Erik Rosenius, bass, recently finished a praised production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro) under chief conductor Alan Gilbert at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, Sweden. He is currently to be heard in Weber’s Der Freischütz (Eremit) at the Gothenburg Opera, Sweden. He has previously been a member of the soloist ensembles in these houses and has also been part of the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 2018-2020. He is also a part of Barbara Hannigan’s 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 recently sang at the Royal Opera in Stockholm in performances such as Verdi’s Rigoletto (Sparafucile) under John Fiore and Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos (Truffaldin) under Alan Gilbert.

During the summers, he has been singing in performances such as Opera Warbergs productions of Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Osmin) 2018 and Läckö Slotts production of Verdi’s Macbeth (Banco) 2023. He just finised a singing Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Leporello) at the 18th century theater Confidencen in Stockholm, 2025.

Erik sang in the finals of the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition 2024 and 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.