Swedish soprano Julia Sporsén is the 2023 recipient of Svenska Dagbladet’s Operapris, which was awarded to her after her success as the title role in Norma at Folkoperan in 2022. She is known for the intensity with which she portrays her characters, and her performances have been described as “fiery” (Opera Magazine), “searing” (The Sunday Times), and “almost unbearably moving” (The Spectator).
Last season, Julia returned to Folkoperan Stockholm to sing the title role in Norma and Judith Bluebeard's Castle. This 23/24 season, she sings the role of Paulina Salas Death and the Maiden at Malmö Opera and sings Verdi Requiem with the Jönköping Sinfonietta, a new work by Maria Lithell Flyg at the Västerås Konserthus, performances with RUSK Chamber Music at Schumann Hall in Finland, and a programme of Rangström, Stenhammar and Sibelius with the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Recent highlights include a return to Scottish Opera as Pat Nixon Nixon in China, Elsalill in Herr Arnes Penningar at Göteborg Opera, Ingeborg in Elfrida Andrés opera Fritiofs saga, and Waltraute in Die Walküre at Gothenburg Opera, and Isolde Tristan and Isolde at the Folkoperan in Stockholm. In 2021/22, she took up the position of Artist in Residence at Kulturhuset Spira in Jönköping.