CHRISTINA HERRESTHAL
«The performances in this chance to see world class opera at its best are outstanding. (…)
Student two (Lily) played by Christina af Klinteberg Herresthal, a chilling and challenging performance perfectly pitched.»
Lilly (Student 2) in Innocence by Kaija Saariaho at Adelaide Festival/ South Australian Opera
"In an important role was the mezzo-soprano Christina Herresthal, whose dark timbre suited the baroque works as much as the colors of the chamber ensemble.
She was, as interpreter of the dramatic elements, polishedly intense and anchored the meta-level – the place of women in history – in our present.
Particularly impressive was, in addition to the concert’s title piece, Antonia Bembo’s frantic Mi basta cosí."
Songs of Judith with The Finnish Baroque Orchestra at Turku Music Festival
“Mezzosopranen Christina Herresthal stødte til i Langgaards Lenaustemninger – især hendes lange toner var imponerende musikalsk og nuanceret udført”
-Seismograf (Jeppe Rönnow)
Lenaustemninger with Nordic String Quartet at Rued Langgaard Festival
CHRISTINA Herresthal
Mezzo Soprano
Léonie Sonning Talent Prize recipient Christina Sofia af Klinteberg Herresthal is a Swedish-Norwegian Mezzo Soprano, particularly passionate about chamber music, baroque repertoire, contemporary composers and opera.
Herresthal is currently enjoying exciting operatic debuts as “Lilly” in Innocence (Kaija Saariaho/Oksanen/Barrière) for the original Simon Stone production at Adelaide Festival/State Opera South Australia, conducted by Clément Mao-Takacs, and 2nd woman/1st witch in Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) at Herning Opera Festival, as well as her debut as alto solist in Sfærenes Musik (Langaard) with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi, alto solist debut in The Christmas Oratorio (Bach) with David Ridell and The Danish Sinfonietta, in addition to her solist debut in the semistaged “Songs of Judith” (Jaquet de la Guerre ++)for Turku Music Festival with The Finnish Baroque Orchestra. Herresthal is also the 2025 Rising Star of the Schackenborg Festival, performing in several concerts during the festival.
Previous highlights include singing the alto solo in a Mezzo TV live-streamed concert of St John’s Passion (Bach) with OrkesterNord and Martin Wåhlberg, as well as her 2022 operatic debut as Ishara in Nørgård’s “Gilgamesh” with Ensemble Esbjerg. This was followed by her 2023 debut as Johanna/The Eye in Peters/Vavrec’s “Three Amputators” with Arctic Philharmonic conducted by Ben Palmer, and her 2024 debut as “Drømmerhandsken” in Katinka Fogh Vindelev/Ida Marie Hede´s “Hologrammet” with David Ridell and The Danish Sinfonietta.