Ingela Brimberg
{{short description|Swedish dramatic soprano opera singer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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Ingela Brimberg is a Swedish dramatic soprano opera singer.
Career
Brimberg was born in Stockholm. She studied at the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Göteborg.{{cite web | url=https://www.intermusica.co.uk/artist/Ingela-Brimberg | title=Artist – Ingela Brimberg }} She then studied psychology at the University of Stockholm and in 1996 co-authored a paper on psychotherapy for alcohol dependent patients before being awarded a master's degree.{{Cite journal|last1=Ahlin|first1=Göran|last2=Sandahl|first2=Christer|last3=Herlitz|first3=Kristina|last4=Brimberg|first4=Ingela|date=1 June 1996|title=Developing the matrix representation grid (MRG): A method for observing group processes. Findings from time-limited group psychotherapy for alcohol-dependent patients|journal=Group|language=en|volume=20|issue=2|pages=145–173|doi=10.1007/BF02109142|s2cid=145509397|issn=1573-3386}} Brimberg began her career as a mezzo-soprano, but has shifted to singing soprano roles.{{cite web | url=https://www.forumopera.com/actu/ingela-brimberg-on-ne-choisit-pas-sa-voix-on-suit-le-chemin-qui-semble-bon-pour-elle | title=Ingela Brimberg : « on ne choisit pas sa voix, on suit le chemin qui semble bon pour elle » | Forum Opéra | date=10 July 2014 }} She was revealed to international audiences in 2011 in Bruxelles where she sang Valentine in the famous production of "Les Huguenots" directed by Olivier Py and conducted by Marc Minkowski; she won the Svenska Dagbladets Opera Award for this role in 2012.{{cite news | url=https://www.svd.se/vinnande-roststyrka | title=Vinnande röststyrka | newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet | date=15 June 2012 | last1=Löfvendahl | first1=Bo }}
Brimberg has an extensive repertoire of roles, from Mozart to Wagner, and including Beethoven, Puccini, Strauss, and Britten.{{cite web | url=https://www.ingelabrimberg.com/repertoire | title=Repertoire – ingelabrimberg }} She has performed with leading orchestras, including the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, and the Verbier Festival Orchestra. She has performed at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Real, Madrid, Theater an der Wien, Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, La Monnaie, Brussels, and Staatsoper Hamburg.
Recordings
Ingela Brimberg has made several opera recordings on CD, including Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer, Paris version, conducted by Marc Minkowski (Naive 2014), and Verbier Festival: Best of 2014 (Erato, 2015). She is featured on two DVD recordings, Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer (Harmonia Mundi, 2017), and Strauss's Elektra (C Major, 2015).{{cite web | url=https://intermusica.co.uk/artist/Ingela-Brimberg/recordings | title=Artist – Ingela Brimberg }}
Personal life
Brimberg lives in Stockholm. She is married to Ulf Tengzelius and has two children.
References
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External links
- [https://www.ingelabrimberg.com/ Ingela Brimberg's website]
- [https://intermusica.co.uk/artist/Ingela-Brimberg Ingela Brimberg on the Intermusica website]
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Category:Swedish operatic sopranos
Category:Singers from Stockholm