Joel Annmo

Swedish tenor Joel Annmo belonged to the Royal Swedish Opera ensemble in Stockholm from 2016 to 2022. His roles at the house include Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande, Alfredo in La traviata, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and the title role in Candide. As a guest, Mr. Annmo has appeared at Bayerische Staatsoper, Danish National Opera and Malmö Opera, as well as German theatres in Coburg, Augsburg and Bremerhaven.

In 2025, he sang Lensky in Eugene Onegin at Wermland Opera. He is scheduled to return to Malmö Opera as Tamino in 2027, following his appearance there as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni in 2023. Other engagements include appearances in La traviata and Lohengrin at Bayerische Staatsoper and Tamino at the Opernfestspiele am Saarpolygon. In Stockholm, his repertoire has also encompassed Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites.

Mr. Annmo has participated in several world premieres, including Sven-David Sandström’s Book of Life, Victoria Borisova-Ollas’s Dracula, Daníel Bjarnason’s Brothers, Bohlin’s Tristessa and Fister’s Dorian Gray. New work complements his Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini and Tchaikovsky repertoire. Earlier engagements include Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore and Camille de Rosillon in Die lustige Witwe at Landestheater Coburg, Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Danish National Opera, Ernesto in Don Pasquale at Hamburger Kammeroper and Belmonte in Bremerhaven. He debuted at Drottningholm Court Theatre at nineteen and returned as Contino Belfiore in La finta giardiniera.

Mr. Annmo also performs regularly in concert, singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Schubert’s Mass in E-flat major and works by Bach, Mozart, Rossini and Puccini. His distinctions include second prize in the Gösta Winbergh Award in 2007, the Luciano Pavarotti Best Male Voice Award at the Viotti Competition in 2014, third prize at the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition in 2018 and the Birgit Nilsson Scholarship in 2019. In 2023, he received support from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.

Mr. Annmo began his musical training as a violinist before studying voice at Falun Music Conservatory. He completed a bachelor’s degree at the University College of Opera in Stockholm and continued his vocal development with Douglas Yates at Vocal Arts in Nuremberg.