Sara Olsson – Spinto Soprano

Sara Olsson made her debut at the Swedish Royal Opera in 1994 in the title role Cio-Cio-San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and since then she has been employed at the Swedish Royal Opera.

At the Royal Opera, Sara Olsson has done many leading roles over the years

Sara studied at the Royal College of Music and at the University College of Opera in Stockholm. She graduated in 1994.

Sara has retired from the Swedish Royal Opera and lives with her family both in Sweden and on lovely Malta (Gozo).

Leading roles

W.A. Mozart: La Contessa, in Le Nozze di Figaro

W.A. Mozart: Pamina in Die Zauberflöte

W.A. Mozart: Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte

W.A. Mozart: Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni

G. Puccini: Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly

G. Puccini: Mimì in La Boheme

G. Puccini: Manon Lescaut in Manon Lescaut

G. Verdi: Desdemona in Otello

G. Verdi: Leonora in Il Trovatore

G. Verdi: Alice in Falstaff

R. Wagner: Freja in Das Rheingold

R. Wagner: Gutrune in Götterdämmerung

R. Wagner: Helmvige and Ortlinde in Die Walkure

R. Wagner: Venus in Tannhäuser

R. Leoncavallo: Nedda in I Pagliacci

A. Berg: Marie in Wozzeck

B. Smetana: Marenka in Die verkaufte Braut

L. Janáček: Jenufa in Jenufa

J. Strauss: Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus

Nicoli: Frau Fluth in Die lustige Weiber von Windsor

F. Poulenc: Mme Lidoine in Les Dialogues des Carmelites

Minor roles

G. Verdi: Dorothea in Stiffelio

G. Verdi: Dama della Regina in Macbeth

G. Verdi: Flora in La Traviata

G. Rossini: Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia

G. Donizetti: Anna Kennedy in Maria Stuarda

WA. Mozart: 1 and 2 Dame der Köningin in Die Zauberflöte

WA. Mozart: Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro

R. Wagner: Blumenmädchen 2:2 in Parsifal

G. Bizet: Micaela in Carmen

R. Strauss: Marianne Leitmetzerin in Der Rosenkavalier

R. Strauss: 4 and 5 Magd in Elektra

Recordings and videos

Salce, Salce – Desdemona, Otello
Ave Maria – Desdemona, Otello
Un bel di vedremo – Cio Cio San, Butterfly
Piccolo iddio – Cio Cio San, Butterfly
Donde Lieta – Mimi, La Boheme
Rehearsal (piano) Il Trovatore Leonora
Come Scoglio – Fiordiligi, Così Fan Tutte
Ei parte… Per pietà – Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte
In quelle trine morbide – Manon Lescaut, Manon Lescaut
Sola perduta abbandonata – Manon Lescaut, Manon Lescaut
Wiegenlied – Marie, Wozzeck
Bible scene – Marie, Wozzeck
Aria – Jenufa, Jenufa
Aria – Madame Lidoine, Dialouges des Carmelites
F. Poulenc: Mme Lidoine in Les Dialogues des Carmelites
WA. Mozart: Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro
Such fun role to sing, my last performance at the Royal Opera.
WA. Mozart: Marcellina, sestetto in Le nozze di Figaro