Sabina Bisholt

Ensemble: Wermland Opera

Freelancer: Kungliga Operan Stockholm, Staatsoper Hamburg, Opera på Skäret, Turku Swedish Theater

Swedish soprano Sabina Bisholt will join the ensemble of Wermland Opera in the 2024/25 season, where she is set to make her role debut as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin. As a guest artist, she has performed Mimì in La Bohème and Micaëla in Carmen at Kungliga Operan (Royal Swedish Opera), and appeared as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at Opera på Skäret. Other notable engagements include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Opera Warberg, Nedda in Pagliacci at Turku Swedish Theater, and Micaëla in Peter Brook’s Carmen at Wermland Opera. She was also scheduled to perform at Staatsoper Hamburg in 2020.

Ms. Bisholt graduated from the University College of Opera in Stockholm in 2016, following earlier studies at Stockholm Operastudio 67 and Lilla Akademien Music Secondary School. During her education, she performed leading roles such as Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Marguerite in Faust, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, and Mimì in La Bohème.

In concert, she has appeared with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under Gianandrea Noseda in Dallapiccola’s Partita, and with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Malin Broman in Schubert’s Mass in G major at Berwaldhallen. She has also performed at Stockholm Concert Hall in works by Mozart and Lars-Erik Larsson, and her oratorio repertoire includes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle.

Ms. Bisholt has an active recording career with dB-Productions. Her debut album, Couples in Love and Music (2020), features music by Amanda Maier-Röntgen, Julius Röntgen, and Ingeborg and Hans von Bronsart. She has also contributed to Laura Netzel – Chamber Portrait (2021) and participated in new recordings with the Gothenburg Opera Orchestra, including orchestral works by Elfrida Andrée and Hugo Alfvén, scheduled for release in 2024 and 2025 respectively.

She is the recipient of numerous scholarships, including the Christina Nilsson Scholarship (2016), a national scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music (2020), and support from the Wettergren Foundation. In 2020, she was also nominated for the Swedish Soloist Prize.