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The Swedish soprano, Lisa Carlioth, studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm (1995-1998). After that followed studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (1998-1999) and at the opera section at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow (1999-2001).
Lisa Carlioth has a rare ability to give life to complex female characters in opera literature and to move people with her heartfelt, shimmering lyrical soprano voice. Among her roles can be mentioned Aci in George Frideric Handel's Aci, Galatea e Polifemo at the Opera Festivale in Batignano, Alcina in Francesca Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero in St. John’s Smith Square in London, Blanche de la Force in Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites, Anne Trulove in Igor Stravinsky's The Rake’s Progress, Mimi in La Boheme and Micaela in Georges Bizet's Carmen at the Scottish Opera, Zweite Buergerin in Mondschatten at Staatstheater Stuttgart, Iphise in Rameau’s la Fete and Flaminia in Haydn’s Die Welt auf dem Mond at Staatstheater Oldenburg.
After some years as a member of the ensemble at Staatstheater Oldenburg in Germany, Lisa Carlioth returned to Sweden again. The first role she sang in Sweden after coming back was Amelia in Folkoperan's adapted version of Un ballo in maschera. Among other roles in Sweden since then can be mentioned Alice Ford in Läckö opera’s production of Falstaff. This season (2017-2018) she returned to Folkoperan for the revival of Philip Glass' opera Satyagraha, in the role Sonja Schlesin. The production about the young Mahatma Gandhi’s time in South Africa, was staged by Tilde Björnfors and guested in New York in 2018.
Lisa Carlioth has a wide oratorio repertoire including traditional works and has also sung La Mort du Nombre by Messiaen at The Barbican in London as well as Monteverdi’s Maria Vespers with Andrew Parrott and the Taverner Consort at the Edinburgh Festival. She has appeared together with Alexander Lazarev and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) and at Linbury Studio at The Royal Opera House in London. Beyond this she has sung Peer Gynt with Jac van Steen and the Nürnberger Symphoniker and also appeared in radio. She currently lives in Bromma, Stockholms Län, Sweden. |
