Bengt Krantz

Bengt Krantz receives the medal Litteris et artibus at the Stockholm Castle on June 6, 2019. Bengt Krantz as Amonasro in Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, in a production at Malmö Opera. Here with the Italian soprano Simona Zambruno, who sang the title role.

Bengt Ingvar Krantz (born 29 June 1952) is a Swedish bass-baritone opera singer, actor and talking book reader.

Krantz was educated at Operastudio 67 1971–1974 and The University College of Opera in Stockholm. Krantz has performed more than 100 roles and worked at theatres as Folkoperan, Kungliga Operan, Värmlandsoperan and Malmö Opera och Musikteater. Among the roles can me mentioned Amonasro in Aida, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Ping in Turandot, Scarpia in Tosca, The Speaker and Papageno in The Magic Flute, the four bass roles in Les Contes de Hoffmann, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Sevilla, the title role in Macbeth, Jago in Otello and Swedenborg in the opera, especially written for him, Hemligheter (Secrets), where he portrays Emanuel Swedenborg. Krantz is since 2005 chairman for the Jussi Björlingsällskapet. (The Jussi Björling Society).

Awards The medal Litteris et Artibus (2019) for outstanding contributions as opera singer. Svenska Dagbladets opera award (1987). The Journal Opera's opera award for the season of 1989–90.

Filmography 1990 – The Orange Man, voyeuren (SVT Drama) 1991 – Facklorna, the singer (SVT Drama) 1997 – Snoken, Skenet bedrar, the cellist (SVT Drama) 1997 – Beck – Mannen med ikonerna, minister of Justice 1998 – Pip-Larssons, Episode 1:5, the brother 2007 – Underbar och älskad av alla, the actor 2011 – Tjuvarnas jul, the mayor

Opera roles (selection)

Folkoperan Jacopo Foroni, Advokaten Pathelin, 1977 Gian Carlo Menotti, The Old Maid and the Thief, 1982 Georges Bizet, Carmen, 1982 Giuseppe Verdi, Aida, Amonasro, 1985 Kerstin Nerbe, Mumien vaknar, (for children), 1985 Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Sharpless, 1986 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Trollflöjten, the speaker, 1986 Gioacchino Rossini, Barberaren i Sevilla, Figaro, 1989 Jaques Offenbach, Hoffmanns äventyr, Lindorf, Copelius, Dr. Miracle, Dappertutto, 1990 Camille Saint-Saëns, Simson och Delila, The High Priest, 1991 Johann Strauss d.y., Les Comptes des Hoffmann, 1992 Georg Riedel, Hemsöborna, 1994

Malmö Opera Benjamin Britten, A Midsummer NIghts Dream, Nick Bottom, 1993 Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff, title role, 1998 Jag svänger de klockor du hör i din själ. Litteraly program at the 100-year memory of Hjalmar Gullberg, 1998 Giacomo Puccini, Turandot, Ping, 1999. Reprise premiere 2000 Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Pajazzo, Tonio, 1999 Pildammskonsert, soloist, 1999 Gaetano Donizetti, Regementets dotter, Sergeant Sulpice, 1999 Pildammskonsert, soloist, 2000 Giuseppe Verdi, Aida, Amonasro, 2000, Reprise premiere 2001, 2008 Catharina Backman, The Portrait, George, 2000 Claude-Michel Schönberg och Alain Boublil, Les Misérables, Monsieur Thenardiér. Giacomo Puccini, Tosca, Scarpia, 2001 Kaspar Hauser, the mayor Tuscher, 2001 Giuseppe Verdi, Requiem, soloist, 2001 Charles Gounod, Faust, Méphistophélès, 2005 och 2007 Giuseppe Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera, Renato, 2006 Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth, Macbeth 2007 Giacomo Puccini, La Fanciulla del West, Jack Rance 2007 A variation of composers, Tour: Jag känner mig hågad att sjunga ett slag, Head Soloist, 2007 Richard Strauss, Salome, 1st soldier, 2008 Lars-Erik Larsson, The Princess of Cypress, Medon, 2008 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kajafas, 2008 Giuseppe Verdi, La traviata, Giorgio Germont, 2008 Jake Heggie, Dead Man Walking, George Benton, 2009 Samuel Barber, Vanessa, The old doctor, 2009 Jacques Offenbach, Pariserliv, barone de Gondremarck, 2009 Gioacchino Rossini, Askungen, Don Magnifico, 2009 Igor Stravinskij, Rucklarens väg, Nick Shadow, 2009 Jonas Forssell, Hemligheter, Emanuel Swedenborg, 2011 Jaques Offenbach, Les Comptes des Hoffmann, Luther, Crespel och Schlemil, 2011 Georges Bizet, Carmen, Zuniga, 2012; Richard Wagner, Parsifal, Andere Gralsritter, 2012; Benjamin Britten, Let´s Make an Opera; Richard, Bob & Alfred Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Die Zauberflöte; the speaker, Förste prästen, The Man in Armor. Aribert Reimann, Lear; The King of France Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata, Giorgio Germont Giacomo Puccini,La Boheme, Alcindoro Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavallier, A Police Officer Charles Gounod, Romeo and Juliet, Brother Lorenzo, The Duke of Mantua Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Eugen Onegin, The Captain & Zaretskij Lerner & Loewe, My Fair Lady, Alfred P. Dolittle W. A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro, Antonio Benjamin Staern, The Snow Queen, The Deer Bä Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Aniara, The third chief technician Joseph Bock, Fiddler on the Roof, Mordcha & The Commissionary Hans Gefors, Parken, Erstling

The Wermland Opera Richard Wagner, Den flygande holländaren, Daland, 1995 Claude-Michel Schönberg och Alain Boublil, Les Misérables, Monsieur Thenardiér, 1996 Umberto Giordano, Andrea Chénier, Gérard, 1997 Giacomo Puccini, Tosca, Scarpia, 2000 Gioacchino Rossini, Askungen, Don Magnifico, 2002 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Così fan tutte, Don Alfonso, 2006

Operafabriken 2015 – Barnaba in La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli. 2016 – Jago in Otello by Giuseppe Verdi

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