Miah Persson

Miah Persson (soprano)
Soprano

Swedish soprano Miah Persson is in great demand with the major opera houses and orchestras of the world. She has appeared at the Salzburg Festival, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera New York, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Liceu Barcelona, Netherlands Opera, San Francisco Opera, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Monnaie, Frankfurt Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Paris Opera.

Roles that include Sophie ('Der Rosenkavalier'), Gretel ('Hansel und Gretel'), Fiordiligi ('Cosi fan tutte'), Zerlina ('Don Giovanni'), Susanna ('Le Nozze di Figaro'), Euridice (Gluck's 'Orfeo ed Euridice'), Sifare ('Mitridate'), Anne Trulove ('The Rake's Progress'), the title role in ‘Poppea’ and Pamina ('Die Zauberflöte').

In concert Ms Persson has appeared with the Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Musiciens du Louvre, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and at the BBC Proms. She has given recitals at Wigmore Hall and Frankfurt Opera. Conductors with whom she has performed include Sir Charles Mackerras, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Ivor Bolton, Pierre Boulez, Ivan Fischer, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Semyon Bychkov, Philippe Herreweghe, Rene Jacobs, Bernard Haitink and Marc Minkowski.