Mikael Samuelson

Mikael Gustaf Lennart Samuelson (born 9 March 1951) is a Swedish baritone opera singer, actor, and composer. Samuelson, born in Njutånger in Hälsingland, central Sweden, is the son of the musician and music arranger . Mikael Samuelson has been considered one of the greatest Swedish musical performers and composers, especially for his versions of the songs of Evert Taube and Fred Åkerström. Career Samuelson studied singing, conducting, and violin at Musikhögskolan in the 1970s, and he is a well-known face in the Swedish musical and theatre industry. During his youth, he performed at Norrlandsoperan and sang the parts of Papageno in The Magic Flute and the title role in The Marriage of Figaro, among others, with outstanding results. In the 1980s, he moved to the Royal Swedish Opera and in Stockholm, singing the parts of Escamillo in Carmen and Tevje in Fiddler on the Roof.