Wiktor Sundqvist

Biography

The Swedish tenor Wiktor Sundqvist has this season sung Thespis/Merkurius in Rameau’s Platée at the Göteborg Opera and Courtier in La Cenerentola at Folkoperan in Stockholm. The season of 2022/23 commenced at the Confidencen Opera & Music festival where Wiktor sang Atis in Joseph Kraus’ opera Proserpin. Wiktor also appeared in the role of Ferrando in Così fan tutte at Uppsala Stadsteater, a co-production with Folkoperan in Stockholm that premiered in Stockholm 2022 with Wiktor in the same role. Wiktor sang Licinius in Spontini’s La Vestale at Teater Tribunalen and he appeared in the world premiere of Sven-David Sandström’s last opera The Book of Life, as well as the family opera Hion om natten, both with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra.

Wiktor Sundqvist made his debut at the Royal Swedish Opera in 2021/22 as Kaj in the contemporary opera Snödrottningen/The Snow Queen, composed by Benjamin Staern. Wiktor also appeared in the the role of The Son in the world premiere of the staged oratorio Ålevangeliet/The Gospel of the Eels at Folkoperan. In the season of 2019/20 Wiktor Sundqvist sang Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at NorrlandsOperan in northern Sweden. He also participated in the independent opera company Kamraterna’s production of Antonia Walpurgis’ Talestri, regina delle amazon where he appeared in the role of Orontes.

Previous engagements include Kaj in Snödrottningen/The Snow Queen at the world premiere at Malmö Opera. At the Malmö Opera Wiktor has also appeared in the roles of Harlekin and Soldaten in the chamber opera Döden säger nej by Viktor Ullman and as Ahmed in A Thousand and one nights by David Fjellström. Wiktor Sundqvist has previously been engaged at the Göteborg Opera where he sung Janek in Janáček’s Věc Makropulos and at the Wermland Opera where he has sung Alfred in Die Fledermaus. He has appeared as Juan in Don Quijote at Folkoperan and Pang in Turandot at Folkoperan in Stockholm. He has sung Narciso in Rossini’s Il turco in Italia at the Läckö Slottsopera and he has participated in Piteå Kammaropera's contemporary Stilla min Eld. Wiktor has appeared in Silverskeppet and in the contemporary opera Son of Heaven by Japanese composer Moto Osada, both at the VadstenaAcademy in Sweden and he has sung Don Basilio and Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro at NorrlandsOperan.