Jan Kyhle

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Jan Kyhle (born Jan Ingemar Kyhle on 25 August 1961) is a Swedish opera and musical singer. He is a tenor, although until 1991 he was a baritone.

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Opera career

As a student Jan Kyhle attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. He began his singing career in the bands Lustans Lakejer and Reeperbahn in the early 1980s and then applied to the University College of Opera, Stockholm (Operahögskolan). In 1991 he had his breakthrough when he sang the role of Siegmund in The Valkyrie at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. Some of his other roles in opera are:

Musicals

He has also sung roles in musicals, including:

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