Miriam Treichl

Swedish-Austrian mezzo-soprano Miriam Treichl is currently engaged as a guest soloist at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, where she last season appeared as La Zelatrice in Suor Angelica, Zita in Gianni Schicchi and Old Lady in Bernstein’s Candide. This season begins with the role of Flora in La traviata. Miriam will also sing the role of The Woman in the world premiere of Sven-David Sandström’s last opera The Book of Life, with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra.

At the Royal Swedish Opera, Miriam has previously sung Amneris in Aida, the title role in Carmen, Old Graumann’s Wife/An Old Woman/A Spanish Girl/Waitress in Christoph Loy’s staging of Schreker’s Der ferne Klang and Njegus in Die lustige Witwe.

Miriam Treichl has been a guest singer at the Royal Opera House in London where she appeared in the role of Fenena in Nabucco and covered the role of Charlotte in Werther. Miriam has also visited the Metropolitan Opera where she covered the role of Venus in Tannhäuser. Miriam has performed the role of Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Drottningholm Court Theatre under the baton of Marc Minkowski, a production that also visited the Opéra Royal de Versailles. At Folkoperan in Stockholm, Miriam has sung Nicklausse in Les Contes d’Hoffmann and Carmen in their production Carmen Moves and Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte.  Miriam has appeared in the role of Jean Avril in the world premiere of Mats Larsson Gothe’s Blanche & Marie at the Norrland Opera and she has participated in the contemporary chamber opera Föreställningen by Sven-David Sandström at the Royal Swedish Opera.

Miriam Treichl studied at the Royal College of Music and the University College of Opera in Stockholm and she began her carrier as a soprano. After her debut as Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro at Folkoperan, Miriam Treichl sang Ericlea/Giunone in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Despina in Così fan tutte and Zweite Dame at the Drottningholm Court Theatre. She performed the role of Sister Helen in Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking in the Scandinavian première at the Malmö Opera and later at the Royal Danish Opera, followed by her award-winning interpretation of Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow at Folkoperan.

Moving into the zwischen fach, the last seasons have included her first Carmen in a new production at Norrlandsoperan in Umeå, Mère Marie in Les dialogues des Carmélites as well as Offenbach’s Pierrette & Jacquot with the Malmö Opera. For two consecutive seasons, she sang her signature role, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, at the Drottningholm Court Theatre and at the Wermland Opera in Karlstad. Throughout her career Miriam Treichl has appeared in leading roles in contemporary operas, such as Beatrice in Sven-David Sandströms Jeppe, the title role in Lysistrate by Carl Unander-Scharin, Guard/Nurse in Jonas Forssell’s Secrets and in Ylva Q Arkvik's two operas Solitario (title role) and Tidsgömmor.

On the concert platform Miriam Treichl appears in works by composers such as Mahler, Schubert and Wagner. She sang Paulina Salas in a concert version of Jonas Forssell’s Death and the Maiden at the Stockholm Concert Hall under the baton of Thomas Søndergård. Miriam has sung Siegrune in concert performances of Die Walküre with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Harding. Miriam Treichl has also performed Verdi Requiem with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra led by Domingo Hindoyan.

September 2022