Malin Hartelius

Malin Hartelius (born 1 September 1966) is a Swedish soprano who performs regularly with conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ton Koopman, Riccardo Chailly, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Peter Schreier, Herbert Blomstedt, and Frans Brüggen. She has collaborated with orchestras like the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Concentus Musicus Wien.

Malin Hartelius was born in 1966 in Malmö, Sweden. She studied at the Conservatory of the City of Vienna (Opera, Lied and Oratorio) with the celebrated teacher Margarethe Bence.

In 1989, Malin Hartelius became a member of the Vienna State Opera Studio and joined the theater of St. Gallen where she sang her first Papagena in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. As a member of the Vienna State Opera Studio in 1990-1991 season, she appeared in many roles including, Celia in Mozart’s Lucio Silla and Papagena. During that season, she made her debut at the Zürich Opera again with Papagena followed by, Arsena in "The Gypsy Baron". In the 1991-1992 season, she became a member of the Zürich Opera and appeared as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Blondschen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Ännchen in Der Freischütz.

After debuting at the Ludwigsburger Festspiele (1990) and Schwetzinger Festspiele (1991), Malin Hartelius, appeared for the first time at the Salzburg Festival in 1992 as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro. Upon returning to the Salzburg Festival in 1996, she began her association with conductor Franz Welser-Möst in performances of Bach’s Mass in B Minor (BWV 232) and St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) with the Camerata Accademica and in 1997, she sang Blondchen from Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, under the baton of Marc Minkowski.