Ingrid Berg is a lyric soprano from Gothenburg, Sweden. She's a
versatile artist and musician who freely moves within a wide range of
scenic and musical expressions. From early music to contemporary
repertoire in the field of opera as well as lied and oratorio.
Music has always had a given place in Ingrid's life. When she was eight she started playing the violin, and began to sing in the girls choir in Gothenburg cathedral with Petter Ekberg at the age of eleven. Her love for singing grew alongside an increasing interest for opera which naturally led her on to study with the aim to become an opera-singer.
Studies
- Vadstena song and Piano Academy 2009-11
- The Royal College of Music Stockholm 2011-14
- Stockholm Operastudio 2016-18
- The Academy of Music and Drama Gothenburg 2018-21
Teachers that has been mentoring her on the way includes Erik Årman, Åsa Bäverstam, Eva Larsson Myrsten, Maria Lindberg Kransmo, Monica Thomasson.
She has taken part in Masterclasses with and worked with prominent teachers and artists such as Inger Dam-Jensen, Miah Persson, Susanna Eken, Susanne Rydén, Randi Stene, David Jones, Helena Döse, Dorothy Irving, Torbjörn Liljeqvist, Petteri Salomaa and Gitta-Maria Sjöberg.
Opera
The summer 2022 Ingrid portrayed the role of Elisabeth in the Swedish premiere of Philip Glass's dance opera Les enfants terribles based on a novel by J. Cocteau, with the opera company Kamraterna at Theatre Tribunalen in Stockholm. Director Dan Turdén, coreographer Sara Ribbenstedt and musical leader Anna Christensson.
In December 2021 Ingrid made her debut at Folkoperan in Stockholm as Ilia in the guesting production Idomene0s with Kamraterna and the baroque orchestra Rebaroque. An experimental fusion between the modern play Idomeneus by R. Schimmelpfennig and Mozarts opera Idomeneo. Director Sara Ribbenstedt and musical leader Maria Lindal.
2018 and 2019 Ingrid was engaged at Vadstena-Akademien. In 2018 in various roles including the water nymph Agérie in the french opéra-ballet Solen och Nordstjärnan (The sun and the northern star), music by J. Desfontaines, J.B. Lully and A. Düben, director and choreographer Karin Modigh, musical leader Dan Laurin.
In 2019 as Eurydike in G.Ph. Telemanns Orpheus, director Clara Svärd, musical leader Andreas Edlund.
In 2019 Ingrid sang the part of Susanna in extracts from Le Nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart in a concert in Vadstena Abbey together with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and conductor Per-Otto Johansson.
In addition to the above, ingrid has worked with conductors such as Mark Tatlow, Henrik Schäfer, Finn Rosengren, David Björkman, Christian Karlsen, Glenn Mossop, Mats Nilsson, Andreas Lönnqvist and Sofia Ågren, and stage directors including Mira Bartov, Ola Hörling, William Relton, Eva Haglund, Patrik Bergner, Helena Röhr, Alexander Niclasson and Eva Österberg.
During her studies Ingrid has performed roles in staged productions such as;
- Romilda Xerxes – G.F. Händel
- Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro – W.A Mozart
- Fiordispina L'impresario in Angustie – D. Cimarosa
- Laura Nowalska Der Bettelstudent - C. Millöcker
- Sandmann Hensel und Gretel – E. Humperdinck
- Frasquita Carmen – G. Bizet
- Musetta La Bohéme – G. Puccini
- The Governess The turn of the screw – B. Britten
- Helen Three sisters that are not sisters – N. Rorem
Other roles on the repertoire that Ingrid has or currently works with includes;
- Cleopatra Giulio Cesare in Egitto Morgana Alcina, Teofane Ottone – G. F. Händel
- La Folie Platée –J. Ph. Rameau
- Blonde Die Entfürung aus dem Serail, Despina Cosi fan tutte, Pamina Die Zauberflöte -– W.A Mozart
- Eurydice and Amor Orfée et Eurydice – Ch.W. Gluck
- Adina L'Elisir d'amore – G. Donizetti
- Oscar Un ballo in maschera -- G. Verdi
- Adele Die Fledermaus -– J. Strauss
- Ännchen Der Freischütz – C.M von Weber
- Titania A midsummer nights dream – B. Britten
- Ann Truelove The rake's progress – I. Stravinskij
Lied and oratorio
Ingrid Berg is often engaged as a soloist in oratories and concerts. Here's a selection of works on her repertoire;
- J.S. Bach - The Christmas oratorio, The Johannes-passion, Mass in b-minor, The St Matthew passion
- D. Buxtehude - Membra Jesu Nostri
- G. Fauré - Requiem
- J. Haydn - Die Jahrezeiten
- G.F. Händel - Messias
- L. E. Larsson - A God disguised
- F. Mendelssohn - Lobgesang, Hear my prayer
- W.A. Mozart - Requiem
- C. Orff - Carmina Burana
- G.B. Pergolesi - Stabat mater
- J.H. Roman - The Swedish mass
- J. Rutter - Requiem
- A. Vivaldi - Gloria.
Ingrid also has a variety of solocantatas on her repertoire.
The spring 2022 Ingrid performed Membra Jesu Nostri on a tour together with Göteborg Baroque.
Scholarships
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, national and local scholarships
- Eduard Magnus Music fund
- Lasse Lönndahls scholarship
- The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburgs music prize 2019
- The Order of Freemasons in Gothenburg
- Adlerbertska foundations scholarship
- The Gustaf Tobison Family scholarship fund
- Märta Christina and Magnus Vahlquists foundation through Vadstena-Akademien
- Ruby and Lars Ullmans foundations scholarship through Bifrostorden
