Camilla Nylund

Camilla Nylund Soprano

Biography

Born in Vaasa, Finland, Camilla Nylund began her vocal studies with Eva Illes before joining the opera and vocal studies programme at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. After becoming a member of the ensemble at the Staatsoper Hannover and later at the Semperoper Dresden, she went on to perform on the world’s leading opera stages.

Her repertoire includes Senta (The Flying Dutchman), Elisabeth (Tannhäuser), Sieglinde and Brünnhilde (Die Walküre), Elsa (Lohengrin), Isolde (Tristan und Isolde), the Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier), Chrysothemis (Elektra), Marie (Wozzeck), as well as the title roles in Salome, Arabella, Jenůfa, Rusalka, Tosca and Turandot. Her repertoire also includes Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), Katerina (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk), Elisabetta (Don Carlo) and Desdemona (Otello).

She regularly performs in concert at major international venues. During the 2026–2027 season, her engagements include Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) in Zurich, Marietta (Die tote Stadt) in Dresden, Isolde in Berlin, Senta in Vienna, the title role in Turandot in Berlin, Maddalena (Andrea Chénier) in Savonlinna, and Brünnhilde (The Ring Cycle) in concert at the Philharmonie de Paris and Carnegie Hall in New York.

At the Paris Opera: Salome (title role), 2009; Rusalka (title role), 2019; Elektra (Chrysothemis), 2022.

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