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Nylund, Johanna - Soprano

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Biography

Johanna Nylund is a Finnish soprano on the rise. Season 2023-2024 brought two role debuts in her home country: Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (W.A. Mozart) and Adele in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss II) at the Finnish National Opera, where she previously sang Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. She will also make her debut with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Bent Sørensen's Saint Matthew Passion in its Danish premiere at the DR concert hall.
 
Her other opera roles include Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Clorinda in Rossini's Cenerentola, Nella in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and Lìu in Puccini’s Turandot. She has been a guest with Opera BOX, Opera Hedeland and Copenhagen Operafestival among others.
 
Nylund has been a soloist with different symphony and chamber orchestras, such as Århus Symphony Orchestra, Mikkeli City Orchestra, Pori Sinfonietta and Odense Symphony Orchestra. She has worked with many great conductors, including Thomas Søndergård, Eva Ollikainen, Marc Soustrot, Jean Thorel, and Robert Reimer.
 
Her repertoire includes Fauré's Requiem, Mozart's Great Mass in C minor, Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem, Kaija Saariaho's Leino songs and Sibelius’ Lunnotar.
 
Nylund graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen (Master degree and Soloist class degree) and from The Stockholm University of the Arts (previously Operahögskolan) in 2022. She also has a bachelor’s degree from the Savonia University of Applied Sciences in Finland.
 
Nylund has gained recognition in the Nordics in recent years. She received a Pro Musica Scholarship 2023 in Finland, and was awarded a special prize in Lappeenranta Singing Competition in 2023. She was the recipient of the Barbro Salén scholarship 2022 at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, and received a Léonie Sonning talent prize in Copenhagen in the same spring. In addition, she won the 3rd prize at the international Copenhagen Lied-Duo Competition 2019 together with pianist Johannes Stenberg Brooks, and a 3rd prize in Kangasniemi singing competition in 2019.
 
Nylund used to play the violin and sing in a heavy metal band before getting invested in opera and other classical singing.