page_title: Katarina Dalayman
hierarchical_section_title: Katarina Dalayman
caption_attribution_description: English: Katarina Dalayman as Elektra and the Royal Swedish Opera choir 2009
context_page_description: Katarina Dalayman is a Swedish former soprano that has transitioned into a mezzosoprano. She has found critical acclaim singing major operatic roles by composers such as Wagner, Berg, Shostakovich and Bartók, among others. In a recent interview, she commented that Wagner's music "[has] always been closest to my heart, always, since I started singing".
  In 2000 she was made a Swedish Court Singer by His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.
context_section_description: Katarina Dalayman (born January 25, 1963 in Stockholm) is a Swedish former soprano that has transitioned into a mezzosoprano. She has found critical acclaim singing major operatic roles by composers such as Wagner, Berg, Shostakovich and Bartók, among others. In a recent interview, she commented that Wagner's music "[has] always been closest to my heart, always, since I started singing".
  In 2000 she was made a Swedish Court Singer by His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.
caption: Katarina Dalayman as Elektra, Royal Opera House, Stockholm 2009
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