Johanna Rudström

Johanna Rudström commenced this season with the role of the Composer in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Swedish Opera, where she currently is engaged as a guest soloist. Johanna will this spring sing Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Beggar Woman in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. The upcoming season of 2023/24 begins with Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, which is followed by the role of Donna Elvira in a new production of Don Giovanni, all at the Royal Swedish Opera.

Johanna Rudström’s previous roles at the Royal Swedish Opera include Angelina in La Cenerentola, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Eve/Young Tristessa in the world premiere of Tristessa, Mercedes in Carmen, Olga in Eugene Onegin, Dimitri in Giordano’s Fedora and Karolka in Jenůfa. She has sung Flosshilde in Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung, and Rossweisse in Die Walküre. Johanna has also appeared as Arsamene in Handel’s Serse, Blumenmädchen in Parsifal and The unknown young woman in contemporary Medea by Swedish composer Daniel Börtz.

In 2017 Johanna Rudström sang the role of Fjodor in Boris Gudonov in concert and recording with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra led by Mo Nagano, at the Gothenburg Concert Hall as well as at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

Johanna Rudström has previously been a guest at the Grand Théâtre de Genève where she appeared in the role of La Styliste in Cherubini’s Médée. She has also participated in the contemporary opera Son of Heaven by Japanese composer Moto Osada at the Vadstena Academy in Sweden.

Johanna Rudström graduated in 2014 from the University College of Opera in Stockholm. She has also studied at the Malmö Academy of Music and The Royal Danish Academy of Music.

January 2023