Tenor Erik Johanson​ has performed in concert, opera, and recital throughout the United States, in central Europe, and in Singapore. He was first-prize winner in the 1991 ​McMahon International Competition for Singers​ in Oklahoma and also twice winner of the ​Friedrich Schorr Prize​ in Adrian, Michigan.

Operatic roles have included the tenor leads in ​Faust, Tales of Hoffman, ​Rossini’s Cinderella, Die Fledermaus, The Magic Flute, La Bohème, La Traviata, ​and​ The Mikado​, many comprimario roles, as well as numerous appearances in oratorios and cantatas, ranging from Schütz's ​Christmas Oratorio​ to Verdi's ​Requiem​.

Across the United States, Mr. Johanson played the role of King Kaspar in Menotti's Christmas opera ​Amahl and the Night Visitors​, often with original cast member, David Aiken.
Of Mr. Johanson’s portrayal of the Prince in Rossini’s ​Cinderella​, the Singapore ​Straits Times​ wrote: “But it was ​Erik Johanson​ as the Prince, Don Ramiro, who held it all together. He is a young American singer: There can have been few international debuts as successful as this.”

Of his 1995 Rodolfo in ​La Bohème​ with Dorian Opera Theatre of Decorah, Iowa, the critic for the Rochester (Minn.) Post Bulletin said: "[​Johanson​] sang with a strong, clear voice that soared through the highest phrases."
Mr. Johanson has been a featured artist with the ​Toledo Symphony​, including as the Evangelist in Bach's ​St. Matthew Passion​. He has also been a regular oratorio and operatic soloist with the​ ​Lakeside Summer Symphony​ in Ohio.

He is associate professor of voice at the ​University of Toledo Department of Music​, husband to violinist/social activist Cecilia Johnson, with whom he frequently concertizes, and doting father of the wise Linnea, now completing a Master’s Degree in Museum Studies at the University of Washington.