Gun-Brit Barkmin

• Soprano

Biography

In the 2006-07 season Gun-Brit Barkmin will sing Mimi in "La bohčme" at Seattle Opera, making both her company and U.S. debuts. She will also sing concert performances of Wagner’s "Wesendonck-Lieder" and Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde" with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, conducted by Andris Nelsons. This will be followed by performances as Rosalinde in "Die Fledermaus" at the Komische Oper Berlin.

In June 2006 she sang the role of Anna in Opéra National de Lyon’s production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Seven Deadly Sins", followed by performances at the Edinburgh International Festival of this production by François Girard.