About

Emma Berggren

Swedish soprano Emma Berggren recently made her role debut singing Violetta Valéry in La Traviata with Pacific Lyric Association at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido.

Past operatic roles includes the title role in Tosca, Mimì in La Bohème, Angelica in Suor Angelica, Violetta in La Traviata, the Celestial Voice in Don Carlo, Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, and Papagena and the Second Spirit in Die Zauberflöte. Ms. Berggren has covered roles such as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Giorgetta in Il Tabarro, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Gertrude and the Gingerbread Witch in Hansel and Gretel, the mezzo soprano soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Johanna in Sweeney Todd. Organizations that Emma has performed and covered roles with in Southern California includes Pacific Lyric Association, Lyric Opera of Orange County, Guild Opera Company, Ridgecrest Opera Guild, Riverside Lyric Opera, California Philharmonic and Golden State Pops Orchestra.

Ms. Berggren was a finalist in the 2024 Bayreuth-Stipendium Wagner Society Gothenburg Vocal Competition in collaboration GöteborgsOperan and the 2022 Burbank Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hennings-Fischer Foundation Young Artist Competition. Emma has been featured as a soloist in the Falsterbo-Skanör music summer program in Sweden including Musikföreningen Maestro. During the spring Emma performed selections from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with Mission Opera, and Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder at Woodley Concert Corner. This summer, Emma attended AIMS Opera Studio in Graz, Austria, under scholarship.

Emma is passionate about introducing children to opera and has performed the role of Queen of Hearts in Robert Chauls’ Alice in Wonderland as part of Guild Opera Company’s community outreach program at many elementary schools in Los Angeles County.

Upcoming operatic roles for 2024-2025 includes singing Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen and Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth with Guild Opera Company. Ms. Berggren will also be featured as a soloist with Cabrillo Chamber Orchestra singing selections by Grieg and Swedish composers, and performing selections from Verdi’s Aida with Ridgecrest Chamber Music Society.