Helena Döse

Swedish court singer (soprano), born 7 August 1946 in Dösebacka in Romelanda parish. Döse, who was educated at the Theater Academy in Gothenburg, attracted attention in 1971 when she made her debut as a stand-in for Birgit Nilsson at the rehearsals of Aida in Scandinavium in Gothenburg. This was followed by an international career in the lyric-dramatic trade union, where she played roles such as Tosca, Mimi, Sieglinde, Donna Anna, Fidelio, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser and Tatjana in Eugene Onegin. In Dalhalla she has sung the final scene in Richard Wagner's Ragnarök. In the winter of 2008, she guest starred at the Gothenburg Opera in Eugen Onegin in the role of Larina. For a ten-year period from 2002, she led master classes in Italy, France, Denmark and Sweden as well as the United States. In 2002, she was appointed court singer. In January 2007, she received Litteris et Artibus.