The young Swedish baritone David Risberg has been appointed Classical Artist in P2 by Swedish Radio, a designation that extends over the concert season of 2024/25. David commences the season with his role debut as Guiglielmo in Così fan tutte at the Malmö Opera.
David Risberg has during the season 2023/24 appeared in the role of Mr Darcy in American-Swedish composer Daniel Nelson’s opera Pride and Prejudice at the Norrland Opera in Sweden. David covered the role of John in Mikael Karlsson’s opera Melancholia at the Royal Swedish Opera and was a guest at the Drottningholm Court Theatre, where he appeared in their children’s opera production Hjärtat stormar så vilt/The Heart Storms So Wildly.
The season of 2022/23 included two role debuts; Marcello in La Bohème at the Malmö Opera and Demetrius in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Royal Swedish Opera and in the summer of 2023, David also sang Lord in the world premiere of Andefabriken/The Ghost Factory by Daniel Nelson at the Vadstena-Akademien.
David Risberg made his debut at the Royal Swedish Opera in the 2021/22 season when he appeared in the role of the Crow in Benjamin Staern’s opera The Snow Queen, a role he prepared during his internship at the opera house in 2020. This was followed by two more roles on the same stage; Marco in Gianni Schicchi and Bello in La Fanciulla del West. David also appeared as Paul in Philip Glass’ Les Enfants terribles in Stockholm in a production by the independent opera company Kamraterna.
David Risberg graduated from the Opera program at the Stockholm University of the Arts in 2021 under the vocal tutelage of Eric Årman. The same year David appeared in the role of Alcasto in Den Andra Operan’s production of Argenore by Wilhelmine von Bayreuth at the Ulriksdal Palace Theatre Confidencen and he participated in Henry Purcell´s Hail! Bright Cecilia on the same stage.
In 2020 David was one of the recipients of the Confidencen Music and Opera Academy stipends. He has also been awarded scholarships by the Foundation the 25th of July 1988, as well as the Swedish Royal Academy of Music.