Gunnar Gudbjornsson studied in Iceland with V.M. Demetz and in Berlin with Frau Prof. Kammersangerin Hanne-Lore Kuhse. He then took singing lessons with Nicolai Gedda and later joined the London National Opera Studio.
Gudbjornsson began his opera career in 1988 when he made his debut with the Icelandic Opera. After finishing the Opera studio he was offered a contract in Wiesbaden where he stayed until 1995 when he was offered the position as principal lyric tenor of Opera National de Lyon There he sang roles like Nemorino, Tamino, Ferrando, Quint(Turn of the screw) and Rodolfo in La Boheme. He has also in the last 10 years appeared in Operahouses like Vienna State Opera, Munich State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg State Opera, Welsh National Opera, Teatro Sao Carlos Lisbon, Theatre de Capitol Toulouse, Opera de Marseille, Opera de Bastille in Paris and Grand Theatre de Geneve. His repertoire also includes roles like Fenton in Falstaff, Lenskij, Cassio and Titus. He has worked with some of the worlds most renowned producers like Harry Kupfer, David Pountney, Robert Carsen, Stein Vinge and Graham Vick.
He also made his debut with the Deutsche Staatsoper in Berlin as Tamino under the directon of Daniel Barenboim who invited him to join his ensemble in Berlin in 1999 as the first lyric tenor.
In concert and recital Gudbjornsson has made appearances in many European countries. To mention some he sang the tenor solo in Stravinskis Les Noces in the 1995 BBC Proms and appeared in Salle Pleyel with the Orch. Phil. de Radio France in march 1997 when he stepped in at last minute singing the titel role in Schubert’s Fierrabras. Since there he has been a frequent visitor of Paris orchestras. He has also sung in concerts with the Strassbourg Philharmonique, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and most recently with the Berlin Philharmonic. In December 1997 he made his Asia debut with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in Beethovens 9th Symphony and the following year he appeared with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He has given recitals in the Wigmore Hall, ROH Covent Garden, Salle Gaveau . Staatsoper Berlin and at the 1995 Aix-en-Provence festival. In February 2000 he made his american debut with the Chicago Synphony Orchestra. He also recently made his debut in Italy with La Fenice in a concert performance of Das Klagende Lied by Gustaf Mahler.
Gudbjornsson has made a large number of TV and radio recordings for the BBC, Radio France, Hessische Rundfunk and ORF in Austria to mention some. He has made recordings for Philips, Olympia and RPO records and in Iceland he issued his 3rd solo CD in 1998 containing Dichterliebe and Scandinavian songs. Most recently he has taken part in recordings of works by the Icelandic composer Jon Leifs for bis and the role of Walther von der Vogelweide in a new recording of Tannhäuser for Teldec under the baton of Daniel Barenboim.
Gunnar Gudbjörnsson /Tenor
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