Cecilia & Cecilia
At a concert with Duo Cecilia you can listen to the most loved arias and duets from the world of opera, operetta to musicals and Swedish songs. you can book them with a pianist or backing track. The last year they have had a run of concerts in Denmark, Sweden and Italy and are frequently booked for opera concerts, entertainment,parties and church concerts.
Cecilia Hjortsberg
Soprano Cecilia Hjortsberg studied chamber music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and at the Gothenburg Opera Studio.
She made her debut in the leading role of Isis in Naumann’s Osiris, followed by Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Skånska Operan. Her repertoire includes Georgetta in Puccini’s Il Tabarro, the Witch in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and the Second Water Nymph in Dvořák’s Rusalka at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen.
In 2010, she performed Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello at the Royal Danish Theatre, a role she reprised with Opera i Provinsen in 2013, 2014, and 2016. In 2012, she sang Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen at the St. Margarethen Opera Festival in Austria, conducted by Alfred Eschwé, and Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata with Copenhagen Opera Company. In 2013, she performed Micaëla on the Royal Danish Theatre’s Carmen tour with Guido Opera.
In 2022, Cecilia made her Wagner debut as Ortlinde in Die Walküre at the Royal Danish Opera and her debut as Aida in Verdi’s Aida at Opera Hedeland’s Mini Aida. That same year, she won first prize in the prestigious Grand Prize Virtuoso Music Competition in Paris.
In 2023, she performed the Sacerdotessa in Aida at the Royal Danish Theatre and received the Holger Bruusgaard Honorary Award from the Royal Danish Orchestra. In June, she won first prize and a special prize at the Grand Prize Virtuoso Music Competition in Salzburg, leading to a solo recital at the Victoria de los Ángeles Music Centre in Barcelona.
In 2024, she performed Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Blekinge Opera Festival and gave a solo recital in Crotone, Italy, with the O Stillo Orchestra, conducted by Fernando Romano.
Her engagements for 2025 include Donna Anna in concert performances of Don Giovanni touring Denmark and Sweden, as well as opera concerts at the Settimana della Lirica and Tropea Musica festivals in Italy, accompanied by pianist Francesco Silvestri.
Soprano
Cecilia Lindwall
Swedish-born soprano Cecilia Lindwall, originally from Öland, studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Norwegian National Academy of Opera in Oslo. She has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, for several years.
She made her operatic debut as Musetta in La Bohème at the Norwegian National Opera. The same year, she won the international opera competition Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg in Berlin, leading to an engagement with legendary conductor Christian Thielemann at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
She subsequently joined Staatstheater Braunschweig as a soloist, performing around 15 lyric soprano roles.
Cecilia has also performed with renowned German tenor René Kollo at the Elbland Operetta Festival in Wittenberg, broadcast on German television.
Now based in Copenhagen, she works as a freelance singer and has appeared at Malmö Opera and at opera houses and festivals in Norway, performing roles including Violetta in La Traviata, Agathe in Der Freischütz, and Micaëla in Carmen.
In 2015, she performed the leading role of Sylva in The Csárdás Princess at Copenhagen’s Court Theatre with Operettekompaniet, followed by a Danish tour in 2016–17. She has also sung the title role in Madama Butterfly and the role of Tatyana with the Selandia Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen.
In February 2018, she performed the leading role of Anne Nihal in the newly composed opera Den Rejsende at the Royal Danish Theatre’s Takkelloftet stage. In the 2018–19 season, she appeared as Confidante and ensemble member in The Phantom of the Opera at Copenhagen’s New Theatre.
Soprano