Swedish soprano Christina Nilsson began season 2022/23 with the role of Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. On New Year’s Eve, Christina makes her role- and house debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus. The spring will include another role debut; Tosca in Stockholm, which will be followed by performances of Aida at Deutsche Oper in Berlin.
The previous season Christina appeared in two roles at the Royal Swedish Opera, Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro and the title role in Aida. In the summer of 2021 Christina was a guest at the Tiroler Festspiele in Austria where she sang the role of Elsa von Brabant in Lohengrin. The season before included Aida in a concert version at Deutsche Oper and Christina also appeared in the star-studded Gala Concert “Bolshoi and Plácido Domingo: Life in Opera” at the Bolshoi Theatre.
In the season of 2017/18 Christina got her breakthrough with her role debut as Aida at The Royal Swedish Opera. Christina appeared in concerts with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, and she was a guest at the Opéra national de Lorraine in Nancy where she sang Strauss Vier letzte Lieder.
The following season Christina performed her first Ariadne at Oper Frankfurt, and at Opéra de Lausanne, as well as a guest appearance as Aida at the Irish National Opera. Christina Nilsson participated in the 2019 Operalia competition, where she was awarded third prize.
The season of 2019/20 Christina added two new roles to her repertoire; Elsa in Lohengrin which she performed at Theater Dortmund and Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Swedish Opera. Christina has previously been a guest at the Opéra de Lyon.
In 2017 Christina Nilsson was awarded the First prize in the Renata Tebaldi International Voice Competition, and she received the First prize as well as the Audience's prize of the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Competition in 2016. Christina received the Birgit Nilsson Scholarship of 2015.
