Krister St. Hill, born 30 October 1962 , is a Swedish opera singer ( baritone ).

St.. Hill broke through as Richie in A Chorus Line on Oscar Theatre . He then made ​​operatic debut as Escamillo in Stockholm Park Theatre's production of Bizet's Carmen in 1982 . It was soon followed by roles as Sancho Panza in Massenet's Don Quixote Ernesto in Haydn's life on the Moon and Nick Shadow in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress . 1989 CREATE St. Hill role of Donny in Michael Tippett last opera New Year when it had its world premiere at Houston Grand Opera . In that role he also made ​​his debut at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera the following year, a studio film for the BBC and a concert performance at Royal Festival Hall .

Other opera productions include roles such as Ping in Turandot and Shaunard in La Bohème by Puccini and Ned Keene in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes , all at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen , and Lord Sidney in Rossini's The Journey to Reims .

1994 singing St.. Hill role as Jonny in Decca major record production of the opera Jonny Spielt Auf by Ernst Krenek . The same year he was offered the title role in Wagner's The Flying Dutchman , which he also performed in the newly built Gothenburg Opera's first season. It was a great success and marked a turning point in his career and new roles Jochaanan in Richard Strauss's Salome , Amonasro in Verdi's Aida , debut at the Royal Opera in Stockholm , and Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca .

During the season 1998 - 1999 , the St.. Hill Tonio in Pagliacci by Leoncavallo to their repertoire and also sang the Flying Dutchman at the Royal Opera and Scarpia in Göterborgs Opera.

Season 1 999 - 2000 guests, he played at the Royal Opera and Oslo Opera in Carmen as Escamillo. Season 2 000 - 2 001 debuted St. Hill Count Luna in Il trovatore by Verdi at the Gothenburg Opera and participation in His Gefors opera Clara, Sweden premiere at the Royal Opera in May 2001 . After the guest he played at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in Carmen. In December the same year he repeated his portrayal of Escamillo in Ann-Margret Pettersson's production of Carmen at the Stockholm Opera. In 2002 he sang again his interpretation of Lucio in Gefors Clara.

In autumn 2002 , the St.. Hill, a new Verdi role to his repertoire; Ankarstrom in Verdi's original version of the Masked Ball , called the Gustav III. Of particular interest is Anchor's new aria E tu sei which replaced the more familiar Eri tu. St.. Hill sang the first baritone in the world. A live recording available on CD from the Italian label Dynamic, Swedish distributor Sterling.

In the spring of 2003 he participated in Tosca again, this time at the Gothenburg Opera, and later the same year as Jeletski in Tjajkovsikjs Queen of Spades, also in Gothenburg. In spring 2004 , he Iago in Otello to his repertoire at the premiere in April at the Stockholm Opera.

During the season 2,004 - 2005 singing St.. Hill Scarpia in Tosca at the Landes Theater in Linz in Austria . Season 2 005 - 2,006 was paid to include the various concerts and Don Fernando in Gothenburg Opera's production of Beethoven's Fidelio . In the autumn of 2006 he sang Telramund in Klaus Maria Brandauers controversial staging of Wagner's Lohengrin at Cologne Opera. End of season 2006 - 2007 St. interpreted. Hill successfully Klingsor in Gothenburg Opera's new Parsifal . That season, he began to sing Scarpia in Statt's Theater Wiesbaden in their controversial production of Tosca.