Malin Christensson

Introduction

Born in Sweden, soprano Malin Christensson studied at the Royal College of Music. 

Her engagements in the 2012/13 season include Zerlina Don Giovanni for the Houston Grand Opera and at the Helsinki Festival; Susanna in staged performances of Le nozze di Figaro with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel;  Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester and Pinnock, the Matthäus-Passion with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Nézet-Séguin and Beethoven's Symphony no. 9 with the Swedish Radio Orchestra and Blomstedt.

She has sung Barbarina Le nozze di Figaro at the Salzburg Festival and Susanna at the Aix-en-Provence Festival and in Santiago di Chile; Sophie Werther at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden; Miss Wordsworth Albert Herring at the Glyndebourne Festival; Flower Maiden Parsifal at Covent Garden; Drusilla L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Drottningholms Slottsteater and Papagena Die Zauberflöte at the Théâtre du Châtalet, in Montpellier and at the Vienna Festival.

She has also appeared at the BBC Proms and at the Lucerne and Daytona Festivals and her recent highlights have included the London Symphony Orchestra with Harding; the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Bělohlávek; the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Jacobs, Labadie and Leonhardt; the Gävle Symfoni Orkester with Søndergård; the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Denève and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Ticciati.

In recital she works regularly with Simon Lepper, Malcolm Martineau and Roger Vignoles and her appearances include London’s Wigmore Hall, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg and the Innsbruck, Cheltenham, Bath Mozart and Oxford Lieder Festivals.

Please contact Keiron Cooke for an up-to-date biography.

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Repertoire

BACH
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! (Cantata No. 51)
Mass in B Minor
Masses (BWV 233, BWV 234, BWV 236)
Christmas Oratorio
St John Passion
St Matthew Passion

BEETHOVEN
Symphony no. 9 

BERG
Sieben frühe Lieder

BRAHMS
Ein Deutsches Requiem   

BRITTEN
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Tytania
Albert Herring - Miss Wordsworth
Peter Grimes - First Niece
The Rape of Lucretia - Lucia

GRIEG
Peer Gynt

HANDEL
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Messiah
Saul - Micael
Solomon - Solomon's Queen / First Harlot

HAYDN
The Creation
Salve Regina
Stabat Mater

HUMPERDINCK
Hansel und Gretel - Gretel

JANACEK
The Cunning Little Vixen - Fox

MAHLER
Symphony no. 4 

MASSENET
Werther - Sophie

MENDELSSOHN
Ave Maris Stella

MONTEVERDI
L'incoronazione di Poppea - Drusilla

MOZART
La clemenza di Tito - Servillia
Don Giovanni - Zerlina
Die Entfürung aus dem Serail - Blonde
Le nozze di Figaro - Susanna
Die Zauberflote - Pamina
Exsultate Jubilate
Laudate Dominum
Mass in C Minor (Soprano 1)
Requiem

ORFF
Carmina Burana

PURCELL
Dido & Aeneas - Belinda

SCHUBERT
Mass A flat major (D 678)
Salve Regina (D 676)
Totus in corde langueo

SCHUMANN
Missa Sacra
Das Paradies und di Peri - Jungrfau

VERDI
Falstaff - Nanetta

WAGNER
Parsifal - Flower Maiden

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Schedule

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

Programme

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro 

Christopher Maltman, Count Almaviva
Dorothea Röschmann, Countess Almaviva
Malin Christensson, Susanna
Ann Murray, Marcellina

Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel

Christopher Alden, director
Jean Nouvel, architect
Azzedine Alaïa, designer

Gewandhaus, Leipzig

Programme

Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium 


Malin Christensson (soprano)
Christine Rice (mezzo)
Daniel Johannsen (tenor) 
Johannes Weisser (baritone)

Gewandhausorchester / Trevor Pinnock


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Press

Mozart

Le nozze di Figaro

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Dudamel

Malin Christensson's Susanna was unusually fragile, a little hot-house even. Her voice is small but attractive. She operated slightly and intriguingly under the radar. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2013
Malin Christensson is a winsome Susanna, equal parts sugar and spice.  Jim Farber, Long Beach Press Telegram, 21 May 2013

Mozart

Don Giovanni

Houston Grand Opera

Swedish soprano Malin Christensson has more than enough zest and vocal sheen to compensate for a less than roaring sound. She a lively flirt, and her small but shimmering voice cuts through the orchestra. She's most becoming and sprightly.  D.L. Groover, Houston Press, 28 January 2013

Malin Christensson's small but beautiful voice added to Zerlina's vulnerability.

Marcus Karl Maroney, ConcertoNet, 25 January 2013

Mahler

Symphony no. 4

Nürnberger Symphoniker/Shelley

Der leichtgängige, ausdruckreiche Sopran der Schwedischen Solistin Malin Christensson lädt die wechselhafte, stets vom Kippen ins Dunkle und Unheimliche bedrohte Stimmung dieser Nachtstücke auf mit subtiler Dramatik. Anja Barckhausen, Nürnberger Nachrichten, 23 October 2012

Mozart

Le nozze di Figaro

Salzburger Festspiele

Malin Christensson macht ihre wenigen Auftritte als Barbarina zu kleinen szenischen und zuletzt auch wohlig warmtönenden vokalen Vignetten. Wilhelm Sinkovicz, Die Presse, 28 July 2011

Mozart

Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Malin Christensson was the sparky Blonde. Tim Ashley, The Guardian, 26 November 2010
Malin Christensson’s Blonde is feisty and spirited, cleverly using a flirtatious delivery to actually assert the independence of modern English women. Sam Smith, Music OMH, 27 November 2010
Christensson gave a neat and sweetly sung reading of Mozart’s fiesty maidservant, investing her passionate opinions with all the expression one could hope for. Alexandra Coghlan, The Arts Desk, 25 November 2010

Mozart

Don Giovanni

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Ticciati

Malin Christensson made a heartbreaking, beguiling Zerlina. Lynne Walker, The Independent, 13 October 2010
Malin Christensson's Zerlina was a charmer. Kate Molleson, The Guardian, 11 October 2010
Malin Christensson and David Soar were a charming peasant couple. Simon Thompson, Scene and Heard, 18 October 2010
...the infectious delicacy of Malin Christensson's Zerlina gave lustre to Mozart's kaleidoscopic masterpiece. Kenneth Walton, The Scotsman, 10 October 2010
Sizzling performances from the strong cast, notably....the three women, Elvira, played by Kate Royal, Susan Gritton’s Anna, and Malin Christensson’s Zerlina, fabulous voices, each extraordinarily focused. Michael Tumelty, Glasgow Herald, 11 October 2010

Orff

Carmina Burana

London Symphony Orchestra/Harding

The finale built from a soaring solo from Christensson, moving into the bell-like pealing of the orchestra and chorus as the great wheel turned back to the beginning, and the familiar theme of 'O Fortuna' brought it to a crashing climax. Jennifer Greenhill-Taylor, News Journal, 03 May 2009
Christensson surprised the audience with some pyrotechnical passages in the penultimate sections of 'Carmina Burana'. Scott Warfield, Orlando Sentinel, 04 May 2009

Britten

Albert Herring

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Then there's the head teacher at the church school, Miss Wordsworth, sung by the excellent Malin Christensson. Edward Seckerson, The Independent, 20 June 2008
Malin Christensson scores a hit as Miss Wordsworth. Andrew Clark, Financial Times, 19 June 2008
Malin Christensson was a fluttering Miss Wordsworth. Michael Kennedy, Opera Magazine, August 2008