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Johanna Nylund is a full-lyric Finnish soprano praised for her radiant high notes and expressiveness of singing. Season 2025-2026 starts with her debut in the iconic role of Violetta Valéry in Verdi’s La Traviata, in her current home theatre, Landestheater Detmold. It is followed by two other role debuts: The Vixen in The Cunning little vixen (Janáček) and Avis in The Wreckers (Smyth). In addition she will continue singing Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, as well as Mary Lloyd in Die Herzogin von Chicago.

Johanna has made several role debuts at the Finnish National Opera including Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Mozart), Liisa in Pohjalaisia (Madetoja) and Adele in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss II).

She also made her debut at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in 2024 as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, and Anna in Verdi’s Nabucco. She will return this summer and make her debut as Contessa in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. She has been a guest at several other festivals, including Opera Hedeland and Copenhagen Opera Festival, with roles such as Liù in Turandot (Puccini), Clorinda in La Cenerentola (Rossini) and Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi).

Photo by Marita Räsänen.

Johanna sings a wide range of concert repertoire. She has been a soloist with different orchestras, including the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Århus Symphony Orchestra, Sønderjylland’s Symphony Orchestra, Mikkeli City Orchestra, Pori Sinfonietta, Odense Symphony Orchestra and Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra. She was Artist-in-Residence at the Rued Langgaard festival in Ribe in September 2023.

Her concert repertoire includes for example Luonnotar by Sibelius, Fauré’s Requiem, Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor (soprano 1), Kaija Saariaho’s Leino Songs and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem.

Johanna was the recipient of the prestigious Barbro Salén scholarship 2022 in Stockholm, and a Léonie Sonning talent prize recipient in Copenhagen in 2022. She received a Pro Musica stipend 2023 in Finland and a scholarship from Elisabeth Dons’ Mindelegat in Denmark in 2024.

To learn more, read her full biography, and a collection of reviews.

See calendar for upcoming events & multimedia page for pictures and videos.

Mary Lloyd in Die Herzogin von Chicago, Landestheater Detmold. Photos by Ferdinand Albert.