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Johanna Nylund is a full-lyric Finnish praised for her radiant high notes (Opernwelt) and expressiveness on stage (Das Opernglas). This summer she makes her debut as La Contessa di Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, where she previously sang Donna Anna in Don Giovanni.

Season 2026-2027 starts with her debut in the iconic role of Mimì in Puccini’s La Bohème, in Landestheater Detmold. Other debuts to follow are Die Kurfürstin in Der Vogelhändler (Zeller), and Clémence in L’amour de Loin (Kaija Saariaho). She will also continue singing Violetta Valéry in La Traviata in the praised revival production of the previous season in Landestheater Detmold..

Le Nozze di Figaro / Savonlinna Opera Festival 2026. Photographer: Toni Härkänen

Johanna has made several role debuts at the Finnish National Opera including Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Mozart), Liisa in Pohjalaisia (Madetoja) and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. Her other roles include The Vixen in The Cunning little vixen (Janáček), Avis in The Wreckers (Smyth), Liu in Turandot, as well as Mary Lloyd in Die Herzogin von Chicago. See full list of repertoire and a collection of reviews.

Johanna 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 and Odense Symphony Orchestra. She has been a guest at several festivals, including Opera Hedeland, Copenhagen Opera Festival and Rued Langgaard festival in Ribe, where she was Artist-in-Residence in September 2023.

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

Photo by Marita Räsänen.

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.

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