Peter Kajlinger

Peter Kajlinger (born 2 December 1964) is a Swedish operatic baritone. Kajlinger grew up in a family of musicians. He made his debut in La Bohème at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm at the age of 11.

Career He entered the University College of Opera in Stockholm in 1989 and performed as Moralés (Carmen) and Leporello (Don Giovanni) at the Royal Swedish Opera. Upon graduation in 1992, he sang the role of Falstaff by Salieri at Drottningholm Court Theatre. Pamela Rosenberg, then casting director of Staatsoper Stuttgart, noticed his performances as Leporello and Figaro and invited him to join the company. At Staatsoper Stuttgart, he sang more than twenty roles.

He performed as Figaro at GöteborgsOperan in 2000. He became a freelance singer in 2003 with recitals as Masetto (Don Giovanni), Michelotto (Die Gezeichneten), Antonio (Le Nozze di Figaro) at Staatsoper Stuttgart and as Don Carlo (La forza del Destino) at Södertäljeoperan. Kajlinger originated the role of Mr. Verloc in Simon Wills' opera, (The Secret Agent), in 2006 at Feldkircher Musikfestival.

He sang Amonasro (Aida) at Opera på Skäret in 2007 and Major Domo in Tjajkovskij's Pique Dame at Oper der Stadt Bonn. He performed as Scarpia (Tosca) in 2008 and as Rigoletto at Värmlandsoperan in 2009. He was Marcello (La Bohème) at Opera på Skäret in 2010. He was praised as Dr. Treves in the worldpremiere of The Elephant Man at Norrlandsoperan 2012. At Wermland Opera he sang Bartolo and Pizarro in the Trilogy directed by Tobias Kratzer 2014-2015. In 2017 he portrayed the Captain in Bohuslav Martinu´s The Greek Passion. He played the main character in The Emperor´s New Clothes at Norrlandsoperan 2021 Opera Roles Year Role Production Direction Opera 1996 Grimbald King Arthur Henry Purcell Martin Kusej Staatsoper Stuttgart 1998 Fidel/ Gramsci Al gran sole carico d´amore Luigi Nono Martin Kusej Staatsoper Stuttgart 2000 Taddeo L´italiana in Algeri Gioachino Rossini Jossi Wieler Staatsoper Stuttgart 2001 Eustachio I pazzi per progetto Gaetano Donizetti Martin Kusej Staatsoper Stuttgart 2008 Zlatogor Pique Dame Pjotr Tjajkovskij Johannes Schaaf Oper Bonn 2014 Dr. Bartolo Il barbiere di Siviglia Gioachino Rossini Tobias Kratzer Wermland Opera 2018 Frank Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss Sam Brown Wermland Opera 2023 Bottom A Midsummer Night's Dream Benjamin Britten Tobias Theorell Kungliga Operan

Discography Jan-Åke Hillerud: Slaget om Dungen Luigi Nono: Al gran sole carico d'amore Staffan Odenhall: Purpurbit

Filmography Christina, 1988, Directed by Göran Järvefelt