Malena Ernman born November 4, 1970 in Uppsala is a Swedish opera singer (mezzo-soprano). Ernman is a versatile artist in her field, who outside the world of opera and operettas also has performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, appeared in musicals and she is a performer who's declared that she's very much attracted to the attributes of varité theatre and small, intimate stage rooms. Malena Ernman is today one of Sweden's most sought after opera performers nationally and internationally. Malena will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia.
Malena Ernman,
Profession: Opera singer.
Born, raised and living in: Born in Uppsala, raised in Sandviken, München and Orléans. Now living in Kungsholmen, Stockholm.
Dream duet partner: Bobby McFerrin, The Manhattan Transfer and Helen Sjöholm. All the others are dead ...
Favourite food: My own, cooked in my own oven, in my own kitchen!
Favourite household item: Our 30 kilo Espresso machine, handmade in Venice. And my husband! He's always there. At home I mean.
A memorable event: Having kids of course. And many musical ones? A favourite was when I gave a Halloween concert with Yo-Yo Ma in Baltimore and we had to buy stage costumes. They closed off an entire department store for us! And everything was filmed by CNN.
Lyrics and music: Fredrik Kempe
Author's description of the song: A raging glorious declaration of love to the combination of pop and opera!
Malena was educated at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, the Music Conservatory in Orléans, France and at the school of the Royal Swedish Opera. She is married to actor Svante Thunberg.
