Matilda Paulsson

The Swedish mezzo-soprano Matilda Paulsson has begun this season with the role of the Mother on the world premiere of the opera Mythomania by Paula af Malmborg-Ward, commissioned by the Göteborg Opera. The previous season Matilda appeared in the world premiere of Sven-David Sandström's last opera Livets Bok - The Book of Life with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and she appeared in the role of Faust in the Malmö Opera production Marguerite.

Matilda Paulsson has the recent seasons appeared as Eboli in Don Carlo at Folkoperan in Stockholm and at Opera på Skäret, she has sung the role of Grimgerde in Die Walküre at the Royal Danish Opera and at the Malmö Opera she has sung Meg Page in Falstaff and Mallika in Lakmé. Matilda has been a guest at the Göteborg Opera as The Composer and Dryad in Ariadne auf Naxos and Siegrune (as well as covering for Fricka) in Die Walküre, and she has sung Paquette in Bernstein’s Candide Royal Swedish Opera.

Matilda has previously appeared as Gold-Spur, the Fox in Janácek’s The cunning little vixen at the Norrland Opera in Sweden and she has sung the Librettist in the contemporary The Rococo Machine at the Drottningholm Court Theatre. At the Göteborg Opera Matilda has sung Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Die Vertraute and Dritte Magd in Elektra. Matilda has sung Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at the Wermland Opera, Alcina in Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso in Bremen and Meg Page in Falstaff with the Läckö Castle Opera.

At the Royal Swedish Opera, Matilda has appeared as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, Arsamene in Serse, Cherubino and in the title role of Carmen, a role she also has performed at the Finnish National Opera and at Opera på Skäret. She has sung the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos (Robert Carsen’s production) and Fenena in Nabucco at the Royal Danish Theatre. At the Drottningholm Court Theatre Matilda has appeared as Amastre in Serse and Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea. She has sung Erica in the Scandinavian premiere of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa at the Malmö Opera and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at Teater Hedeland, Denmark. She has been engaged at Staatsoper Hannover, Theater Kiel, Den Ny Opera (Denmark) and the Finnish National Opera. Her roles at Folkoperan, Stockholm, have included Mary in Der fliegende Holländer and Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte.

On the concert platform Matilda Paulsson has worked with conductors such as Sir Charles Mackerras, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Harding, Arnold Östman, Alan Buribayev and others in venues like the Royal Albert Hall, St Paul’s Cathedral, St Martin in the Fields, St John’s Smith Square, the Berwald Hall, Gothenburg Concert Hall and the Suginami Kokodai Recital Hall in Tokyo. She has appeared with Solti's World Orchestra for Peace at The Solti Centennial Concert in New York's Carnegie Hall and Chicago Symphony Hall. She has also sung Grimgerde in concert performances of Die Walküre with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Harding.

Matilda Paulsson studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the University College of Opera in Stockholm. She has been granted numerous scholarships and awards such as the Louisa Banerjei Prize for Singing, the Paton Award, N&E Scholarship and scholarships from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

Matilda Paulsson released her first solo CD, Junge Liebe (Caprice) in 2009, where she performs a selection of lieder accompanied by Bengt-Åke Lundin. Their second CD, Der Ton (Sterling), includes songs by Joseph Marx.

October 2023