The University of Toledo

Erik Johanson

Tenor ErikJohanson has performed in concert, opera, and recital throughout the U. S., in central Europe, and in Singapore. He was first prize winner in the 1991 McMahon International Competition for Singers in Oklahoma and also twice winner of the Friedrich Schorr Prize in Adrian, Michigan.

Operatic roles have included the tenor leads in Faust, Tales of Hoffmann, Die Fledermaus (Eisenstein, performed 40 times), The Magic Flute and The Mikado, many comprimario roles, as well as numerous appearances in oratorios and cantatas, ranging from Schutz's Christmas Oratorio to Verdi's Requiem.

In1995 he performed the Evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the Toledo Symphony, and again joined the orchestra for a Valentine's Day concert in February 1998. He has been a regular soloist with the Lakeside Summer Symphony in Ohio. Of his 1995 Rodolfo in La Boheme with Dorian Opera Theatre of Decorah, Iowa, the critic for the Rochester (Minn.) Post Bulletin said: "[Johanson] sang with a strong, clear voice that soared through the highest phrases."

During the 1998-99 season, Mr. Johanson returned to the Concordia Seminary of Fort Wayne, Indiana, for Parts 3 and 4 of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, as well as doing several Kaspars in Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors in Michigan and Wisconsin. He also performed with the Summit Choral Society of Akron in selections from Bach's Christmas Oratorio and again in the spring with the Toledo Symphony. In addition to his active schedule, he is associate professor of voice at the University of Toledo Department of Music, husband to violinist/social activist Cecilia Johnson, with whom he frequently concertizes, and doting father of the wise Linnea, who was born in 1994.

 

To learn more on the topic of singing and training young singers, check out my article entitled A FEW IDEAS ON SINGING AND ON THE TRAINING OF YOUNG SINGERS. To see a chronological listing of my resume and performances, click here: CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF PERFORMANCES AND RESUME You can E-mail me at ejohans@uoft02.utoledo.edu To learn more about Voice at the University of Toledo--or if you'd like to chat about voice study or just singing in general--please email me. If you live in the area or if you come to visit the University in person, please let me know. We can set up some time for a sample lesson or lessons, you can observe one of my current student's lessons, or you can sing for me for comments. No strings attached.