Johanna Wallroth

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“A singer of remarkable charm”
(Hugo Shirley, Bachtrack)

Swedish soprano Johanna Wallroth has emerged as one of the most captivating voices of her generation, earning international recognition through a series of acclaimed debuts at leading opera houses including Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Equally at home on the concert stage, she has performed at some of Europe’s most important musical landmarks, among them the Berliner Philharmonie, Wiener Musikverein and Philharmonie de Paris.

In the 2026/2027 season Wallroth debuts at Staatsoper unter den Linden as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, conducted by Marc Minkowski, and at Opéra national de Paris makes no less than three role debuts: she sings Servilia in Willy Decker’s classic production of La Clemenza di Tito under Harry Bicket, is Ilia in a new staging of Idomeneo by Wajdi Mouawad, conducted by Antonello Manacorda, and Sophie in Robert Carsen’s new Werther under Nathalie Stuzmann. With the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado, Wallroth debuts as Marzelline in Fidelio, in concert performance at the Festivals of Aldeburgh, Bad Kissingen, Barcelona and Ravello.

Equally recognised for her work on the concert platform, this season Wallroth reprises Knoxville Summer of 1915 under Barbara Hannigan with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France following her acclaimed performances with The Cleveland Orchestra last season, and she has a first collaboration with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, in Berlioz Les Nuits d’été at the Ravinia Festival. With Bach-Choir and Orchestra conducted by Patrick Hahn, Wallroth sings Weihnachtsoratorium at Munich’s Isarphilharmonie, and with Norrköping Symfoniorkester she performs a programme of Mozart and Strauss under Karl-Heinz Steffens. In Mahler, Symphony No. 4, a signature work for Wallroth, she both sings and records with Mahler Academy Bolzano and conductor Philipp von Steinaecker, and is guest soloist on tour with l’orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris at Festival Chaise-Dieu under Daniele Rustioni.

Recent seasons have seen Johanna Wallroth make a succession of striking role debuts including her celebrated first appearance as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte at Verbier Festival, conducted by Gábor Takács-Nagy and broadcast internationally by Medici TV. At Glyndebourne Festival Opera she was a charming Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro in Mariame Clément’s new production conducted by Riccardo Minasi, and Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare in David McVicar’s dynamic staging, conducted by Laurence Cummings. She was praised for her luminous Bellezza in Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, conducted by Gianluca Capuano and in a new staging by Robert Carsen and revealed her lyric qualities as the Governess in The Turn of the Screw at Den Norske Opera under Antonio Méndez. Wallroth also joined Simon McBurney’s acclaimed production of Die Zauberflöte at Theater Basel, and featured in Christian Spück’s ballet collaboration based on Monteverdi’s Madrigals at Opernhaus Zürich under Christoph Koncz. At Wiener Staatsoper, she appeared as Barbarina in Barrie Kosky’s new production of Le Nozze di Figaro, conducted by Philippe Jordan, she debuted at Royal Swedish Opera as Susanna under Music Director Alan Gilbert and as Zerlina in Don Giovanni at Opéra de Normandie Rouen under Ben Glassberg.

A much sought-after concert singer, Wallroth was artist in residence over two seasons with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra where she performed a variety of contrasting programmes including Berg, Sieben frühe Lieder with Daniel Harding, Saariaho, Cinq reflets de l’amour de loin under Dalia Stasevska and the world premiere of Daniel Nelson, I am monster under Daniel Raiskin. Further highlights include Schumann, Faustszenen with Daniel Harding and Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Barber, Knoxville with Sakari Oramo and Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, and Berlioz, Les nuits d’été with Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and Orchestre national de Lyon. She toured extensively in Mahler, Symphony No.4 with Klaus Mäkelä and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, joined Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Daniel Harding, in Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 8 (Mater Gloriosa) and sang Mozart, Requiem with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under Barbara Hannigan. Schumann, Das Paradies und die Peri marked her debut with Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and she sang her first Beethoven, Symphony No.9 with Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Natalia Ponomarchuk.

An acclaimed recitalist, Wallroth performed with pianist Malcolm Martineau at the Schubertiades of Vilabertran and Cantabria, at Tivoli Festival, for the Grandi Voci series at Göteborgs Operan, and at Helsinki Seriös. She has presented programmes at London’s Wigmore Hall with Michael Pandya, at Savonlinna Festival with Kristian Attila, at both Stockholm’s Konserthuset and the historic Birgit Nilsson concert hall in Båstad with Magnus Svensson, and as a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, she recorded numerous programmes of Lieder for ongoing broadcast.

Johanna Wallroth’s artistic journey began at the Royal Swedish Ballet School where she trained as a dancer before moving her focus to voice, going on to graduate from Vienna’s Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (MDW) before joining the Wiener Staatsoper’s prestigious Opernstudio. She gained international attention when she secured first prize at the renowned Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in 2019, was awarded the Birgit Nilsson Scholarship in 2021 and represented Sweden in the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 2023.