Camilla Nylund, born June 11, 1968, in Vaasa, Finland, is a Finnish operatic soprano. She studied musicology in Turku and voice under Eva Illes at the Mozarteum. Her debut occurred in 1996 as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki. She joined the Staatsoper Hannover ensemble, performing from 1995 to 1999 in roles such as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte. In 1999, she transitioned to the Semperoper in Dresden, where she remained until 2002. Gaining international acclaim during the 2004 and 2005 season, she debuted as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, the title character in Salome at the Cologne Opera, and the title role in Fidelio at the Opernhaus Zürich. Her career includes appearances at the Salzburg Festival, the Bayreuth Festival, and her 2019 debut at the Metropolitan Opera as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier. Her awards include the Christel-Goltz Prize in 2000, the Saxony Kammersängerin title in 2008, the Swedish Culture Prize in 2013, the Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland in 2013, the Beniamino Gigli Prize in 2017, and the Austria Kammersängerin title in 2019. Her recordings include Beethoven's Fidelio (2004), the recital album Transfiguration - Wagner & Strauss, Arias & Scenes (2011), and Korngold's Die Tote Stadt (2022).
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