Joe St.Johanser – Baritone

A versatile singing actor with a wide range of styles – Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Offenbach – powerful, mellow baritone with good diction. A convincing comedian, straight man or tragedian.

Height 6 ft.0 in, slim build, acting age 45 plus.

Glen Ely, Knowl Hill, Woking, Surrey. GU22 7HL.

tel: 01483 767124 email: joe.st.johanser@ntlworld.com

Joe started his singing studies in 1984 after a career as a software engineer (B.Mus. Hons. Surrey, B.Sc.Econ. Hons., UCL, M.Sc. Comp.Sci., London, FBCS, CITP), and has taught singing since 2002: full member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians since 2004. He is also a composer of songs, opera and oratorio (music published by Robosoft Music and many examples available on youtube - check out The Tempest The Tempest and his Christina Rossetti songs Third Sad Song ), a translator of opera libretti, an opera and film director (the recent film of his third opera ‘Through the Looking Glass’ is available on two DVDs from Robosoft Music )

Roles include:

Professor Henry Higgins in ‘My Fair Lady’ (Lerner and Loewe) with BLOS at the Nomads Theatre Horsely. “Joe St.Johanser brought a better singing voice …than the original by Rex Harrison …some very polished acting and a stage presence which gave great authority to the role” critic Derrick Graham.

Dulcamara in 'The Elixir of Love' (Donnizetti) with Guildford Opera Company at the Electric Theatre Guildford. "In stetson and frock coat Joe St.Johanser as Dulcamara seized the moment and held the stage" Surrey Advertiser.

Koko in 'The Mikado' (Sullivan) with BLOS at the Nomads Theatre Horsely and Barn Theatre Mosely. "Joe St.Johanser made an excellent Koko... very well sung indeed" NODA

Colonel Frank in 'Die Fledermaus' (Strauss) with Guildford Opera Company at the Electric Theatre Guildford.

Agamemnon in 'La Belle Helene' (Offenbach) with Guildford Opera Company at the Electric Theatre Guildford.

Colonel Calverley in 'Patience' (Sullivan) with BLOS at Fetcham. "Joe St.Johanser, with his military bearing and impressive singing voice, held the stage well..." NODA

Nabucco in 'Nabucco' (Verdi) with Canford Opera Course at the Layard Theatre. Fully costumed version of about half the opera with full orchestra, with Peter Clarke and Richard Gregson.

Sir Roderic Murgatroyd in "Ruddigore" (Gilbert and Sullivan) with Bookham Operatic at Fetcham, Surrey.

Timur in "Turandot" (Puccini) with Canford Opera Course at the Layard Theatre. Fully costumed version of about half the opera with full orchestra, with Peter Clarke and Richard Gregson.

Swallow in "Peter Grimes" (Britten) at the Point Theatre, Eastleigh. A workshop performance of about half the opera, with Nina Walker and Richard Gregson.

Ping in "Turandot" (Puccini) with NODA Opera Summer School of Music at Ripon, Yorkshire. A fully costumed version of much of Act 2 and Act 3, with small orchestra, with Percy Lovell and Anne Ballantyne.

Petruchio/Fred Graham in "Kiss Me Kate" (Cole Porter) with Barn Operatic at the Adrian Mann Theatre, Leatherhead.

Oliver Hix in "The Music Man" (Willson) with Woking Operatic at the Rhoda Mcgaw Theatre, Woking.

Escamillo in "Carmen" (Bizet) with Barn Operatic at the Epsom Playhouse.

Corydon in "The Fairie Queene" (Purcell) with Charterhouse Summer School of Music. Semi-staged with full orchestra with Ian Humphris.

Sid Sorokin in "The Pyjama Game" (Adler) with Banstead and Nork Operatic Society at the Epsom Playhouse.

W.S.Gilbert in "The Savoyards" (Sullivan) with Guildford Opera at the Ben Travers Theatre, Charterhouse.

Baron Gondremarck in "La Vie Parisienne" (Offenbach) with Banstead and Nork Operatic Society at the Epsom Playhouse. "Words and Music" said " I was impressed with Joe St. Johanser as the Baron, showing good stage presence".

Jimmy in "Last Tango in Whitby" (Mike Harding) with Barn Theatre Club in Molesey.

Germont Pere in "La Traviata" (Verdi) with Canford Summer School of Music at Canford, Dorset. A fully costumed version of Act 2 only, with full orchestra, with Peter Clarke and Jonathan Clift.

Papageno in "The Magic Flute" (Mozart) - semi-staged extracts with full orchestra at Canford Summer School of Music.

Guiseppe in "The Gondoliers" (Sullivan) with Barn Operatic at the Barn Hall, Bookham. The Leatherhead Advertiser "Joe has a natural stage presence".

Guglielmo in "Cosi fan Tutte" (Mozart) - semi-staged extracts with full orchestra at Canford Summer School of Music.

Don Giovanni in "Don Giovanni" (Mozart) - semi-staged extracts with full orchestra at Canford Summer School of Music, with Robert Hayward.

Jack Point in "Yeomen of the Guard" (Sullivan) with Woking Operatic at the Queen Elizabeth II Theatre, Woking. The Woking Review said " Joe St. Johanser played Jack Point, the fool, and here was star quality, with swiftly spoken Shakespearean-style foolery, the delicate dancing and the final poignant moment when he doesn’t get the girl - a performance to be remembered".

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