Ylva Kihlberg, Soprano
Biography
The Soprano Ylva Kihlberg is born and educated in Stockholm, Sweden, where she 1997-98 was engaged at the Royal Opera and besides her opera-education; she has a very versatile background as economist, ballet-dancer and rock-singer.
Since the year 2000 she has been a company principal at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen, Denmark and made her debut as Mimi in Puccini’s LA BOHEME. “She touches something deep, because she is so un-artificial, so straight forward and apparently sincere”, one of the critics said at this occasion. Since then it has particularly been with heavier and more dramatically loaded soprano-roles she has achieved the status as one of these years’ most exciting, younger singers in Denmark.
At the Royal Opera, Copenhagen she sung parts such as: Donna Elvira DON GIOVANNI, The Countess LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Michaela CARMEN, Fiordiligi COSI FAN TUTTE, Vitella LA CLEMENZA DI TITO, Poppea L´INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA, Liza PIQUE DAME, as well as Wellgunde, Gerhilde and Gutrune in Wagners’ RING DES NIBELUNGEN.
Outside the Royal Opera, Copenhagen she has been singing parts such as: Ingeborg in Heise’s KING AND MARSHALL and Alice FALSTAFF at the Danish National Opera, Donna Elvira at the opera-houses in Stockholm and Malmö, and Rheintochter and Walküre in Göteborg conducted by Kent Nagano. She made her US-debut in 2006/07 in the title-role of Schumann´s GENOVEVA, with great success.
In the season 2008/09 she has sung her first Marie in WOZZECK, and in the next couple of years, new roles for Ms. Kihlberg are Tatjana in EUGEN ONEGIN and Cho-Cho-San in MADAMA BUTTERFLY. Furthermore Poul Ruders (A Handmades Tale) has written an opera, based on Lars fon Triers DANCER IN THE DARK, for her, wich will open in the season 2010-11.
In the summer of 2010 Ylva Kilhlberg will be in Montepulciano singing Lady Billows in ALBERT HERRING, directed by Keith Warner.
Ms. Kihlberg is also a frequent recitalist and soloist on the concert-stage, covering a repertoire from Handel’s MESSIAH to Berg’s SIEBEN FRÜHE LIEDER. Recent performances includes: Concert-arias by Mozart with the Danish Radio Sinfonietta conducted by Adam Fischer, THE BELLS by Rachmaninov and the soprano part in Dvorak’s REQUIEM.
She has recieved numerous awards and scholarships.
Copenhagen Artists represents Ylva Kihlberg world wide.