The Danish mezzo soprano's Mrs. Bock had 4 debuts and 2 head roles in 2019; among them, there is 1st Mezzo in the experimental and first public presentation Our Voices – a performance written by Kamilla Wargo, also 3rd Secretary to Mao (Nixon in China by J. Adams). Her debut as Mama Rosa in King is a role written for her by Danish composer Karsten Fundal (dir. Philipp Kochheim) is awaiting in 2023.
2018 carried 4 debuts for Johanne: roles of the Witch and the Mother in Hänsel und Gretel by Humperdinck, the valkyrie-debut as Grimgerde in the Ring Cycle with Odense Symphonie Orchestra and finally the funny little role as Wowkle in Fanciulla del West by Puccini. She also sung 3rd Lady in The Magic Flute and Marcelina in The Marriage of Figaro in 2018 at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen. In 2016/17 Johanne sung Mrs. Quickly in Falstaff and Mary in The Flying Dutchman by Wagner.
Since 2009 she has been a member of the soloist-ensemble at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen singing among others Zia Principessa in Sour Angelica by Puccini, Emilia in Otello by Verdi, 3rd Lady in Zauberflöte by Mozart, Florence Pike in Albert Hering by Britten, The Forsters Wife in The cunning little wixen by Janácek, Annina in Der Rosenkavaler by Strauss, Louise in The Devils from Loudun by Penderecki, Mother Goose in The Rakes Progress by Stravinskij and the Witch from Endor in Saul and David by Carl Nielsen. Among her other engagements are Auntie in Peter Grimes by Britten, Zita in Gianni Schicchi by Puccini, Fillippyevna in Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky and 2sd Maid in Elektra by Strauss at Danish National Opera in Aarhus.
She appears regularly with Scandinavian Symphony Orchestras in oratorio repertoire such as Alt-Rhapsodie by Brahms, Sea-Pictures by Britten, Stabat Mater by Dvorak, Messiah by Händel, Petite Messe Solenelle by Rossini, Christmas Oratorio by Bach and the gipsy-solo in El Amor Brujo by de Falla.
She has performed with conductors like Marc Soustrout, Ion Marin, Andreas Stoehr, Philip Pickett, Alex Briger, Gérard Korsten, William Lacey, Giordano Bellincampi, Giancarlo Andretta and Michael Schønwandt.
Johanne Bock is educated with Diploma from the Conservatorium of Music in Aarhus in Denmark. During her education she won a contest by singing Kindertotenlieder by G. Mahler and sang the role as Judith in Bluebeard’s Castle by Bela Bartok. She has participated in masterclasses with Dr. Joyce Farwell (USA), Ian Partridge (UK), Roger Vignoles (UK), Niels Muus (Austria), Tom Jaber (USA), Douglas Yates (Germany) and Lars Ulrik Mortensen (DK).
