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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""] Born in Athens, Greece, Dimitris Paksoglou first embarked on a career as an actor. After studying at the National Superior School of Drama, he appeared in several of Greece's most prestigious venues, including the Greek National Theatre, the Athens Megaron, and the ancient theatre of...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""]Martin Segerstråle (b. 1984) is a conductor, pianist, composer and arranger. He started his career as pianist and repetiteur in musical theatre and conducted several choirs in his native Turku, Finland, while finishing a bachelor's degree in musicology and German. Martin then studied at the...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""] The soprano Mary Gougousi was born in Edessa, Greece. Her repertoire consists of iconic roles such as Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Contessa Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana) and Judith (Bluebeard's castle). At the age of seven she began studies in the Municipality Conservatory...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""] Prizewinning Danish Dramatic Coloratura soprano Nina Sveistrup Clausen just made her role debut as Donna Anna at Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater in September 2024. Earlier that year she sang her first Aida in Verdi's Aida in February 2024 at Barclays Arena, Hamburg, a big scale production created by FKP...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""] Lina Dambrauskaitė is one of Lithuania’s most prominent sopranos of her generation. A graduate of the International Opera Studio at Opernhaus Zürich, she completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and trained with the Royal Academy Opera programme...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""] Heikki Hattunen works currently in Finnish National Opera on a permanent contract since 2020. In 2025 he won the International Toivo Kuula Singing Competition in Alavus, Finland and debuted as a soloist of Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in Orff’s Carmina burana on a four-concert tour in Poland....

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text css=""] Aina Miyagi Magnell is a Swedish/Japanese mezzo-soprano who recently graduated with distinction from Master of Performance at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Aina has been part of several opera productions including most recently Zweite Dame in Zauberflöte (Nevill Holt Festival) and gender-swapped Pang, Turandot (Grimeborn...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Jesper Taube has a long career as a soloist at the Royal Swedish Opera, where he performed many prominent roles as a baritone over 12 years, including the title roles of Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Eugene Onegin, Rigoletto, Posa in Verdi's Don Carlos and...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text] Marco Stella is a dramatic baritone of Italian descent, born in Stockholm and educated at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix and at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg. Marco studies with Dale Fundling, his voice-teacher and coach since 2003. After graduating in 2000 his first...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="24px"][vc_column_text] Viktor Rydén is a young Swedish baritone from Stockholm. He has been praised for his warm and clear timbre and for his natural stage presence. After studies in Stockholm at the Royal College of Music and Stockholm Operastudio he received his master’s degree from Universität für...