Barbro Cítron

Soprano

"Barbro, sopran från Lund är en extraordinär ung artist, vars vokala och sceniska gestaltning redan berört många. Kännetecknande för stipendiatens konstnärskap är en vacker, nordiskt klingande vokal timbre och en stark scenisk närvaro. Med stipendiet vill vi möjliggöra denna unga konstnärs vidareutveckling av sitt instrument och sin konstnärlighet." Malmö Opera

"Barbro Cítron gör beundrandsvärda insatser i dessa inom hela operagenren såväl sceniskt som vokalt unikt stora och svåra barnroller." Tidsskriften opera

"Og den ganske unge, såre smukt syngende og med englevinger udstyrede sopran Barbro Citron, der har alt det, der skal til for overbevisende at ligne den store pige, Flora." Berlingske

"25-åriga Barbro Cítron imponerar som Flora." Sydsvenskan

Swedish lyric soprano Barbro Cítron was just awarded Skånes Kulturstipendium by Malmö Opera. She did her debut at The Royal Danish Opera with the role as Flora in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the screw. She just had her debut as Tebaldo in Verdis opera Don Carlo, conducted by Jordan de Souza and directed by Davide Livermore with The Royal Danish Opera. This season she's also engaged at Malmö Opera as cover in the opera Snösystern by Magnus Johansson.

"Barbro, sopran från Lund är en extraordinär ung artist, vars vokala och sceniska gestaltning redan berört många. Kännetecknande för stipendiatens konstnärskap är en vacker, nordiskt klingande vokal timbre och en stark scenisk närvaro. Med stipendiet vill vi möjliggöra denna unga konstnärs vidareutveckling av sitt instrument och sin konstnärlighet."

Malmö Opera

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Biography

Barbro Cítron is currently a student at The Royal Danish Opera Academy with Susanna Eken and Tuva Semmingsen. Barbro studied her bachelor degree at The Royal Academy of Music with Helene Gjerris and Susanna Eken and at Hochsüle für Musik in Weimar with Prof. Michael Gehrke. Furthermore, she has studied with Anne Margarethe Dahl at The Royal Danish Opera Academy.

This season Barbro is debuting in the role Tebaldo (Don Carlos) in a production at The royal Danish Opera, conducted by Jordan de Souza and directed by Davide Livermore. She will also cover Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Royal Danish Opera as well as cover the role Augusta (Snösystern) at Malmö Operan. Season 2023/2024 Barbro made her stage debut as the role as Flora in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the screw, conducted by Robert Houssart and directed by Anthony Almeida at The Royal Danish Opera.

She is currently working with the roles Zdenka (Arabella), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Ännchen (Freischütz) and Atalanta (Serse). Last season she did the roles Yinold (Pelleas et Melisande), Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro), Sandman and Dew fairy (Hänsel und Gretel) at the Opera Academy. Moreover she's doing extracts from Despina (Cosi fan tutte) and Sophie (Werther).

During her studies Barbro has portrayed roles such as The Vixen(The cunning little vixen) as well as Amor (Orfeo ed Eurudice), directed by Noa Naamat. Alongside of her studies she has been a part of Søholm Opera Young Artist where she has done Pop-up Opera with the role Zerlina (Don Giovanni) directed by Anne Sofie Keller, ensemble in Pagliacci and singing ensemble and covering the role Amahl in Amahl and the night visitors both directed by Natascha Metherell.