Swedish soprano Julia Sporsén is known for the intensity with which she portrays her characters. Her performances have been described as “fiery” (Opera Magazine), “searing” (The Sunday Times), and “almost unbearably moving” (The Spectator), and she is praised for her virtuosic and expressive singing as well as her stage presence and captivating acting skills. She is the 2023 winner of the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet's Opera Prize for her bold portrayal in the title role of Norma at Folkoperan Stockholm. She performed Berlioz’s "Le spectre de la rose" and Lehar’s "Meine lippen, sie küssen so heiss" at the 2023 Nobel Prize Ceremony in Stockholm.
This season, Julia returns to Royal Swedish Opera as Foreign Princess (Rusalka), to Gothenburg Opera as Jenůfa, and performs at Läckö Opera in Lidköping. On the concert platform she sings Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder with the Vaasa City Orchestra, a recital at Stockholm Concert Hall, and several New Year’s concerts with Royal Swedish Opera, Västmanlandsmusiken and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Recent highlights include a return to Scottish Opera as Pat Nixon Nixon in China; Iolanta and Desdemona (Otello) at Göteborg Opera; Paulina Salas (Death and the Maiden) at Malmö Opera; Ingeborg in Elfrida Andrée's opera Fritiofs saga; Waltraute (Die Walküre) at Gothenburg Opera; and Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), the title role in Norma and Judith in Bluebeard's Castle at Folkoperan in Stockholm.
The daughter of two opera singers, Julia studied drama at Gothenburg University, followed by three years at the Operastudio67 in Stockholm and postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, achieving the DipRAM. She has since been elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM). She was also the winner of the Opera Rara Patric Schmidt Bel Canto Prize and the Flora Nielsen Song Prize.
