Jan Kyhle

Jan Kyhle (born "Jan Ingemar Kyhle" on 25 August, 1961) is a Swedish opera and musical singer. He is a tenor, although until 1991 he was a baritone.

Career

Jan Kyhle began his singing career in the bands Lustans Lakejer and Reeperbahn in the early 1980s and then applied to the University College of Opera, Stockholm ("Operahögskolan"). In 1991 he had his breakthrough when he sang the role of Siegmund in "The Valkyrie" at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. Some of his other roles in opera are:
*Pelléas in "Pelléas and Mélisande" by Debussy (1993, Royal Swedish Opera).
*The title role in "Doktor Glas" by Arne Mellnäs (1994, Royal Swedish Opera).
*Siegmund in "The Valkyrie" by Wagner:
**In 2001 and 2003 at the Scottish Opera in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
**In 2004 and 2006 at the Gothenburg Opera.
*Grigory in "Boris Godunov" by Mussorgsky (2005, Gothenburg opera).
*The Prince in "Rusalka" by Dvořák (2006, Norrland Opera).
*The title role in "Parsifal" by Wagner (2007, Gothenburg Opera).He has also sung roles in musicals, including:
*Passarino in "The Phantom of the Opera" by Andrew Lloyd Webber (1989, Stockholm)
*Raoul in the same musical (1992)
*Jean Valjean in "Les Misérables" by Claude-Michel Schönberg:
**In 2000 at the Gothenburg Opera.
**In 2001 at the Malmö Opera and Music Theatre.
*Guido in "Nine" by Maury Yeston (2002, Malmö Opera and Musical Theatre).