Lina Johnson

"This Norwegian soprano deserves to go far", the British Opera Magazine wrote in 2018. LINA JOHNSON debuted at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen in 2011 and at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in 2012, and she has guest-starred at these opera houses with many leading roles, most recently at the latter in 2019 as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Johnson has starred in main roles at Theatre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Scottish Opera, the Danish National Opera, and NCPA Beijing, with a repertoire embracing Mozart, bel canto, German late Romantic, and contemporary operas. Lina has appeared with the BBC Philharmonic, Manchester, RTÉ Philharmonic, Dublin, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and many more, performing, among others, Bach’s Passions, Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Brahms's Requiem, Orff's Carmina Burana, Gliére's Concert for coloratura soprano and Grieg's Peer Gynt. She has given concerts in Grieghallen and in Grieg's home at Troldhaugen in the context of Bergen International Festival. Johnson's album A Quiet Beauty got her nominated for Opus Classic 'newcomer of the year' award. In 2019, Johnson's album of lieder, Face to Face, with pianist Anne-Marie Lipsonen received fine reviews in the press. They won second place in the Kokkola Nordic Lied Competition in 2007, and both received the Sonning Music Prize in Denmark in 2008. Artis photos: Tonje Eliasson & Christina Birch