In recent seasons the fast-rising American tenor has been a featured artist at one of Europe’s most prestigious companies, Munich’s Bavarian State Opera. Having debuted there as Cassio in Otello, he has since reprised that role, with other Munich portrayals also including Narraboth in Salome and Henry Morosus in Die schweigsame Frau. Johnson also debuted as Narraboth at the Zurich Opera House. He made his European debut at the Norwegian National Opera (Britten’s War Requiem) and his German debut as Don José in Carmen (Oldenburg State Theatre). Other important European successes include Andres in Wozzeck (Aix-en-Provence Festival), Don José (Frankfurt Opera), the Prince in Rusalka (Glyndebourne Festival Opera), Beethoven’s Christ on the Mount of Olives (Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra), and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Verbier Festival, Valéry Gergiev conducting). Major appearances in America have encompassed diverse repertoire, from Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Kansas City) and Carmen (Opera Philadelphia) to Rusalka (Des Moines Metro Opera), The Flying Dutchman (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra), and Verdi’s Requiem (Opera Philadelphia, Columbus Symphony Orchestra).
