# Johannes Chum

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{{short description|Austrian operatic tenor (born 1968)}}
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| name = Johannes Chum
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}}
| birth_place = [Vorau](/source/Vorau), [Styria](/source/Styria), Austria
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| education = {{plainlist|
* [Vienna Boys' Choir](/source/Vienna_Boys'_Choir)
* [University of Music and Performing Arts Graz](/source/University_of_Music_and_Performing_Arts_Graz)
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| occupation = Operatic [tenor](/source/tenor)
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| website = {{url|https://www.johanneschum.com/}}
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'''Johannes Chum''' (born 1968) is an Austrian operatic [tenor](/source/tenor) who has made an international career, first in concert, then in opera. Initially known for [historically informed performance](/source/historically_informed_performance) of Baroque oratorios and Mozart operatic roles, he has developed a large repertoire which also includes Wagner's [''Lohengrin''](/source/Lohengrin_(opera)) and contemporary opera.

== Life ==
Born in [Vorau](/source/Vorau), [Styria](/source/Styria), Chum began his musical education with the [Vienna Boys' Choir](/source/Vienna_Boys'_Choir), where he also appeared as a soloist. He first studied theology. He then studied music at the [University of Music and Performing Arts Graz](/source/University_of_Music_and_Performing_Arts_Graz) where he achieved a position as lecturer for [historically informed performance](/source/historically_informed_performance). He appeared as a soloist in concerts during his studies, and afterwards studied voice further with [Kurt Equiluz](/source/Kurt_Equiluz) and Arthur Korn.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" />

=== Concert ===
From 1994, Chum has appeared in concerts successfully. He has sung the tenor parts in Bach's ''[Christmas Oratorio](/source/Christmas_Oratorio)'', ''[St John Passion](/source/St_John_Passion)'' and ''[St Matthew Passion](/source/St_Matthew_Passion)'', in Handel oratorios, Beethoven's [Ninth Symphony](/source/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)), and work by [Mendelssohn](/source/Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy), among others, with the [Gewandhausorchester](/source/Gewandhausorchester) in Leipzig conducted by [Riccardo Chailly](/source/Riccardo_Chailly).<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /> At the [Gewandhaus](/source/Gewandhaus) in Leipzig, he also sang Schubert's ''[Winterreise](/source/Winterreise)'' in the orchestral version by [Hans Zender](/source/Hans_Zender).<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" />

Chum has also worked with conductors including [Sylvain Cambreling](/source/Sylvain_Cambreling), [Dennis Russell Davies](/source/Dennis_Russell_Davies), [Christopher Hogwood](/source/Christopher_Hogwood), [René Jacobs](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs), [Fabio Luisi](/source/Fabio_Luisi), Sir [Charles Mackerras](/source/Charles_Mackerras), [Ingo Metzmacher](/source/Ingo_Metzmacher), Sir [Roger Norrington](/source/Roger_Norrington), [Jordi Savall](/source/Jordi_Savall), [Peter Schreier](/source/Peter_Schreier) and [Bruno Weil](/source/Bruno_Weil).<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" />

=== Opera ===
Chum made his operatic debut <!--in 1994--> at the [Landestheater Niederösterreich](/source/Landestheater_Nieder%C3%B6sterreich) as Lysander in Britten's ''[A Midsummer Night's Dream](/source/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(opera))''.<ref name="Narodni divadlo" /> He focused on Mozart roles, such as Belmonte in ''[Die Entführung aus dem Serail](/source/Die_Entf%C3%BChrung_aus_dem_Serail)'', Tamino in ''[Die Zauberflöte](/source/Die_Zauberfl%C3%B6te)'', Ottavio in ''[Don Giovanni](/source/Don_Giovanni)'', and the title role in ''[La clemenza di Tito](/source/La_clemenza_di_Tito)''.<!--Ferrando in ''[Così fan tutte](/source/Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte)'', the title roles in ''[Idomeneo](/source/Idomeneo)'' and ''[La clemenza di Tito](/source/La_clemenza_di_Tito)''.--><!--But he also sang Belfiore in ''[La finta giardiniera](/source/La_finta_giardiniera)'' (in Graz) and Aufidio in ''[Lucio Silla](/source/Lucio_Silla)'' (in Amsterdam), as well as the smaller roles Don Curzio (in ''[Le nozze di Figaro](/source/Le_nozze_di_Figaro)'') and Arbace (in ''Idomeneo''). In addition, he took on Jaquino in Beethoven's ''[Fidelio](/source/Fidelio)'', the Singer in ''[der Rosenkavalier](/source/der_Rosenkavalier)'' and the Young man in ''[Die Frau ohne Schatten](/source/Die_Frau_ohne_Schatten)'', both by Richard Strauss.--><ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /><!--This was followed by Caramello in [Strauss](/source/Johann_Strauss_II.) Operetta ''[Eine Nacht in Venedig](/source/Eine_Nacht_in_Venedig)'' at the [Stadttheater Klagenfurt](/source/Stadttheater_Klagenfurt) and then performances at important [opera house](/source/opera_house)s and {{Ill|Festspiele|de}} in Europe, such as at the [Graz Opera](/source/Graz_Opera), the [Opéra Bastille](/source/Op%C3%A9ra_Bastille) in Paris and the [De Nederlandse Opera](/source/De_Nederlandse_Opera) in Amsterdam, as well as the [Mozartwoche](/source/Mozartwoche), the [Lucerne Festival](/source/Lucerne_Festival), the [Bregenz Festival](/source/Bregenz_Festival) and then the [Salzburg Festival](/source/Salzburg_Festival). will see-->

He was recognized internationally in 1998 performing the title role of Mozart's ''[Idomeneo](/source/Idomeneo)'' at the [Landestheater Salzburg](/source/Salzburger_Landestheater).<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /> At the Burgenland {{Ill|Haydn-Festspiele|de}}, he appeared as Germando in ''[L'isola disabitata](/source/L'isola_disabitata)'' in 1998 and Rinaldo in Haydn's ''[Armida](/source/Armida_(Haydn))'' in 1999. He performed as Nerone  in Monteverdi's ''[L'incoronazione di Poppea](/source/L'incoronazione_di_Poppea)'' at the [Oper Frankfurt](/source/Oper_Frankfurt).<ref name="Narodni divadlo" /><!--at the [Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik](/source/Innsbrucker_Festwochen_der_Alten_Musik) in [Contis](/source/Francesco_Bartolomeo_Conti) ''Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena'', and at the [Staatsoper Berlin](/source/Staatsoper_Berlin) in the title role of Monteverdi's ''[L'Orfeo](/source/L'Orfeo)''. He made his debut as Don Ottavio at the [Volksoper Wien](/source/Volksoper_Wien) and the [Rouen Opera House](/source/Rouen_Opera_House). At the [Bregenz Festival](/source/Bregenz_Festival) in 2002, Chum sang Michel in Martinů's ''[Julietta](/source/Julietta)'', at the [Liceu](/source/Liceu) Teatro of Barcelona he took over the Conte di Libenskof in Rossini's ''[Il viaggio a Reims](/source/Il_viaggio_a_Reims)'' and at the [Vlaamse Opera](/source/Vlaamse_Opera) in Antwerp he embodied Trimalchio in the opera ''Satyricon'' by [Bruno Maderna](/source/Bruno_Maderna).-->

From 2000, the singer worked at the [Komische Oper Berlin](/source/Komische_Oper_Berlin) with director [Harry Kupfer](/source/Harry_Kupfer) for many years. He performed the Mozart roles of Tamino, Titus, Ferrando and Don Ottavio, Romeo in Gounod's ''[Roméo et Juliette](/source/Rom%C3%A9o_et_Juliette)'', <!-- as well as the part of Jonathan in Handel's oratorio ''[Saul](/source/Saul_(Handel))''--> and Piquillo in Offenbach's ''[La Périchole](/source/La_P%C3%A9richole)''.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /> At the [Theater an der Wien](/source/Theater_an_der_Wien), Chum appeared among others in 2008 as Kudrjaš in Janáček's ''[Katja Kabanowa](/source/Katja_Kabanowa)'', in 2009 as Graf Hohenzollern in Henze's ''[Der Prinz von Homburg](/source/Der_Prinz_von_Homburg_(opera))'',<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /> and in 2013 as Jaquino in [Beethoven](/source/Beethoven)'s ''[Fidelio](/source/Fidelio)'' conducted by [Nikolaus Harnoncourt](/source/Nikolaus_Harnoncourt). In 2013, he also sang two tenor roles there in a concert performance of Viktor Ullmann's chamber opera ''[Der Kaiser von Atlantis](/source/Der_Kaiser_von_Atlantis)''. <!--In 2012, Chum made his debut at the [Copenhagen Opera House](/source/Copenhagen_Opera_House) (in a scenic version of ''[Messiah](/source/Messiah)''), in 2013 at Munich [Theater am Gärtnerplatz](/source/Theater_am_G%C3%A4rtnerplatz) (in Flotow's ''[Martha](/source/Martha_(opera))'') and at Prage [Estates Theatre](/source/Estates_Theatre) (in Mysliveček's ''[L'Olimpiade](/source/L'Olimpiade_(Myslive%C4%8Dek))'').--> In Graz, he performed the title role in Offenbach's ''[Barbe-bleue](/source/Barbe-bleue_(opera))'', and for the first time the title role of Wagner's ''[Lohengrin](/source/Lohengrin_(opera))''.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /><!--In 2014, he made his role debut as Verdi's ''[Don Carlos](/source/Don_Carlos)'' and as Stolzing in Wagner's ''[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg](/source/Die_Meistersinger_von_N%C3%BCrnberg)'', both at the [Opernhaus Chemnitz](/source/Opernhaus_Chemnitz), and as Loge in ''[Das Rheingold](/source/Das_Rheingold)'' at the {{Ill|Tiroler Festspiele Erl|de}}.-->

== Recordings ==
Chum recorded the [Evangelist](/source/Evangelist_(Bach)) in Bach's ''St Matthew Passion'' in 2009 with the [Thomanerchor](/source/Thomanerchor), the [Tölzer Knabenchor](/source/T%C3%B6lzer_Knabenchor) and the [Gewandhausorchester](/source/Gewandhausorchester), conducted by Chailly.<ref name="Clements" /> A reviewer noted: "... certainly the most essential narrative role is taken with great élan by Johannes Chum, who makes a fine Evangelist, dealing with Bach's extremes of range with capable ease."<ref name="Clements" />
In 2015, Chum was the tenor soloist in a recording of Beethoven's [Missa Solemnis](/source/Missa_solemnis_(Beethoven)), with the [Arnold Schoenberg Choir](/source/Arnold_Schoenberg_Choir) and the [Concentus Musicus Wien](/source/Concentus_Musicus_Wien) conducted by Harnoncourt.<ref name="Thompson" /> A reviewer from ''[Gramophone](/source/Gramophone_(magazine))'' described the approach as "a deeply devotional reading" and Chum's singing as "[seraphic](/source/%3Awikt%3Aseraphic)".<ref name="Osborne" />

== Awards ==
In 2000, he was awarded the {{Ill|Eberhard-Waechter-Medaille|de}}.<ref>[https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/mehr_kultur/350384_Waechter-Medaillen.html Waechter-Medaillen] (in German) ''[Wiener Zeitung](/source/Wiener_Zeitung)'' 2 June 2000</ref> In 2001, he received the {{Ill|Karl-Böhm-Interpretationspreis|de}} of Styria.<ref>[https://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/11681895_74837317/fe7265af/00%20Preistr%C3%A4ger%20ab%201999.pdf Großer Interpretationspreis des Landes SteiermarkPreisträgerinnen / Preisträger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122120406/https://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/dokumente/11681895_74837317/fe7265af/00%20Preistr%C3%A4ger%20ab%201999.pdf |date=22 November 2020 }} (in German) [Styria](/source/Styria) 2020</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist|
| refs =

<ref name="Clements">{{cite web
| last = Clements
| first = Dominy
| url = http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/May10/Bach_St_Matthew_Chailly_4782194.htm
| title = Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) / ''St Matthew Passion''
| website = musicweb-international.com
| date = May 2010
| access-date = 14 November 2020
}}</ref>

<ref name="Osborne">{{cite journal
| last = Osborne
| first = Richard
| url = https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/beethoven-missa-solemnis-harnoncourt
| title = Beethoven Missa Solemnis (Harnoncourt)
| journal = [Gramophone](/source/Gramophone_(magazine))
| date = August 2016
| access-date = 14 November 2020
}}</ref>

<ref name="Thompson">{{cite web
| last = Thompson
| first = Simon
| url = http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Nov/Beethoven_missa_88985313592.htm
| title = Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) / Missa Solemnis, Op. 123
| website = musicweb-international.com
| date = November 2016
| access-date = 14 November 2020
}}</ref>

<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens">{{cite book
| last1 = Kutsch
| first1 = K.-J.
| author1-link = Karl-Josef Kutsch
| last2 = Riemens
| first2 = Leo
| author2-link = Leo Riemens
| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&pg=827
| chapter = Chum, Johannes
| title = [Großes Sängerlexikon](/source/Gro%C3%9Fes_S%C3%A4ngerlexikon)
| publisher = [Walter de Gruyter](/source/Walter_de_Gruyter)
| edition = 4th
| language = de
| date = 2012
| pages = 827–828
| isbn = 978-3-59-844088-5
}}</ref>

<ref name="Narodni divadlo">{{cite web
| url = https://www.narodni-divadlo.cz/en/profile/johannes-chum-1606405
| title = Johannes Chum
| publisher = [National Theatre (Prague)](/source/National_Theatre_(Prague))
| access-date = 14 November 2020
}}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
* {{official|https://www.johanneschum.com/}}
* {{discogs artist}}
* [https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Chum-Johannes.htm "Johannes Chum (Tenor)"], Bach Cantatas website 2001
* [http://operabase.com/a/Johannes_Chum/de/8466 "Johannes Chum"], [Operabase](/source/Operabase)
* [https://biamartists.com/johannes-chum-biografie "Johannes Chum"] (management, in German, list of roles) biamartists.com

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