Johanna Wallroth

“Sparkling Swedish soprano” Johanna Wallroth was thrust into the limelight last year when she took First Prize in the prestigious Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition with her ​“immediately engaging, intelligent and detailed performance” (Bachtrack). Wallroth has subsequently joined the Opernstudio of Wiener Staatsoper from the 2020/21 season, where her roles include Giannetta in L’Elisir d’Amore, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Voice from Heaven in Don Carlos and Blondchen in a children’s version of Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail. Originally trained at the Royal Swedish Ballet School, Wallroth shifted her principle focus to voice, going on to graduate from Vienna’s Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (MDW). She made her operatic debut in 2013, as Barbarina (Le Nozze di Fig