Camilla Nylund

Camilla Nylund, born in Vaasa (Finland), first studied with Eva Illes, later in the opera and song class at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. After permanent engagements in Hanover and at the Semperoper Dresden, Camilla Nylund is now one of the internationally most sought-after singers in her field and is a regular guest at all major opera houses - at the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Metropolitan Opera New York, La Scala di Milano, the Paris Bastille, the Berlin and Hamburg State Operas, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, at the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals, in Barcelona, Valencia, Zurich, Helsinki, Cologne, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Tokyo, San Francisco. The artist's repertoire includes all major parts of the classic-romantic repertoire. Especially with her interpretation of Richard Wagner - Elisabeth, Elsa, Sieglinde, Senta, Isolde, Brünnhilde- and Richard Strauss - Marschallin, Arabella, Gräfin (Capriccio), Chrysothemis, Kaiserin (Frau ohne Schatten), Ariadne, Salome - Camilla Nylund is always anew setting artistic standards. For many years Camilla Nylund has been giving distinction to the Bayreuth Festival. In 2011 the artist made her debut on the "Green Hill" as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser. In the following years she appeared as Sieglinde (Walküre), Eva (Meistersinger), as well as in the role of Elsa (Lohengrin), in which she could also be heard at the Bayreuth Festival 2022. In 2017 Camilla Nylund added an exciting new part to her repertoire: Marie in Wozzeck (Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf). 2021 saw her first Jenufa (Berlin State Opera). In January 2022 she celebrated an acclaimed debut at the Frankfurt Opera in the part of Eine Frau in Arnold Schönberg's monodrama Erwartung. The highlights of the 2021/22 season were her debuts as Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) and Brünnhilde (Walküre) at Zurich Opera. The debuts of the Siegfried and Götterdämmerung Brünnhilde will follow in the following seasons. Camilla Nylund also pays a particular attention to the genre of the recital. To honour Camilla Nylund's long and successful artistic relationship with the Vienna State Opera, the artist was awarded the title of Austrian Kammersängerin (2019). The Semperoper Dresden has also appointed Camilla Nylund as Saxon Kammersängerin. Camilla Nylund is even recipient of other important awards.