Malena Ernman

Malena Ernman
Malena Ernman (2015)
Background information
Birth name	Sara Magdalena Ernman
Born	(1970-11-04) 4 November 1970 (age 46) Uppsala Municipality, Uppland County, Sweden
Genres	Opera, Jazz, Baroque pop, Chanson, Cabaret
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1998-present
Labels	Roxy Recordings Stockholm
Website	http://www.malenaernman.com

Sara Magdalena "Malena" Ernman, born 4 November 1970 in Uppsala, Sweden, is a Swedish opera singer (Lirica mezzo-soprano). Outside the world of opera and operettas, she has also performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, and appeared in musicals, and she has declared that she is very much attracted to the attributes of varité theatre and small, intimate stage rooms. She is a member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Ernman represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia.

Ernman spent her childhood and school years in Sandviken, a small town known in Sweden for producing many musical artists, mainly in jazz. Ernman was educated at the Royal Academy of Music in , the Music Conservatory in Orléans, France, and at the school of the Royal Swedish Opera. She is married to actor Svante Thunberg, and has two daughters, Greta and Beata.

Ernman has sung several major roles with the Staatsoper Berlin, including Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro and Zerlina in Don Giovanni, both under conductor Daniel Barenboim. She performed Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia with Staatsoper Berlin, the Royal Opera Stockholm and the Finnish National Opera. With the Royal Opera Stockholm she has also sung the title role in Carmen and Kaja in Sven-David Sandström’s Staden.