About William

Since his stage debut in 2008, William has touched people with his amazing and beautiful voice. He is educated at the Academy of Opera in Stockholm and the chamber musician program at Mälardalen University.

As a tenor soloist and evangelist, William has performed at venues such as the Swedish Royal Opera, Drottningholm Palace Theatre, Opera for the people in Sweden, Ulriksdal Palace Theatre, Stockholm Globe arena, The Scanian Opera and the Copenhagen Opera Festival, to name a few examples. He also sang at Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill's wedding party in 2013!

2012 – 2014 William portrayed the role of the swan in Opera for the people in Sweden's hit production of Orff's Carmina Burana, a performance that ended with a grand finale at the Globe. He has also played roles in a number of other operas, including Paolino in Drottningholm Palace Theatre's production of Cimarosa's Il matrimonio segreto as well as Conte Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Prince Don Ramiro in Cinderella by Rossini at the The Scanian Opera in Malmö.

Over the years, William has been awarded many scholarships and awards, for example the Friends of the Drottningholm Theater, The friends of the Opera for the people in Sweden, the Royal Academy of Music and the Tyresö Culture Scholarship.

MERITS

Full Productions

2017 - 2020 - Click here for more details
2016 Beauty and the Beast - Ensemble - SDI Media
2016 La Cenerentola - Don Ramiro - Skånska Operan
2014 Carmina Burana at Stockholm Globe Arena - Swan - Folkoperan
2013 Carmina Burana - Swan - Folkoperan
2013 Il matrimonio segreto - Paulino - Drottningholm Palace Theatre
2013 Il barbiere di Siviglia - Conte Almaviva - Skånska Operan
2012 Carmina Burana - Swan - Folkoperan
2011 L’elisir d’amore - Ensemble - Folkoperan
2011 Concert tour - Tenor - Västmanlandsmusiken
2010 Concert tour - Tenor - Västmanlandsmusiken
2008 Dido & Aeneas - Ensemble - Confidencen

Excerpts

Carmen - Don José - University college of Opera
Cosi fan tutte - Ferrando - Drottningholm Palace Theatre
Cosi fan tutte - Ferrando - Musikaliska
Die Zauberflöte - Tamino - Confidencen
Die Zauberflöte - Monostatos - University college of Opera
Il barbiere di Siviglia - Conte Almaviva - The Royal Swedish Opera
Il barbiere di Siviglia - Conte Almaviva - Confidencen
La Cenerentola - Don Ramiro - University college of Opera
Lakmé - Gerald - University college of Opera
Le nozze di Figaro - Basilio - University college of Opera
Les contes d’Hoffmann - Hoffmann - Musikaliska
Lucia di Lammermoor - Edgardo - Confidencen
Maria Stuarda - Leicester - University college of Opera

Tenor solo

Bach - Actus Tragicus,
Bach - Magnificat
Bach - St John Passion
Bach - Weihnachtsoratorium
Bartolucci - La Passione
Britten - Hymn to St. Cecilia
Cooke - Nocturnes
Händel - Messiah
Mozart - Requiem
Orff - Carmina Burana
Pänkäläinen - St Luke Passion
Rheinberger - Mass in C major
Schubert - Mass in G major

Education

2020 - 2021 Stockholm University - Specialist teacher in music
2010 - 2013 University College of Opera Stockholm -
Bachelor of Arts in Opera, Vocal Performance
2008 - 2010 Music and Opera College at Mälardalen University
2006 - 2008 Birkagårdens folk high school of Opera

Scholarships

Drottningholm Palace Theatre
Folkoperan
The Royal Swedish Academy of Music
S:t Johannes logen S:t Erik
Den Nordiska Första St Johannislogen
Tyresö culture scholarship
Tyresö cultural celebrity nominated (2014 & 2016)
Lions Tyresö (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017)
Lions Trollbäcken
Gustaf Tobisons stipendium