Malin Hartelius (born 1 September 1966) is a Swedish soprano who performs regularly with conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ton Koopman, Riccardo Chailly, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Peter Schreier, Herbert Blomstedt, and Frans Brüggen. She has collaborated with orchestras like the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Concentus Musicus Wien. Biography Hartelius was born in 1966 in Malmö, Sweden. She studied at the Konservatorium Wien (Opera, Lied and Oratorio) with the celebrated teacher Margarethe Bence. In 1989, she became a member of the Vienna State Opera Studio and joined the Theater St. Gallen where she sang her first Papagena in Mozart's The Magic Flute. As a member of the Vienna State Opera Studio in 1990-1991 season, she appeared in many roles including, Celia in Mozart's Lucio Silla and Papagena. During that season, she made her debut at the Zürich Opera again with Papagena followed by Arsena in The Gypsy Baron. In the 1991-1992 season, she became a member of the Zürich Opera and appeared as Pamina in The Magic Flute, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Ännchen in Der Freischütz. After debuting at the Ludwigsburg Festival (1990) and Schwetzingen Festival (1991), Hartelius appeared for the first time at the Salzburg Festival in 1992 as Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro. Upon returning to the Salzburg Festival in 1996, she began her association with conductor Franz Welser-Möst in performances of Bach's Mass in B Minor (BWV 232) and St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) with the Camerata Accademica and in 1997, she sang Blondchen in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail conducted by Marc Minkowski. Her operatic repertoire continues to expand with performances of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore and Don Pasquale, Mozart's The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro and Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. In the autumn of 1999, she followed an invitation from the Paris Opera, where she performed the main role in Rameau's Les Indes galantes conducted by William Christie. This opera house presented her also as Servilia in La clemenza di Tito, and in 2000 as Adele in Die Fledermaus. In the same year she also achieved success as Pamina in the new Magic Flute production at the Zürich Opera. In recent seasons Hartelius took part as soprano soloist in John Eliot Gardiner's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage (2000), and debuted as Marzelline in Fidelio at the Bavarian