Swedish soprano Matilda Sterby commenced the season with the role of Micaëla in Carmen at the Göteborg Opera and is currently singing Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte at the Malmö Opera. Matilda’s upcoming engagements this season include Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes in Gothenburg and La Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro for Volksoper Wien.
Matilda Sterby’s most recent engagements include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni for Malmö Opera, Mimì in Puccini's La Boheme at the Badisches Staatstheater, Magda in La Rondine for Volksoper Wien, and on the concert platform Larsson’s Förklädd Gud/God in Disguise at the Stockholm Concert Hall with the Royal Swedish Philharmonic Orchestra, and Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder with the Stockholm Orchestra Filialen in Stockholm.
Matilda Sterby achieved her definitive breakthrough in Sweden in 2022 with the role of Mařenka in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride for the Göteborg Opera. Matilda has appeared as Micaëla in Carmen and Fünfte Magd in Elektra at the Badisches Staatstheater, La Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro at Hannover Staatsoper and at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Amanda in Lars Johan Werle’s Tintomara for Läckö Castle Opera and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte for the Göteborg Opera (filmed and streamed but not performed to an audience due to Covid-19).
In 2019 Matilda Sterby made her critically acclaimed debut as La Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro at Läckö Castle Opera. Some early engagements include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni for Dala-Floda Opera Festival, Frasquita in Carmen for Östgötamusiken and Emmy Perth in Marschner’s Der Vampyr for Läckö Slott.
In 2022 Naxos released a CD of Matilda singing modern art songs by Swedish contemporary composer Hans Gefors, accompanied by pianist Mårten Landström.
Matilda has appeared in concert in, amongst others, Monteverdi’s Vespers with the Eric Ericsson Chamber Choir at Stockholm Concert Hall, Beethoven's 9th Symphony with VÄGUS and Simon Phipps at Gothenburg Concert Hall.
Matilda Sterby completed her final year of study at University College of Opera in Stockholm in 2019 under the tutelage of American baritone Robert Hyman. Matilda also attended the soloist programme at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and at the Oslo Opera Academy, as a student of prof. Barbro Marklund.
Matilda Sterby was named the 2024 recipient of the Birgit Nilsson Scholarship. She has been awarded numerous scholarships in both Norway and Sweden, including those from the Swedish Wagner Society and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. In 2016, Matilda earned the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra at De Unges Konsert (The Young Artists' Concert), conducted by Kristiina Poska in Grieg Hall, Norway. Additionally, she was honored with the Audience Prize among the featured young soloists.
In 2024, Matilda won the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition and in 2022, she was the First Prize winner of the Hjördis Schymberg Award in Sweden where the Jury’s motivation reads: “For her beautiful lyric soprano voice, her clear musicality and her exciting stage presence, Matilda Sterby wins First Prize."
December 2024
