Johannes Chum was born on 1968 and is an Austrian operatic tenor who has made an international career, first in concert, then in opera.
12 Facts About Johannes Chum
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Johannes Chum then studied music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz where he achieved a position as lecturer for historically informed performance.
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Johannes Chum appeared as a soloist in concerts during his studies, and afterwards studied voice further with Kurt Equiluz and Arthur Korn.
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Johannes Chum has sung the tenor parts in Bach's Christmas Oratorio, St John Passion and St Matthew Passion, in Handel oratorios, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and work by Mendelssohn, among others, with the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig conducted by Riccardo Chailly.
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Johannes Chum has worked with conductors including Sylvain Cambreling, Dennis Russell Davies, Christopher Hogwood, Rene Jacobs, Fabio Luisi, Sir Charles Mackerras, Ingo Metzmacher, Sir Roger Norrington, Jordi Savall, Peter Schreier and Bruno Weil.
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Johannes Chum made his operatic debut at the Landestheater Niederosterreich as Lysander in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Johannes Chum focused on Mozart roles, such as Belmonte in Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Tamino in Die Zauberflote, Ottavio in Don Giovanni, and the title role in La clemenza di Tito.
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Johannes Chum was recognized internationally in 1998 performing the title role of Mozart's Idomeneo at the Landestheater Salzburg.
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Johannes Chum performed as Nerone in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea at the Oper Frankfurt.
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Johannes Chum performed the Mozart roles of Tamino, Titus, Ferrando and Don Ottavio, Romeo in Gounod's Romeo et Juliette, and Piquillo in Offenbach's La Perichole.
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At the Theater an der Wien, Johannes Chum appeared among others in 2008 as Kudrjas in Janacek's Katja Kabanowa, in 2009 as Graf Hohenzollern in Henze's Der Prinz von Homburg, and in 2013 as Jaquino in Nikolaus Harnoncourt's Fidelio production.
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Johannes Chum recorded the Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion in 2009 with the Thomanerchor, the Tolzer Knabenchor and the Gewandhausorchester, conducted by Chailly.