The 2021 Birgit Nilsson Stipendium is awarded to 27-year-old Swedish Soprano, Johanna Wallroth who receives 200.000 SEK (equivalent to $24.000) on 13 August when she will perform in recital as a part of the celebrations for this year’s Birgit Nilsson Days.
Johanna Wallroth won First Prize in the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition. She subsequently joined the Opernstudio of the Wiener Staatsoper from the start of the 20/21 season.