Erik Rosenius, bass, is currently based at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, Sweden. He has been a member of the soloist ensemble at the Gothenburg Opera, Sweden 2021-2022 and a member of the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 2018-2020. He is also part of Barbara Hannigans collaboration project Equilibrium Young Artists.

Erik started singing in the Stockholm Boys’ Choir at the age of 8, and studied at the renowned choir school Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser. Since 2014, he holds a bachelor degree in classical singing from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and in 2017 he graduated from the University College of Opera in Stockholm.

During the last years, he has been singing in performances like Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Nachtwächter), conducted by Daniel Barenboim, Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier (Polizeikommissar) under Zubin Mehta  at Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Puccini’s Tosca (Angelotti) under Ramón Tebar at the Gothenburg Opera. He also sang in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress (Father Trulove), conducted by Barbara Hannigan in Gothenburg and on a European tour. He was recently seen and heard at the Royal Opera in Stockholm in performances such as Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos (Truffaldin) under Alan Gilbert and Verdi’s Rigoletto (Sparafucile) under John Fiore.

During the last summers he has been singing in Opera Warbergs productions such as Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Osmin) 2018 and Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Masetto/Commendatore) 2021. He has also been singing at Läckö Slott, latest in the summer of 2023 in Verdi’s Macbeth (Banco). 

He won the 2^nd prize in Hjördis Schymberg Award 2018. Erik is often hired for oratorios and concerts such as Mozart Requiem with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under Barbara Hannigan and the same work with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra under Trevor Pinnock. He has also received scholarships such as The Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm Scholarship, the Rosenborg-Gehrman Scholarship, the Gothenburg Opera Scholarship and the Royal Opera in Stockholm Scholarship.