Miah Persson
soprano
Since her operatic debut as Susanna Le nozze di Figaro in 1998, Swedish soprano
Miah Persson has distinguished herself as one of the world’s principal Mozart
interpreters, leaving a lasting legacy on those lyric soprano roles for which she has
become most celebrated: Susanna, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Sophie Der
Rosenkavalier, Poppea L’Incoronazione di Poppea and later Fiordiligi Cosi fan
Tutte, Donna Elvira Don Giovanni and Contessa Le nozze di Figaro. Having ‘added
a burnish of gold to the silvery soprano that served her so well in Mozart roles’ (The
Sunday Times), Miah has now ‘cemented her place as one of the most intelligent
Strauss sopranos of our time at the peak of her powers’ (Bachtrack), with impactful
role debuts as the Marschallin Der Rosenkavalier and Countess Capriccio.
Miah has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden,
Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris, Liceu Barcelona,
Bayerische Staatsoper, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Netherlands Opera, New
National Theatre Tokyo and Dallas Opera. On the concert platform, she has
performed with major international orchestras and conductors including Zubin Mehta,
Bernard Labadie, Simone Young and Vladimir Jurowski. Recital appearances include
London’s Wigmore Hall, the Wiener Konzerthaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw,
Pierre Boulezsaal, Spivey Hall, Schubert Club of St Paul, Cal Performances at
Berkeley, Vancouver Playhouse, New York’s Carnegie Hall and, of course, Müpa
Budapest where she most recently appeared in February 2024.
Miah is greatly looking forward to returning to Budapest at the start of the 2025/26 season for appearances as Donna Elvira with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Miah Persson was appointed Hovsångerska, Court Singer, by H.M. the King of
Sweden in 2011.
