Iréne Theorin

The 2024/25 season sees Theorin make appearances in her signature role of Elektra at Staatsoper Hamburg and Staatsoper Berlin. A favourite with the audiences in Barcelona, she returns there as Ortrud Lohengrin and then makes her role debut as Kundry Parsifal in Hamburg. Last season she appeared twice at Staatsoper Stuttgart as Die Färberin in David Hermann’s new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten and in the title role of Elektra, both under the musical direction of Cornelius Meister. Further engagements included her return to Müpa Budapest, where she triumphed as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung; concert performances of Elektra with the Bergen Philharmonic; Strauss Vier letzte Lieder at the Auditorium of the Diputación de Alicante; as well as the Victoria de los Angeles Centenary Gala Concert at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Theorin also made a long-awaited return to the Opéra National de Paris in the title role of Turandot.

Other recent highlights include her much acclaimed debut as Judith Bluebeard’s Castle with Bryn Terfel in a concert performance with Gran Teatre del Liceu at Opéra de Paris; Tristan und Isolde Act II at Tonhalle Düsseldorf; and Brünnhilde in Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung at Müpa Budapest. Theorin also joined Lise Davidsen and Waltraud Meier at the Gran Teatre del Liceu for a spectacular 175th anniversary concert featuring music by Wagner and Strauss, under the baton of Josep Pons. Theorin also recently appeared as Brünnhilde in new productions of both Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung at Bayreuther Festspiele; a double appearance as Ortrud Lohengrin at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Staatsoper Berlin, as well as in a new production by David Alden at Opera Vlaanderen; The Ring Cycle under the baton of Daniel Barenboim at Staatsoper Berlin; the title role in Elektra at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia; Brünnhilde Die Walküre at the Royal Swedish Opera and Teatro di San Carlo in Naples; the title role of La Gioconda at Gran Teatre del Liceu; and the title role of Turandot in new productions at Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu and New National Theatre Tokyo.

On the concert platform, she performed semi-staged performances of Die Walküre with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra under Eva Ollikainen; Mahler Symphony No. 8 with the Oslo Philharmonic and Mikko Franck; a concert performance of Die Walküre in Bayreuth as part of its reduced 2021 season; Götterdämmerung for Oper Leipzig and concerts of Tristan und Isolde Act II with the Norwegian National Opera and Edward Gardner; Die Walküre with Sir Simon Rattle and the Bayerische Rundfunk – which was also released as a CD recording; a concert performance of ‘Liebestod’ Tristan und Isolde under Marek Janowski and the Monte Carlo Philharmonic; Schoenberg Gurrelieder with Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris and Philippe Jordan; as well as recitals in Barcelona at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and Victoria de Los Angeles Foundation.