In the autumn of 2024, Jesper Taube will sing Laca in Jenůfa and Beardle in Sweeney Todd at the Royal Swedish Opera. Recently, he played the role of Herod in Strauss's Salome and appeared in the operas Löftet and Ariadne auf Naxos.
After the University College of Opera, Jesper was engaged by the Royal Swedish Opera Ensemble, where he during his first 12 years established himself as a lyrical baritone in leading roles such as Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Jevgenij Onegin, Rigoletto and Prince Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades, Count Almaviva, Posa in Don Carlo, Ford in Falstaff, Marcello in La bohème, Belcore in L’elisir d’amore, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte and much more. On other stages, Jesper has also sung Valentin in Faust, Silvio in Pajazzo, Don Alvaro in Il viaggo a Reims, Wallenberg in the opera about Raoul Wallenberg in Tallinn, and Majesty in the opera Erik XIV in Turku.
At the age of 40, Jesper Taube took the step up to tenor. In 2013 he sang Cavaradossi in Tosca and then followed Pinkerton, Don José, Hoffmann at Folkoperan, Calaf, Laça in Jenůfa, Edrisi in Król Roger and he appeared in the acclaimed Die lustige Witwe. He has been a recurring soloist at the Södertälje Opera (Ernani, Die lustige Witwe, “Viva Verdi”, “Canta Napoli”, Beatrice di Tenda and Attila).
Outside of the Royal Swedish Opera and Stockholm, Jesper has sung on several stages in Sweden as well as around Scandinavia, Europe and the United States. A number of CD recordings are available with Jesper as soloist.
Scholarships include the Christina Nilsson Scholarship in 1997 & 1998, the Friends of the Drottningholm Theatre in 1997, the Henning Sjöström Singer Prize in 1997, the Carl-Axel Hallgren Scholarship in 1998 and the Jussi Björling Scholarship in 2009.
