Malena Ernman

Born in Uppsala and trained in Stockholm, Orléans and then at the Royal Swedish Opera School, Malena Ernman first established herself in the lyric repertoire as a mezzo-soprano, with a focus on baroque, Mozartian and Rossinian opera, while also moving into song, cabaret, jazz and musical theatre. Her career developed at the end of the 1990s in Sweden before extending to several European stages, notably in Stockholm, Brussels, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Aix-en-Provence, Glyndebourne and Salzburg. Malena Ernman has performed roles such as Rosina, Cherubino, Donna Elvira, Carmen, Dido, Sesto, Nerone and Angelina, and has worked with conductors such as William Christie, René Jacobs, Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Daniel Harding. Her discography blends classical recital recordings and more cross-disciplinary projects, among them Cabaret Songs in 2001, My Love in 2003, La Voix du Nord in 2009, Opera di Fiori in 2011, I decembertid in 2013 and Sverige in 2016. Outside the opera circuit, Malena Ernman represented Sweden at Eurovision in 2009 with La Voix, a piece that linked pop writing and classical vocal technique, in continuation of a career marked by moving between several stage formats.