGFRIED is planned for the year 2022.