Bass
Johan Schinkler

Reviews
On Stage


  BIOGRAPHY  

 

Johan Schinkler makes his debut at the Wagner-Days Budapest in 2024 as HAGEN in Götterdämmerung.

After he had studied at the University College of Opera in Stockholm the Swedish artist established himself as a sought after bass singer and actor.

He has performed roles like FAFNER in Rheingold and Siegfried, HAGEN in Götterdämmerung , POGNER in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, KÖNIG MARKE in Tristan und Isolde, DALAND in Der fliegende Holländer, GURNEMANZ in Parsifal, SARASTRO in Die Zauberflöte, COMMENDATORE in Don Giovanni, DON ALFONSO in Cosi fan tutte, FILIPO II in Don Carlo, BLAUBARD in Bluebeard’s Castle, RAIMONDO in Lucia di Lammermoor, COLLINE in La Boheme, SPARAFUCILE in Rigoletto, MEPHISTOPHELE in Faust, GREMIN in Eugen Onegin.

Engagements brought him to the National Opera Riga, the Opera House Leipzig, The Royal Opera and Folksoperan Stockholm, Gothenburg Opera House and the Gothenburg Symphonic Orchestra, the Wermland Opera or the Opéra de Rennes where he worked with famous conductors and stage directors like Kent Nagano, Joana Mallwitz, Cornelius Meister, Leo Hussain, Patrik Ringborg, Roland Kluttig, Olaf Henzold, Peter Konwitschny, Tobias Kratzer, Kasper Holten, Joachim Herz, John Dew, Mira Bartov, Peter Stormare, Linus Fellbom.

At the Bayreuth Festival he was a cover for HAGEN and HUNDING in Wagner’s Ring.

 
 
REVIEWS
 
Philharmonie Essen – Fidelio – ROCCO
With his considerate portrayal of Rocco Johan Schinkler was the ideal counterpart to Ludgren’s brutal Don Pizarro. He sang with a warm and filling baritone voice and also as an actor he had a sympathetic, fatherly charisma.
Opernmagazin
opernmagazin.de
Johan Schinkler portrayed the jailor Rocco with a profound bass voice. He convincingly played the deep sympathy, Rocco feels for Fidelio.
Online Musik Magazin
omm.de
Lettische Nationaloper Riga – Die Walküre - HUNDING
The strongest impression among the men was made by the Swedish bass Johan Schinkler as imposing muscle man Hunding.
Online Merker
onlinemerker.com
Konzerthaus Stockholm – Fidelio – ROCCO
....whereas Johan Schinkler‘s bass voice is softer and more suitable for Rocco, the jailor with a conscience.
Aftonbladet
aftonbladet.se
Folkoperan Stockholm - Don Carlos – PHILIPP II
Especially worth mentioning is Johan Schinkler‘s Philipp, whose dark, imperiously warm bass voice expresses the dilemma of his dominant position: to reign against the love for his son in spite of the Grand Inquisitor’s decree.
Aftonbladet
aftonbladet.se
Folkoperan Stockholm – Tristan und Isolde – KÖNIG MARKE
Johan Schinkler (Marke) with his huge voice and his rich bass fundament has abundant blackness. Only he and the two Isoldes are suitable to sing their roles at a bigger opera house.
Opera
opera.liljas.net
Dalhallah – Carmen – ZUNIGA
Johan Schinkler is a strong Zuniga, his basso cantante imposing,…
Seen and Heard International
seenandheard-international.com
Wermland Opera – Der Ring des Nibelungen – FAFNER / HAGEN
Johan Schinkler performed both of his parts very well, with an excellent bass. His acting as Hagen was particularly strong; we could clearly see how Hagen’s personality was twisted by the hatred passed down to him by Alberich.
Seen and Heard International
seenandheard-international.com
 
 
ON STAGE
Folkoperan Stockholm – Faust – MEPHISTOPELES

 
Folkoperan Stockholm – Don Carlos – PHILIPPE II