On January 21st 2024, Camilla Nylund returned to Dresden’s Semperoper to reprise the role of Isolde for the first time since 2022.
The production by Marco Arturo Marelli, which originally premiered in 1995 and was renewed for the 23/24 season, held an impressive cast fronted by, among others, conductor Christian Thielemann, as well as Klaus Florian Vogt in his debut as Tristan.
The premiere of Richard Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” at the Zürich Opera House on November 5th concluded Andreas Homoki’s highly anticipated production of the Ring-Cycle, as well as Camilla Nylund’s long-awaited debut as Brünnhilde.
On September 7th Camilla Nylund received the Media Prize (Medien-Sonderpreis) of the Austrian Music Theatre Award (Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis) in Vienna.
From June 4th to 28th Camilla Nylund returned to the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco for the first time since 2012, starring in the role of the Empress in Richard Strauss’s “Die Frau ohne Schatten”.
From April 15th to 23rd Camilla Nylund returned to the Vienna State Opera for the last time this season to reprise the role of Elsa von Brabant in Richard Wagner’s “Lohengrin” alongside Piotr Beczala in the title role and Nina Stemme in her role debut as Ortrud. The production by Andreas Homoki, which also starred Camilla in its premiere cast in 2014, saw its final renewal in these three performances after serving as a collaboration between the Vienna State Opera and the Zürich Opera House for the past nine years.
March 5th 2023 marked the premiere of “Siegfried” in Andreas Homoki’s instalment of Richard Wagner’s Ring-Cycle at the Zurich Opera House. With that came the continuation of Camilla Nylund’s debut in the role of Brünnhilde which began in September 2022 with “Die Walküre” and will conclude with the premiere of “Götterdämmerung” at the end of the year.
On January 22nd Camilla Nylund debuted as Katerina Ismailova in Angelina Nikonova’s new production of Dimitri Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” (German: “Lady Macbeth von Mzensk”) at the Hamburg State Opera. The highly anticipated series of six performances was well-received by audiences and media.
After a two-year pause, the Vienna Opera Ball is returning in its 65th instalment on February 16th 2023.
The event’s famed opening ceremony is set to be themed in light of “100 Years of Viennese Dance and Operetta”, with Camilla Nylund and Andreas Schager performing pieces by Franz Lehár and Robert Stolz.
