Cecilia Hjortsberg – lyric soprano

The young Swedish soprano Cecilia Hjortsberg studied at the Opera Studio of the Gothenburg Opera as well as the Royal Music Academy of Stockholm, and privately with acclaimed baritone Håkan Hagegård.

While still completing her training, Cecilia Hjortsberg was already active as a soloist on operatic stages, and performed roles such as Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, Gilda in Rigoletto and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte~. Further engagements with regional Swedish opera companies such as Opera of Skåne, where she sang the Mozart roles Fiordiligi and Donna Anna, the Malmö Lyrical Ensemble, where she portrayed the female heroine Isis in Johann Gottlieb Naumann’s rarity Osiris, and Opera i Provinsen, where she interpreted Giorgetta in Puccini’s Il Tabarro and Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello. After moving to Denmark, she became an ensemble member of the Royal Danish Opera, and sang roles such as the Wood Sprite in Rusalka, Voce dal Cielo in Don Carlos and the Servant of the Empress in Richard Strauss’ Frau ohne Schatten.

In the 2011-12 season she is reprising Desdemona with Opera i Provinsen, a role she will be singing in the renowned Aarhus Opera Festival as well. In the spring she will make her debut as Violetta with Operakompagniet in Copenhagen, and in the summer she will be singing Micaela with the Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen in Austria.

Numerous concerts and regional tours through Scandinavia complement the artistic endeavors of the young soprano.