Johan Reuter Birtwistle's opera The Minotaur. Johan Reuter Johan Reuter (born 1969) is a Danish baritone and opera singer. Reuter was born in Copenhagen. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and at the Royal Danish Opera Academy. He has been a member of the ensemble at the Royal Danish Opera since 1996. His principal appearances at the Royal Danish Opera are the Mozart roles Leporello and Don Giovanni in "Don Giovanni", Figaro in "Le nozze di Figaro", Papageno in "Die Zauberflöte" and Guglielmo in "Così fan tutte", the Verdi roles Posa in "Don Carlo" and the title roles in
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