Biography
Born in Hamburg, Johannes Stermann took his first steps in music as a member of the St.Nikolai Boys‘ Choir. After studying law he graduated from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München and continued his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. As a member of the Bavarian Theatre Academy August Everding he became stage experience at Prinzregententheater.
Since 2012/2013 Johannes Stermann has been an ensemble member at Theater Magdeburg performing leading bass roles, such as Osmin Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Sarastro Die Zauberflöte, Commendatore Don Giovanni, Bartolo Le nozze di Figaro, Ariodate Xerxes, König Heinrich Lohengrin, Daland Der fliegende Holländer, Hunding Die Walküre, König Marke Tristan und Isolde, Falstaff Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Baculus Wildschütz, Rocco Fidelio, Kaspar Der Freischütz, Frére Laurent Roméo et Juliette, Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor, Basilio Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Colline La Bohème, Timur Turandot, Banco Macbeth, Sparafucile Rigoletto, Gran Inquisitor Don Carlo, Ramfis Aida, Inquisitor Don Carlo, Banco Macbeth, Pistola Falstaff, Gremin Eugene Onegin, General Polkan Le coq d'Or, Cuisinier L'amour de trois oranges, Vodnik Rusalka, Dikoj Katya Kabanova, Kecal The bartered Bride, Theseus A midsummer night’s dream, Swallow Peter Grimes, Calchas Die schöne Helena, Saint-Just Dantons Tod.
As a guest Johannes Stermann has appeared as Baron Ochs Der Rosenkavalier at Teatro Municipal de Santiago in Chile, as Sarastro and Osmin at Goethe Theater in Bad Lauchstädt, as Fafner Das Rheingold, Siegfried at the festival “Der Ring in Minden”, as Sparafucile in Halle, as König Toch’s Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse at the Semperoper Dresden. He sang Sarastro also at Opéra Lyon, at the National Theatre Taipei in Taiwan and with Festival Klosterneuburg, the role of Vicar-Inquisitor in Braunfels’ Jeanne d'Arc with Salzburg Festival and Obrist in Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten at La Scala in Milan, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher. He performed 2. Soldat Salome at Staatsoper Berlin and Tom Un ballo in maschera with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem, under the baton of Zubin Mehta. In 2016 he sang the bass solo in Bach's Magnificat with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.