1. Malena Ernman is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
21 Facts About Malena Ernman
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Malena Ernman was born in Uppsala, Sweden, and spent her childhood and school years in Sandviken.
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Malena Ernman was educated at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, the Music Conservatory in Orleans, France, and the school of the Royal Swedish Opera.
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Malena Ernman is married to actor Svante Thunberg, with whom she had appeared in a 2000 Swedish television musical documentary about the composer Joseph Martin Kraus, played by Thunberg.
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In 1997, Ernman sang in the premiere of Ivar Hallstrom's 1897 opera Liten Karin in Vadstena; Opera magazine noted that "the mezzo Malena Ernman was very expressive as Princess Cecilia, King Erik XIV's sister".
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In July 1999, Malena Ernman sang the trouser role of Zioberg in the premiere of Jonas Forssell's Tradgarden at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre in Stockholm, conducted by Roy Goodman, the first new opera to be premiered at the theatre in modern times.
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In 2001, Malena Ernman sang Sesto in Handel's Giulio Cesare at the Drottningholm Festival.
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Malena Ernman sang at the Glyndebourne Festival, in the Summer of 2002 as Nancy in Albert Herring and the next summer as Prince Orlovsky in Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus, which was performed at the BBC Proms that year.
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Malena Ernman added Beatrice to her repertoire in 2013 in performances at Theater an der Wien of Berlioz's late opera-comique.
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Malena Ernman has sung several major roles with the Staatsoper Berlin, including Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro and Zerlina in Don Giovanni, both under conductor Daniel Barenboim.
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Malena Ernman performed Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia with Staatsoper Berlin and the Finnish National Opera.
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Malena Ernman worked with conductor Rene Jacobs in the roles of Nerone in Agrippina, Roberto in Scarlatti's Griselda and Diana in Cavalli's La Calisto.
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Malena Ernman performed Berio's "Folksongs" with the Stockholm Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Carlo Rizzi, and at the Verbier Festival with Gustavo Dudamel.
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Malena Ernman sang the world premiere of "Nachtgesange" by Fabian Muller with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra.
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On 28 November 2008, it was announced that Malena Ernman would enter Melodifestivalen 2009 for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "La voix," written by Fredrik Kempe.
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On 28 February 2009, Malena Ernman competed in the 4th semi-final of Melodifestivalen in Malmo and became a finalist.
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Malena Ernman revealed that the dress for her Eurovision performance cost 400,000 kronor and was made by designer Camilla Thulin.
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Malena Ernman later participated in the Second Chance round of Melodifestivalen 2015 as a guest singer for Behrang Miri's entry.
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Malena Ernman has a younger daughter, who is three years younger.
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Malena Ernman's career was taking off when Greta was born, and Svante stayed at home to look after their children.
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Malena Ernman has been politically active in support of the Paris Agreement; in June 2017 she wrote a collaborative debate piece in Dagens Nyheter.