Hillevi Martinpelto
Martinpelto performs at the 2005 Polar Music Prize ceremony.
Hillevi Martinpelto (January 9, 1958) is a Swedish lyric soprano. She made her debut in Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini in 1987. She is best known for her work with John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir.[1] With Gardiner, she recorded Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and Idomeneo, to considerable acclaim.[2]
In the summer of 2014 Martinpelto performed at Stålboga Summer Opera.[3]
Martinpelto's father is Finnish.[4]
Awards
- 2006: appointed Hovsångerska by H.M. the King of Sweden[5]
References
- ↑ Biography on bach-cantatas.com
- ↑ Biography on Barnes & Noble
- ↑ Therése Norén (26 August 2013). "Opera på gång i paviljong" (in Swedish). Eskilstuna-Kuriren. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ↑ Eero Kestiä kantaesitetään Kouvolassa (Finnish) Kouvolan Sanomat
- ↑ http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt Swedish Royal Court official home page
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