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The Swedish baritone, David Risberg, studied at Stockholm University (Class of 2015), Kungliga Musikhögskolan (Class of 2018), and graduated in 2021 from the Opera program at the Stockholm University of the Arts in under the vocal tutelage of Eric Årman. The same year, he appeared in the role of Alcasto in Den Andra Operan’s production of Argenore by Wilhelmine von Bayreuth at the Ulriksdal Palace Theatre Confidencen and he participated in Henry Purcell´s Hail! Bright Cecilia on the same stage. In 2020, he was one of the recipients of the Confidencen Music and Opera Academy stipends. He has also been awarded scholarships by the Foundation on July 25, 1988, as well as the Swedish Royal Academy of Music.
Alongside his studies David Risberg has built a reputation as an avid sacred music performer, as well as an accomplished Lieder singer, with much appreciated performances of J.S. Bach´s Mass in B minor BWV 232, Johannes-Passion BWV 245, Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Duruflé Requiem among others.
David Risberg made his debut at the Royal Swedish Opera in the 2021-2022 season when he appeared in the role of the Crow in Benjamin Staern’s opera The Snow Queen, a role he prepared during his internship at the opera house in 2020. This was followed by two more roles on the same stage; Marco in Gianni Schicchi and Bello in La Fanciulla del West. David also appeared as Paul in Philip Glass’ Les Enfants terribles in Stockholm in a production by the independent opera company Kamraterna. The 2022-2023 season included two role debuts; Marcello in La Bohème at the Malmö Opera and Demetrius in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Swedish Opera and in the summer of 2023, David also sang Lord in the world premiere of Andefabriken/The Ghost Factory by Daniel Nelson at the Vadstena-Akademien.
The young Swedish baritone David Risberg has this season 2023-2024 appeared in the role of Mr Darcy in American-Swedish composer Daniel Nelson’s opera Pride and Prejudice at the Norrland Opera in Sweden. David also covered the role of John in Mikael Karlsson’s opera Melancholia at the Royal Swedish Opera. In Spring 2024, he will be a guest at the Drottningholm Court Theatre where he sings the male part in a children's opera production. The upcoming season begins with his role debut as Guglielmo in W.A. Mozart's Così fan tutte with the Malmö Opera. He currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden |
