Baritone

Yngve Søberg

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Biography

This is Norwegian baritone Yngve Søberg’s first appearance with Irish National Opera.  

In 2024/25 he made his role debut as Iago in Verdi’s Otello and sang Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca at Norwegian Opera & Ballet. This season he returns to Oslo as Scarpia and makes his role debut as Rodrigo in Verdi’s Don Carlo. As a principal artist of Norwegian Opera & Ballet, he has built a wide-ranging repertoire including Enrico in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen, Germont in Verdi’s La traviata, Marcello in Puccini’s La bohème, Sharpless in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Lorenzo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi, and the title roles in Verdi’s Rigoletto and Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. He has also appeared as Orest in Richard Strauss’s Elektra and Amfortas in Wagner’s Parsifal in concert, and sang Don Carlo in a concert version of Verdi’s La forza del destino with Lise Davidsen.  

 September 2025