Johan Ulfsparre is a Swedish countertenor based in London, currently in the final year of his Master of Arts at Royal Academy of Music, where he studies with Marcus Van den Akker and Joseph Middleton.

Johan is a Josephine Baker Trust Artist and a soloist in RAM’s Resounding Shores series where he has worked with renowned conductors such as Eamonn Dougan, Liz Kenny and John Butt. In 2024, he was both a finalist and the winner of the Song Prize in the highly prestigious Richard Lewis Award. He has also been a soloist in the Academy Voices concert series and is a member of the Academy Song Circle.

As part of the Royal Academy’s Vocal Faculty opera scenes, Johan has performed as Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo, Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer night's dream, Arsamene in Handel’s Serse and Refugee in Dove’s Flight. He has also participated in Royal Academy Opera’s productions as a Flower girl in Le Nozze di Figaro and as an extra in the prologue of Ariadne auf Naxos. 

Johan has taken part in Masterclasses with acclaimed artists such as Iestyn Davies, Jennifer Larmore, Camilla Tilling and Jeremy Carpenter. In September 2025 Johan will make his professional debut in a Swedish adaptation of Rossini’s La Cenerentola at Malmö Opera and Norrlandsoperan where he will play the role of Alidoro.  

Before Johan moved to London in 2020 he studied at Vadstena Song and Piano Academy, where he was mentored by Anders Düring. In 2019 he won first prize in the OVIS voice competition. Throughout his studies, he has received generous support through several scholarships from Anders Sandrews Stiftelse, Thora Ohlssons Stiftelse, Andersson i Anderslöv Stiftelse, The Swedish House of Nobility and by Royal Academy of Music.

Johan’s passion for opera began at the age of ten, when he took part of his first opera production in Mozart’s Der Zauberflöte as Knabe 1 at Opera Hedeland in Denmark. He later joined the Malmö Opera’s children’s choir where he participated in several productions as a child soloist in To see the world while the light lasts, Vi gör en opera and Trollguld. He also sang as a chorister in operas such as Carmen, Parsifal and Tusen och en natt.