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Iréne Theorin
Person · female · Sweden · Hestra · born 1963 · recording since 2020
Swedish singer
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Also known as Lena Sofie Iréne Theorin
Timeline
4 events◦ Birth 1✦ Award 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1960s
2010s
2020s
· Debut release
Debut release: Die Walküre
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography335 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1221147053
Biography
Lena Iréne Sofie Theorin (born 18 June 1963) is a Swedish dramatic soprano opera singer.
Education and early years
Born in Gislaved Municipality (at the time Burseryd municipality), Småland, Theorin studied at the Academy of Music and Drama of the University of Gothenburg. After one year there, she received a contract at The Göteborg Opera in Gothenburg. After that she continued studying at 'The Opera Academy' in Copenhagen, Denmark. During her final year there, she also studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and received an Advanced postgraduate diploma. In 1998, she was a recipient of a Léonie Sonning scholarship (Danish: Stipendium fra Léonie Sonnings Musikfond).
Theorin's professional debut took place in Copenhagen, as Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni. Her repertoire includes Brünnhilde in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, Isolde in his Tristan und Isolde, the title role in Puccini's Turandot, and Elisabetta in Verdi's Don Carlos.
Career
Theorin performed at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen in 2004, at the New National Theatre Tokyo in 2005 and performed the role of Brünnhilde on tour with Staatstheater Nürnberg at the Beijing Music Festival in the same year, in Richard Wagner's first-ever Ring Cycle in China. The cycle was produced by Stephen Lawless and the performances were conducted by Philippe Auguin. She performed as Helmwige in the "Ride of the Valkyries" conducted by Antonio Pappano in the 2005 Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall. During the Bayreuth Festival in 2008, Theorin performed the title role of Isolde in Tristan und Isolde and in 2009 gave guest performances at the Washington National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Theorin has sung at such opera houses as the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany, the Vienna State Opera, Austria, the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Germany, the Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, the Salzburg Festival, Austria, The Royal Opera House, London the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy and the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, Sweden.
Personal life
Theorin lives in Broaryd, Sweden. She has three sons.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 58 tracks · 3:37:41
1Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I: Vorspiel2:382Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 1: Wess' Herd dies auch sei, hier muss ich rasten3:253Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 1: Kühlende Labung gab mir der Quell3:064Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 1: Des seimigen Metes süßen Trank2:025Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 1: Einen Unseligen labtest du3:156Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 2: Müd' am Herd fand ich den Mann4:447Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 2: Friedmund darf ich nicht heißen2:348Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 2: Wunder und wilde Märe kündest du, kühner Gast1:219Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 2: Aus dem Wald trieb es mich fort1:5510Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 2: Die so leidig los dir beschied4:0911Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 2: Ich weiß ein wildes Geschlecht1:4012Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 2: Fort aus dem Saal3:5313Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 3: Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater2:1314Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 3: Wälse! Wo ist dein Schwert?3:3915Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 3: Schläfst du, Gast?6:2416Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 3: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond3:0317Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 3: Du bist der Lenz, nach dem ich verlangte1:5318Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 3: O süßeste Wonne! Seligstes Weib!4:2619Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 3: Wehwalt heiß'st du fürwahr?1:2020Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I Scene 3: Siegmund heiß' ich, und Siegmund bin ich3:3421Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II: Vorspiel2:0222Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 1: Nun zäume dein Ross, reisige Maid!2:3023Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 1: Der alte Sturm, die alte Müh'!3:1824Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 1: Heut' - Hast du's erlebt!4:0625Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 1: Nichts lerntest du, wollt' ich dich lehren5:2526Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 1: Was verlangst du?2:0627Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 1: Dort kommt deine kühne Maid3:3028Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 2: Schlimm, fürcht' ich, schloss der Streit3:2729Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 2: Lass' ich's verlauten6:3230Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 2: Ein andres ist's Achte es wohl4:3531Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 2: Doch der Wälsung, Siegmund?4:3232Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 2: So nimm meinen Segen, Niblungen-Sohn!4:2633Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 2: So sah ich Siegvater nie3:1334Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 3: Raste nun hier Gönne dir Ruh'!3:2335Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 3: Hinweg! Hinweg! Flieh die Entweihte!6:3636Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 4: Siegmund! - Sieh auf mich!8:3437Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 4: Hehr bist du und heilig gewahr' ich2:3938Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 4: Du sahest der Walküre sehrenden Blick3:1839Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 4: So wenig achtest du ewige Wonne?5:3040Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 5: Zauberfest bezaehmt ein Schlaf2:5841Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 5: Kehrte der Vater nur heim!2:2542Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II Scene 5: Triff ihn, Siegmund! Traue dem Schwert!3:4743Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 1: Walkürenritt - Hojotoho! Heiaha!7:3644Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 1: Schützt mich, und helft in höchster Not!3:1445Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 1: Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich3:3546Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 1: Fort denn eile nach Osten gewandt!1:5647Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 2: Wo ist Brünnhild', wo die Verbrecherin?4:4148Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 2: Hier bin ich, Vater Gebiete die Strafe!2:3949Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 2: Du verstössest mich?5:5850Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 3: War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach5:1451Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 3: Nicht weise bin ich3:3952Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 3: Der diese Liebe mir ins Herz gelegt3:3253Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 3: Deinen leichten Sinn lass dich denn leiten3:4854Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 3: Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht5:2255Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 3: Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!2:1556Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 3: Denn einer nur freie die Braut2:2557Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 3: Der Augen leuchtendes Paar6:5758Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III Scene 3: Loge, hör'! Lausche hierher!4:44
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Iréne Theorin head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Litteris et Artibus | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e14d12c0-9233-4f5c-835d-9f563019eeaddiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e14d12c0-9233-4f5c-835d-9f563019eeadcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456677seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A9ne_Theorinbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A9ne_Theorin
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Wikidata: Q456677 · MusicBrainz: e14d12c0-9233-4f5c-835d-9f563019eead
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