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Christina
Nilsson

Soprano
Sweden

Christina Nilsson was born in Ystad in Southern Sweden and moved to Stockholm, where she began her studies at the Lilla Akademien Musikgymnasium. She then entered the University College of Opera in Stockholm, where she completed her Master’s in 2017.

Christina made her role debut as Aida at The Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm this past winter and has been a guest at the Opéra de Lyon, where she appeared as Die Aufseherin in Elektra. She has re cently performed in concerts with the Royal Stock holm Philharmonic Orchestra at the Stockholm Con cert Hall. She has also been a guest of Opéra national de Lorraine in Nancy, where she performed Strauss’s Four Last Songs.

Christina was awarded the First Prize at the Renata Tebaldi International Voice Competition in 2017 and the First Prize and Audience Prize at the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Competition in 2016.

Last modified: 2018

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