John Hansen as Papageno and Aneta Augustyn in rehearsal for Magic Flute. Photo by Liz Welker.

John Hansen has worked as a bass/baritone in opera, operetta and musical theater. He has sung for Utah Festival Opera Company, Dallas Opera, Nevada Opera, Opera Idaho and El Paso Opera as well as many other companies. His roles have included Dulcamara in L’elisir D’Amore, Figaro in Le Nozzi di Figaro, Frank Falke and Frosch in Die Fledermause and Don Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. His roles in Operetta include Pooh Bah and the Mikado from The Mikado, Captain Corcoran, Dick Deadeye and Sir Joseph in H.M.S. Pinafore, Bunthorne and Col. Caverly from Patience, the Pirate King, the Major General, the Sergeant and Sam from Pirates of Penzance and other roles in Ruddigore, Trial by Jury, Yoeman of the Guard and Iolanthe.

He has worked as a faculty member at Brigham Young University Idaho where he taught private and group voice, Pedagogy and opera workshop.

He has worked as a stage director directing shows at Idaho Falls Opera, Riverside Lyric Opera Intimate Opera and Opera West. He studied voice with Paul Kiesgen, George Massey and Giorgio Tozzi and received his Bachlors and Master in Music from Oklahoma City University. He spent 3 years working with John Reed of the D’oyly Carte Opera Company. He has been married 27 years to JoAnn Hansen and has 6 children and two grandchildren.