Kerstin Avemo

Kerstin Avemo (born October 27, 1973) is a Swedish opera singer with an active international career as a coloratura soprano.
Early life and education.
Born in Stockholm, the young Avemo attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School (Swedish: Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser), a school in Stockholm known for its song and choral curriculum. After deciding to pursue a professional singer's career she studied at the University College of Opera in Stockholm.
Avemo debuted with classic tragic roles at Folkoperan in Stockholm as Violetta in "La traviata", the title role in "Lucia di Lammermoor" and Gilda in "Rigoletto", as well as in "Stjärndamm" ("Stardust") with music by Kerstin Nerbe and commissioned by the Folkoperan. Her interpretation of the title role in Alban Berg's "Lulu" at the Royal Opera Stockholm attracted much attention.
Career.
Since 2003 Avemo has worked at opera houses in Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Zurich, Paris (Châtelet), Lille, Copenhagen, Moscow, Madrid, Geneva and Strasbourg, as well as the Wiener Festwochen and the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
Avemo has been heard in roles such as Olympia in "The Tales of Hoffmann", Oscar in "Un ballo in maschera", Ofelia in "Hamlet", Blondchen in "Die Entführung aus dem Serail " and Servilia in "La clemenza di Tito". She also portrayed Kristin in Philippe Boesmans' musical setting of Strindberg's play "Julie", and Wendla Bergmann in Benoît Mernier's setting of Frank Wedekind's play "Spring Awakening", both premiered at La Monnaie in Brussels.
In 2010 to 2012 Avemo starred in Hosokawa's "Hanjo" directed by Calixto Bieito at the Ruhr Trienniale arts festival, Zerlina in "Don Giovanni" at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Sophie in "Der Rosenkavalier" in Otto Schenk's production in Geneva, Gilda in "Rigoletto" and Violetta in "La traviata" in Weimar, the title role in "Lucia di Lammermoor" at the Gothenburg Opera and Adèle in "Die Fledermaus" at the Royal Opera Stockholm.
In the spring of 2013 Avemo sang Despina in Mozart's "Così fan tutte" in a production of Michael Haneke at the Teatro Real in Madrid. In the summer of 2013, she appeared in the show "Schwanengesang D744" with music by Schubert, directed by Romeo Castellucci at the Festival d' Avignon.
In the autumn of 2013 Kerstin Avemo participated in the filming of "Casanova Variations" directed by Michael Sturminger. The film will premiere in 2014.
Avemo performs regularly in concerts with for example Bach's Passions, Brahm's "Ein Deutsches Requiem", "Carmina Burana", Mozart's "mass in C Minor" and concert arias and music by Britten, Poulenc, Grieg and Weill. She has been heard in a series of European festivals and venues such as the Palais des Beaux Arts, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and the Berliner Philharmonie.
Personal life.
Avemo is married and has one son and a daughter. She has lived in Paris but is now back in her native Stockholm.