Johan Botha (tenor)
For other persons by the same name, see Johan Botha (disambiguation).
Johan Botha (born 19 August 1965) is a South African operatic tenor.
Botha was born in Rustenburg, South Africa. He made his stage debut at the municipal theatre in Roodepoort as Max in Der Freischütz in 1989. His international breakthrough occurred in 1993 at the Opéra Bastille as Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Since then he has performed at leading opera venues around the world such as the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera which made him a Kammersänger in 2003, Opera Australia, Royal Opera House (London), La Scala, and the Salzburg Festival. He currently lives in Vienna, Austria with his wife and two sons.
Recordings
Johan Botha is the most recorded South African opera singer in history:
- d'Albert: Tiefland under Bertrand de Billy (2006) Oehms OC 312
- Dvořák: Stabat Mater (2001)
- Charles Koechlin: The Jungle Book (1994)
- The Puccini Experience (1995)
- Mahler Symphony No. 8 under Boulez and Bertrand de Billy
- Puccini: Turandot under Gergiev (DVD)
- Richard Strauss: Daphne under Bychkov
- Richard Strauss: Elektra under Barenboim
- Richard Strauss: Friedenstag under Sinopoli
- Richard Strauss: Taillefer
- Verdi: Aida under Gatti (DVD)
- Verdi: Requiem under Sinopoli
- Wagner: Lohengrin under Bychkov
- Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg under Thielemann(DVD)
- Wagner: Tristan und Isolde under Barenboim
- Wagner: The Duet Scenes (Tristan und Isolde) under Bertrand de Billy
- Wagner: Die Walküre under Thielemann (CD and DVD)
- Ioan Holender Farewell Concert (Gala from the Vienna State Opera) (DVD)
- Italian Arias (2001)
- Wagner Tenor Arias
- Vienna State Opera Gala (DVD)
External links
Media related to Johan Botha (tenor) at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- Metropolitan Opera biography
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