Solveig Kringlebotn (born
June 4,
1963), also known professionally as Solveig Kringelborn, is an internationally-known
Norwegian operatic soprano. In April 2006 she created the role of Refka in the world premiere of
Kaija Saariaho's opera Adriana Mater at the
Opéra National de ParisOne of Norway's most well-known
classical music singers and a particular champion of the music of
Edvard Grieg, she trained at the Norwegian State Academy of Music and the Royal Academy of Opera in Stockholm. She made her operatic debut in 1987 at the
Royal Swedish Opera.She has toured with the
Berlin Philharmonic and other leading orchestras, and sung at many festivals including the
Hollywood Bowl,
Edinburgh,
Salzburg and
Glyndebourne. She has performed several times at the
BBC Proms concerts in the
Royal Albert Hall and has sung in Europe's leading opera houses, including London's
Royal Opera House, the
Opéra National de Paris,
La Scala in Milan, and the Vienna
Staatsoper.
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