Siv Elisabeth Margaretha Wärnfeldt (born 1956) is a Swedish author, opera and concert singer.
Education and career
Wärnfeldt took a bachelor's degree at Stockholm University in music, art and theatre science in 1979. She wrote her dissertation on the Swedish composer Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist. She studied music and voice at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria. For many years her vocal teacher was the Hovsångare (Swedish court singer) Birgit Nilsson. In 1986, Wärnfeldt was awarded both the Birgit Nilsson Prize and the Wagner Prize. Her opera debut in 1989 was in the part of Halka at the Silesian Opera in Bytom, Poland. Wärnfeldt has since sung, among others, the part of Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Södra Teatern, directed by Johannes Schaaf. Other notable parts are Anna Bolena in Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Contessa in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Rosalinda in Strauss's Die Fledermaus and Leonore in Verdi's Il trovatore.
Wärnfeldt has written several articles since her time at the university of Stockholm and has also been a guest lecturer at the University of Vienna, and at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. In 2012, she received an M.Phil. from the Åbo Academy. Wärnfeldt is a member of the Swedish writers' union, Sveriges Författarförbund.
Texts and libretti written by Wärnfeldt
It's like the light, a scenic novel by Elisabeth Wärnfeldt based on the poems by Emily Dickinson. Music by Kai Nieminen and produced by Staffan AspegrenSymphony No. 231, "About Völvan..." with music by Leif SegerstamShe, with music by Leif SegerstamRoad map..., with music by Leif SegerstamVölvan, with music by Leif SegerstamSymphony No. 232, with music by Leif SegerstamSymphony No. 233, with music by Leif SegerstamSymphony No. 234, with music by Leif SegerstamSymphony No. 241, with music by Leif SegerstamSymphony No. 242, with music by Leif SegerstamSymphony No. 246, with music by Leif SegerstamRequiem, "Per-Olof Gillblad in memoriam" with music by Leif Segerstam1985 - Solvarv1997 - Anna och Herr Gud2011 - RedTorbjörn Iwan Lundquist - Siebenmal Rilke, songs for soprano and piano or orchestraTorbjörn Iwan Lundquist - A new gospel, to texts by Dag Hammarskjöld and Leo TolstoyJan Wallgren - Boye-sånger to the poems by Karin BoyeBoel Dirke - Damen det brinner, a jazz opera, to texts by Bodil MalmstenHans Ove Olsson - Petrarca Sonett for song and piano to text by PetrarchOlov Olofsson - 700 days, a scenic oratorio, to text by Maria JacobsMonica Dominique - Mr God it's Anna, the part of the MumJosef Stolz - Kind und Tod to texts by Hugo BallUlf Johansson - Lobeshymnus to texts by Rainer Maria RilkeLars Jergen Olson - Vägmärken to texts by Dag HammarskjöldLars Jergen Olson - Fem Kärlekssånger to texts by Maria WineLars Jergen Olson - Sex sånger to texts by J.L. RunebergLars Jergen Olson - Requiem (recorded but not yet performed)Stefan Säfsten - Tre nya sånger to texts by Dag Hammarskjöld and Nelson MandelaStefan Säfsten - Stormen for Soprano and Saxophone quartet to texts by Ebba LindqvistThe part of Witwe Bolte in Alexander Blechinger’s Max And Moritz to libretto by Wilhelm Busch at the St. Margarethen Opera Festival, world opening 17 June 20082000 - Monica Dominique: Herr Gud, det är Anna (Mr God it’s Anna)2005 - Reflection; songs by Lars Jergen Olson2006 – Opera album Homage to Birgit Nilsson with Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Peter Schmelzer2007 - Lights in Wintertime Christmas carols with the Högalidskyrkan Choir conducted by Anna Lena Engström2008 - Songs of love with Franz Liszt's Petrarca Sonnets among others, pianist Stefan Nymark2008 - Felix Mendelssohn's Hear my prayer with Kinna kyrkokör conducted by Hans Åke Månsson2008 - Alexander Blechinger’s Max and Moritz
