Elisabet Strid | Soprano
Artist in Residence 2025 – 2027
Elisabet Strid is one of Sweden's foremost dramatic sopranos and an internationally recognised interpreter of roles by Wagner and Strauss. She has performed at leading opera houses such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bolshoi in Moscow, Teatro Real in Madrid and the Royal Opera in Stockholm.
In 2024, she made her debut as Senta in The Flying Dutchman at the ROH London, and in 2025–2027 she will sing Brünnhilde in a new production of The Ring of the Nibelung conducted by Antonio Pappano. She will also sing Isolde in Tristan und Isolde in Copenhagen, Geneva and Luxembourg, and make her debut as Tosca in Helsinki.
Other roles include Salome, Elektra (Chrysothemis), Eva, Elisabeth, Sieglinde, Freia, Rusalka, and Minnie. She has also sung at festivals such as Bayreuth, Ravello, and the Wagner Days in Budapest.
Strid is also a sought-after concert soloist with a broad concert repertoire and has collaborated with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Kirill Petrenko, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Antonio Pappano.
She was awarded Litteris et Artibus by His Majesty the King of Sweden in 2024 for outstanding contributions to Swedish musical life, and was named Singer of the Year in Opernwelt's Jahrbuch 2020 for her Sieglinde in Gothenburg.
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Elisabet Strid's first visit as Artist in Residence took place on September 25–26, 2025, and consisted of two intensive days filled with discussions and masterclasses for all vocal students at the Malmö Academy of Music.
With support from the Sten K Johnson Foundation
Malmö Academy of Music has been granted SEK 300,000 in support from the Sten K Johnson Foundation to implement a two-year Artist in Residence initiative. The project will run from autumn 2025 to summer 2027 and aims to strengthen the school's profile and offer students unique opportunities for artistic development.
The initiative is an important part of the school's renewal work and stands out as a unique venture in Swedish higher music education. We are therefore very grateful for the support from the Sten K Johnson Foundation, which is making this valuable project possible.