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Biography
Biography Earlier productions
Michael Axelsson was born in Värmdö, Sweden. His studies include the University College of Opera in Stockholm and the performance programme in singing at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, as well as Musicology at the Stockholm University.
At present Michael is a member of the soloist ensemble at Landesbühnen Sachsen, singing for example Tamino in the Magic Flute, Kolomán Zsupán in Gräfin Mariza, Armand Brissard in Der Graf von Luxemburg and Caruso in the children opera Petterson und Findus und der Hahn in Korb.
The summers 2010 and 2009 Michael sang Priest and Armored man at Dalhalla Opera, also covering Tamino. Earlier engagements include Tamino at Norrlandsoperan and Opera på Skäret, Ecclitico in Il Mondo della Luna (Haydn) at Drottningholms Slottsteater and West Green House in England, and Dr Cajus in Falstaff (Verdi) at Kammeroper Schloß Reihnsberg in Germany.
Michael started singing at an early age and had the opportunity to perform at the Stockholm Royal Opera as a boy soprano, singing e.g. Miles in The Turn of the Screw (Britten), Erster Knabe in The Magic Flute and Erster Edelknabe i Lohengrin.
In the oratory field Michael has a wide repertoire, singing the St. John Passion, the Christmas Oratorio and the B Minor Mass by Bach, the Messiah by Händel, Requiem and the C Minor Mass by Mozart and Saint Nicolas by Britten, with orchestras such as the Stockholm Royal Court Orchestra, the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the Stockholm Baroque Orchestra. As a member of a male solo quartet he performs regularly at the Royal Chapel and the Royal Palace at official occasions.
In the field of chamber music Michael has performed for instace Serenade and Canticle II by Benjamin Britten and Die Schöne Müllerin by Schubert. The swedish Lied is important for him and 2010 he released his first CD "Hjärtats sommar" focusing on swedish songs. He also colaborated with contemporary composers, for example in the project Fröding 150, with two song cycles by the composer and pianist Daniel Stagno.
Michael has studied with Mattias Danielsson, prof. Erik Saedén and Kerstin Wahlström-Olsson, and participated in Master Classes with Peter Berne, Olle Persson, Dan Marek and prof. Oren Brown. He has received scholarships from the Swedish Order of Free Masons, the Anders Sandrew Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and participated as finalist in the Gösta Winbergh Award.
  
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