Bo Skovhus studied at the Aarhus Institute of Music, the Royal Danish Opera Academy in Copenhagen, and in New York. His most important career engagements include Reimann’s “Lear” at the Paris Opera and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Beckmesser in “Meistersinger” at the Paris Opera and the Wagner Festival in Budapest, Titus in “Bérénice” by Michael Jarrell at the Paris Opera under the direction of Philippe Jordan, as well as Mandryka in “Arabella” in Dresden and the Vienna State Opera. He also sang the title role of “Wozzeck” at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and Dr. Schön in “Lulu” at the Vienna State Opera, Šiškov in “From a House of the Dead” at the Bavarian State Opera, Jean-Charles in “The Raft of the Medusa” (Werner Henze) in Amsterdam, the leading roles of “Karl V.” (Ernst Krenek) at the Vienna State Opera, and “Eugene Onegin” at the Hamburg State Opera.
He performed as Ryuji in Henze’s “Das Verratene Meer” at the Vienna State Opera, as Eisenstein/FLEDERMAUS at the Hamburg State Opera, as Jaroslav Prus/VEC MAKROPULOS at the Berlin State Opera, as WOZZECK (concert performances) in Boston, at Carnegie Hall and at the Verbier Festival, as Vater / BLUTHAUS at the Cuvilliés-Theater in Munich, as Plato Kusmitsch Kovalev / DIE NASE at the Semperoper in Dresden, and as Dr. Schön / LULU at the Theater an der Wien and in Brussels.
In addition to opera performances, Bo Skovhus is dedicated to recitals and concert singing with great personal commitment.
Upcoming events: VEC MAKROPULOS in Amsterdam, BRAHMS REQUIEM and L’HEURE ESPAGNOLE in Singapore, a song recital in Budapest, LEBEN MIT EINEM IDIOTEN (Alfred Schnittke) in Zurich, Clow in FIN DE PARTIE by György Kurtág at the Berlin Opera, VIAGGIO DANTE at the Paris Opera, Unsuk Chin in EL LADO OSCURO DE LA LUNA in Hamburg, and Faninal / ROSENKAVALIER in Zurich.
The artist received the title of “Österreichischer Kammersänger” and “Bayerischer Kammersänger”.