Joakim Larsson is a Swedish opera singer who studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, where he earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. During his studies, he also attended the Manhattan School of Music in New York. In 2018, he graduated from the Opera Academy in Copenhagen, where he studied with Kirsten Buhl Møller.
Larsson made his operatic debut in 2017 as Count Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at Smålandsoperan. That same year, he made his debut at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen as Larkens in Puccini’s La fanciulla del West. There, he has also sung Frank in Die Fledermaus, an Officer and the Notary in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Plutone in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo.
His other roles include Leporello in Don Giovanni, Cesare Angelotti in Tosca, the title role in Gianni Schicchi, Doctor Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, Dancaïro in Carmen, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro and Collatinus in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. He has also been a member of Folkoperan’s Young Artist Programme and appeared in several of its productions.
Alongside his operatic career, Larsson has performed as a soloist in works including Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Lars-Erik Larsson’s Förklädd gud and Per Nørgård’s Prisme. He has also collaborated with the Baroque ensemble Concerto Copenhagen under the direction of Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
Larsson is also active as a recital singer and is one half of the duo Larsson/Kvint, which won fourth prize at the Copenhagen Lied Competition in 2019 and has performed throughout Scandinavia.
In autumn 2026, Joakim Larsson makes his debut at the Royal Swedish Opera in Andrea Tarrodi’s Vilse.
