Samuel Dale Johnson
BARITONEWith a voice described by Bachtrack as “gloriously lyrical,” Australian baritone Samuel Dale Johnson has established a reputation as one of the leading young baritones of today. This season, Samuel will return to his native country to make debuts with Opera Australia as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and to State Opera South Australia in Flight. In addition, he will return to the Melbourne Symphony in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with conductor Xian Zhang and will make his debut with the Kymi Sinfonietta in Finland.
In the 2023/24 season, Samuel made his debut with the Royal Danish Opera as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly under the baton of Paolo Carignani and returned to Scottish Opera to perform Figaro in a new production of Il barbiere di Siviglia. In concert, Samuel appeared with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for Messiah, and appeared again with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
From 2017 – 2023, Samuel was a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin where his recent roles included Escamillo in Carmen, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, the title role in Don Giovanni, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Marcello in La bohème, Heerufer in Lohengrin and Angelotti in Tosca, with conductors including Donald Runnicles, Matteo Beltrami, Ivan Repušić and Paolo Arrivabeni. Other recent highlights include house debuts with Opéra de Rouen Normandie and the Glyndebourne Festival, both as Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and a concert debut with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland for Carmina Burana with Music Director Jaime Martín.