Real name: Mats Ragnar Persson

Swedish operatic baritone employed at GöteborgsOperan, born on October 12, 1955 in Borg, Norrköping, Östergötland.

Mats Persson is a part of the Göteborg Opera soloist ensemble and has performed a series of major roles in the field of classic/romantic and contemporary music drama such as the title roles in Macbeth and Rigoletto, and as Donner in 'Das Rheingold' (The Rhinegold), Tonio in Pagliacci, Ruggiero in La Juive, Orestes in Electra, Escamillo in Carmen, Sharpless in 'Madama Butterfly' (Madame Butterfly), Fritz Kothner in 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg' (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Mr Redburn in Billy Budd, Don Alfonso in Lucrezia Borgia, Joachannan in Salome, Lorentzo in 'I Capuleti e i Montecchi' (The Capulets and the Montagues).