Soprano Matilda Sterby made her debut in 2019 as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro at Läckö Castle, after which she sang Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte at the Gothenburg Opera. Recent appearances include Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Gionvanni at the Malmö Opera, Magda in Puccini’s La rondine at Volksoper Wien and Mimi in Puccini’s La bohème at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Other noteworthy roles include Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen, Marenka in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride and Amanda in Werle’s Tintomara. The album Tunnelbaneresan was released in December 2022, featuring art songs by Hans Gefors, which Sterby recorded with pianist Mårten Landström.

Matilda Sterby has been awarded prestigious awards, including first prize in Hjördis Schymberg Award 2022 and second prize in Voice of the Sea 2021, as well as scholarships from the Swedish Wagner Society and Swedish Royal Academy of Music. She is a Stockholm native, has attended the soloist programme at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and Oslo Opera Academy as a student of professor emerita Barbro Marklund, and in 2019 she completed her studies at the Stockholm University of the Arts under the tutelage of American baritone Robert Hyman.

Saxophonist Theo Hillborg is a member of Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, one of Europe’s foremost ensembles for contemporary music, since 2020 and performs regularly as a soloist. He is also a seasoned orchestral musician who has worked with conductors such as Sakari Oramo, Edward Gardner and Oliver Knussen, and orchestras including the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta and Manchester Camerata.

As a soloist, he has won national and international prizes in competitions including the Stockholm International Music Competition and Polstjärnepriset. In April 2021, Hillborg and his duet partner pianist Julia Isaksson won Swedish competition Ung & Lovande. He grew up in Stockholm, completed his First Class Honours bachelor’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London studying under Simon Haram, and then completed a master’s degree at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm studying under Christer Johnsson.

Soprano Kathrin Lorenzen is a member of the Swedish Radio Choir and also active as a concert soloist and a dedicated Lied performer. She performs regularly in a duo together with pianist Oskar Ekberg. Lorenzen is also a member of the renowned Swedish baroque ensemble, Ensemble Villancico. She is currently completing her master’s studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm under Bo Rosenkull, concurrently with her job in the Swedish Radio Choir and regular freelance engagements.

Kathrin Lorenzen is a native of Flensburg, Germany. She studied at the Institute of Church Music of the College of Music and Theatre in Leipzig with singing studies under Brigitte Wohlfarth, followed by further singing studies at the College of Music in Saarbrücken under Ruth Ziesak, where she also completed her bachelor’s degree. She won first prize and the audience prize at the 2023 International Telemann Competition in Magdeburg and has received scholarships from Rotary Kappeln, Nikolaus-Reiser-Stiftung and the Saarbrücken Wagner Society.

Journalist, scriptwriter and actor Erik Blix is an established and beloved Swedish Radio profile known for his work with the weekly satire programme Public Service as well as the daily talkshow P4 Extra. He has also worked on or appeared in shows including Detta har hänt, Brutal-TV, Fångarna på fortet and Riskradion.

As an actor, he has performed Anthony Swerling’s monologue The Politician’s Last Speech, Alfons’ father in Alfons and the Magician and Hotep in the Swedish version of The Prince of Egypt. In 1999–2006, he was editor-in-chief of renowned Swedish satirical magazine Grönköpings Veckoblad. He is also regularly engaged as a moderator, host and public speaker. He grew up in Malmö in southern Sweden.