John Lundgren is a dramatic baritone and a versatile performer. He combines his powerful voice with a fine sensitivity for the dramatic opera repertoire. Guest engagements have taken the Swedish baritone to important opera houses such as London, Munich, Berlin, Stockholm, Zürich, Geneva, Dresden, Hamburg, Leipzig, Amsterdam, Gothenburg, Oslo, Beijing and Tokyo as well as to the Bregenz and Bayreuth Festivals. His repertoire includes roles such as Scarpia (Tosca), Jack Rance (Fanciulla del West), Alberich/Wotan (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Telramund (Lohengrin), Amfortas (Parsifal), Barak (Die Frau ohne Schatten), Jochanaan (Salome) Don Pizarro (Fidelio), Tomski (Pique Dame), and the title roles in Der fliegende Holländer, Béla Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle and Nabucco. Highlights this season include a Wagner-Gala with Nina Stemme and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Simone (Florentine Tragedy)/ Tonio (Pagliacci) in Oviedo,“Bluebeard’s Castle” at the Bavarian State Opera, Don Pizarro (Fidelio) on tour with Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Ruprecht (The fiery angel) in Vienna, Alberich in the new Bayreuth Ring and his debut as Hans Sachs.