Lydia Bryngelsson

Lydia Bryngelsson (f.Moellenhoff) Lydia was born in New Brunswick, NJ in the USA and grew up in Germany from age six. She studied voice at the conservatory in Leipzig (HMT) and at the University of Stavanger (UIS). In 2010 she was discovered by Anne Gjevang at the Cesti competition for baroque opera in Innsbruck and Lydia was then hired into the young artist program of Den Norske Opera og Ballett in season 2011/2012. She sang such roles as “Second Lady” in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” as well as “Fortuna”and “Minerva” in “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria” by Claudio Monteverdi. Ranghild Veire of NRK wrote: ”The goddess Fortuna/Minerva had a lovely cute and bubbly appearance in the guest soloist Lydia Moellenhoff – a young star on the rise!” Lydia returned the following season to portrait “Prinz