Carl Unander-Scharin

Swedish composer, opera singer (tenor), inventor and professor, born January 5, 1964 in Stockholm. He studied at the Royal College of Music and at the University College of Opera in Stockholm where he acquired a Master of Fine Arts in Church Music in 1991. He studied organ under Hans Fagius, conducting under Eric Ericson, Gustaf Sjökvist and Jorma Panula, singing for Solwig Grippe, Hans Gertz, Nicolai Gedda, Erik Saedén and Gösta Winbergh, counter-point and musical theory for Lars-Erik Rosell and Per-Gunnar Alldahl. Between 1991 and 1995, Carl studied at The University College of Opera in Stockholm, where he acquiered a diploma in Operatic singing. Carl also holds a teacher's degree as well as a choral conductor's degree, both from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. In 2015, Carl defended his PhD thesis "Extending Opera" at KTH The Royal Institute of Technology He has a parallel career as a composer and as a lyric tenor. Having sung roles at many Swedish venues such as the Folkoperan, Vadstena-Academy, and the likes, he was during 2000 to 2011 employed as a tenor soloist at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, where he appeared in 25 roles – such as Tamino (Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte"), Almaviva (Rossini's "Il Barbiere da Siviglia"), Raoul de Gardefeu (Offenbachs "La Vie Parisienne), Gonzalve (Ravels "L´heure Espagnole) and many more – all in all 355 performances. During 2009, Carl appeared as Nadir in Bizet´s "Les Pêcheurs de Perles" at Folkoperan, a rendering of this high and complicated role that was highly praised. Carl is continuously performing in concerts and oratorios, especially in Bach’s tenor parts, for example the passions and the oratorios. A rarely performed piece "Faust et Helène" by Nadia Boulanger, was staged by Malmö Opera during winter 2014 - with Carl performing as Faust.