The Swedish baritone singer Karl-Magnus Fredriksson was appointed Court Singer in 2004.
In 2013, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson received the Litteris et Artibus medal from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Music.
Since 1999 he has been associated with the Royal Opera in roles such as Figaro (The Barber of Seville), The Count (The Marriage of Figaro), Marcello (La Bohème), Papageno (The Magic Flute), The Unknown (Gefors Christina), Fritz/Pierrot (Die tote Stadt), the title role (Eugen Onegin), Greve Luna (The Troubadour), Germont (La Traviata), Absalon (Sandström's Batseba), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), Jason (Börtz Medea) and spring 2017 Anckarström/Renato (Masquerade Ball).
He has made several guest appearances abroad including at the New National Theater in Tokyo as Marcello (La Bohème).
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson has appeared with conductors such as Sir Colin Davies, Andrew Davies, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Frans Brüggen, Alan Gilbert, Jesús López-Cobos, Sakari Oramo, Herbert Blomstedt, Leif Segerstam, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Andrew Manze and Lawrence Renes together with several of the world's leading orchestras. He regularly visits various countries in Europe with opera and romance concerts, orchestral songs and sacred works.
For many years, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson had a close collaboration with the great Swedish conductors Eric Ericson and Gustaf Sjökvist, which resulted in several premieres of newly written music and a long tradition of participation in concerts as well as CD recordings of, among others, JS Bach and Handel most famous works. About 35 CD recordings with well-known record companies can be found in his discography. Here masses, oratorios, passions and requiems are combined with works by older and contemporary Swedish composers, Christmas music, hymns and carols, Nordic romances, songs by Bellman, Taube and Adolphson, German lieder, orchestral songs and operetta. Most recently, Songs of Life (2 CDs) came together with the pianist Mattias Böhm.
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson has often appeared on TV and radio where, in addition to traditional music programs, he participated in new recordings of contemporary music and previously unrecorded material. He is constantly working to perform and spread the romance song around the world. Preferably by mixing Nordic romances, German lieder, songs, French, Italian, English songs and sacred repertoire in their concerts. Own compositions and arrangements for voice, piano and instrumental ensemble and personal spoken poetic reflections are part of his desire to reach new forms of expression and listeners with his multifaceted singing art.
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson received his education at the Academy of Opera in Stockholm. He studied under professor, court singer Erik Saedén, graduated in 1991 and has since been actively working as a vocal soloist. Dietrich-Fischer Dieskau has also been his teacher. Today, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson is both a sought-after singer and vocal teacher who likes to hold Masterclasses in vocal technique and interpretation. He is also active as a sculptor, visual artist and composer.
