Malin Byström

A commanding presence on the world’s greatest stages Swedish soprano Malin Byström is a frequent guest at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, and Bayerische Staatsoper. Malin’s career is defined by a series of acclaimed performances in roles such as Tosca, Salome and Minnie in La fanciulla del West. She has captivated audiences across iconic venues, including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro Real in Madrid, the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, and the San Francisco Opera. 

In 2023, Malin Byström made her role debut as Marie in Wozzeck at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, a role she will return to this autumn at the Royal Swedish Opera, where she also appears as Tosca. The summer of 2024 featured her as Minnie at the Münchner Opernfestspiele, Countess Madeleine in Capriccio in concert at the Edinburgh International Festival, along with recitals at the Schubertíada Festival in Spain, the Gothenburg Opera, and later in September at Wigmore Hall, London. The spring of 2025 brings two major role debuts: Danae in a new production of Strauss’ Die Liebe der Danae at the Bayerische Staatsoper, and her first Elisabeth in Tannhäuser at the Wiener Staatsoper.

The 2023/24 season saw her take on two more new roles: Elsa in Lohengrin at the Dutch National Opera and The Woman in Schoenberg’s Erwartung at Teatro Real. Additionally, she took the stage as Minnie in La fanciulla del West at the Wiener Staatsoper, and she returned to Vienna to reprise her role as Elsa in Lohengrin. The prior season, Malin starred in a new production of Salome in a at the Wiener Staatsoper, and she performed the role at the Royal Opera House and in concert at the Edinburgh Festival. The season also included Minnie at Bayerische Staatsoper, Tosca, both at the Royal Opera House and at the Royal Swedish Opera and her role debut as Rusalka at the Bergen National Opera.

Malin Byström has been a frequent guest at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden where she has been seen in roles like Salome, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Mathilde in Rossini's Guillaume Tell, Hélène in Les Vêpres Siciliennes, Elettra in Idomeneo, Marguerite in Faust, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and Amalia in I Masnadieri.

In the season of 2020/21 Byström made her critically acclaimed debut at Wiener Staatsoper as Elisabeth de Valois in Don Carlos. The season included another major debut, namely at the Bolshoi, where she made great success in one of her signature roles, Salome.

Malin Byström made her praised role debut as Salome in 2017 at the Dutch National Opera with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the baton of Mo Daniele Gatti, a role for which she was awarded the prize as the Female Singer of the year at the 2018 International Opera Awards.

Malin Byström has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Donna Elvira and as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, the title role of Arabella and as Marguerite in Faust. Malin has sung Tosca at Oper Frankfurt, the Dutch National Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin and in guest performances at Staatsoper Stuttgart and she has appeared in the role of The Countess Madeleine in Capriccio at Teatro Real in Madrid. In 2016 Malin Byström made her debut at the San Francisco Opera when she performed her first Jenůfa.

Malin has appeared in several productions at the Royal Swedish Opera with roles like Die Feldmarschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, the title role in Giordano's Fedora, Minnie in La fanciulla del West, Tosca, Desdemona in Otello, Jenůfa, Donna Elvira and Romilda in Serse.

Among Malin Byström’s many other engagements are Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival, Donna Elvira in a filmed live broadcasted performance of Don Giovanni, with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Fiordiligi at Bayerische Staatsoper, the title role in Thaïs at the Göteborg Opera and at Palau de les Arts in Valencia (opposite Plácido Domingo as Athanaël), Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro in Aix-en-Provence as well as at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra in Gothenburg and Elettra in Idomeneo at the Drottningholm Court Theatre.

Malin Byström’s earlier engagements have included Hélène in Les vêpres siciliennes at Grand Théâtre de Genève with Yves Abel, directed by Christof Loy, Fiordiligi with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants in Lyon, Hanna Glawary in Die lustige Witwe in Montpellier, Marguerite in Christoph Loy’s acclaimed Faust production at the Göteborg Opera and Agathe in Der Freischütz in Bregenz. She has sung Donna Anna with René Jacobs in Baden-Baden (released on DVD), in Lepzig, Göteborg and at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Musetta in La Bohème in Mannheim and at the Bregenz Festival, as title role in Hindemith's Sancta Susanna in Montpellier title role of Massenet’s Manon and Fiordiligi at Opera North.

Malin Byström studied at the University College of Opera in Stockholm. In 2016, she was honored with the Litteris et Artibus medal by H.M. the King of Sweden for her exceptional artistry and contributions to opera, and just two years later, she was appointed Court Singer.

September 2024