Rúni Brattaberg

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Rúni Brattaberg (born 1966) is a Faroese bass opera singer.

Rúni is a son of Árni and Karin Brattaberg, from the village of Vágur on the Faroese island of Suðuroy. He is married to the German opera singer Susanne Brattaberg-Jacoby.

Brattaberg was trained as a singer at the Finnish Sibelius Academy, and received private tutoring from Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in Helsinki and from Ventzeslav Katsarov in Bulgaria.

• 1991–1994 Photography training
• 1999–2000 Appointed at the International Opera Studio of Zürich
• 2001–2002 Bass soloist at the National Theatre in the German city of Mainz
• 2002 Sang the Faroese National Anthem at the European Football Championship. The Faroes played against Germany in Hannover.
• 2004 Composer Gavin Bryars wrote two pieces for choir and bass soloist especially for Brattaberg which were first performed in London in November.
• 2005-2006 Bass soloist at Bern's City Theatre and guest performances at the Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) and Ústí nad Labem (Czech Republic) City Theatres.

Opera Roles

• Daland in Der fliegende Holländer,
• Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia

CDs

• Songs by Sibelius, Schubert en Mussorgsky
• Mikko Heiniö: The Knight and the Dragon by Curt Appelgren, Rúni Brattaberg, Mikko Heiniö, and Ulf Söderblom
• Brotið by Rúni Brattaberg, Regin Dahl, Modest Mussorgsky, and Sunleif Rasmussen