Mezzo-soprano Mathilda Bryngelsson was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden. Growing up, she played the flute, but in her early 20s, she turned her efforts toward singing opera.
Mathilda received her bachelor's degree in Opera Performance from the University College of Opera in Stockholm in 2019. The same year she appeared as Medoro in a new adaptation of Händel’s Orlando with Stockholm Royal Opera/Young at the Opera at Confidencen in Stockholm.
In 2025 Mathilda performed the role of Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) at Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, returned to Malmö Opera in the role of Herodias’ Page (Salome), and did a short appearence as Annina (La Traviata) with Copenhagen Philharminic Orchestra during Copenhagen Opera Festival.
During the years after graduating, Mathilda debuted the roles of Dido (Dido & Aeneas) at Opera på Österbybruk, Una Converse (Suor Angelica) at Copenhagen Opera Festival, Fekluša (Káťa Kabanová) at Bergen National Opera and Clotilde in Opera på Skäret’s production of Norma.
Between 2020 and 2022, Mathilda was a young artist at the opera studio Malmö Opera Academy. During this time, she could be seen as La Suora Zelatrice (Suor Angelica) on Malmö Opera’s main stage, while also performing multiple roles in Malmö Opera’s Swedish tour productions Det går an and Det stora oväsendet. In December 2021 she also visited Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg to sing the role of Mutter (Hänsel und Gretel).
Apart from the operatic repertoire, Mathilda has an extensive experience as an oratorio soloist, having performed a majority of the standard repertoire, throughout the south of Sweden.
Mathilda has been the recipient of many notable scholarships and awards. A selection of these includes The Swedish Royal Academy of Music’s national scholarships at five occasions between 2019-2024, the first prize in the singing competition OVIS-Rösten 2021, the highly prestigious Giresta Scholarship from Anders Wall’s Foundation 2022, and the 3rd prize in the Willhelm Stenhammar International Singing Competition 2024.
