With a voice described as rich, full, and captivating, Swedish-American mezzo-soprano Olivia Ericsson commands attention on stages worldwide. Most recently, she performed the role of Edith Stein in the world premiere of Graciela Carriquí’s Letter from Edith for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble. She was also a Trailblazer with Tenet Vocal Artists in New York during the 2025/26 season.

Olivia’s recent engagements include performances with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble, where she covered the role of Sesto in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito and the female lead in the contemporary opera Tickets Please!, as well as appearances as a soloist in the company’s German lieder programs. She joined VOICES Boston as a soloist for its 35th Anniversary Concert at Jordan Hall and returned to the Wintergreen Music Festival for her second season, performing as alto soloist in Marianna Martines’ Dixit Dominus with the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra. Her Wintergreen engagements have also included Brahms’ Zwei Gesänge and the world premiere of Carlos Gonzalez’s Bequest for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra.

A versatile performer with a particular affinity for both historically informed and contemporary repertoire, Olivia made her Swedish debut at Drottningholms Slottsteater (Stockholm Palace Theater) with Stockholm Konstnärliga Högskola as Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Her previous engagements at the Wintergreen Music Festival include the world premiere of Nicholas Ryan Kelly’s Green Me. She has also appeared as the female soloist in the world premiere of Libby Larsen’s The Fantom of the Fair at the Seminar on New Music at Rivers School Conservatory.

Olivia was named a finalist in the 2023 Kentucky Bach Choir Audrey Rooney Vocal Competition and won first prize in the Great Composers Competition Series. She is the 2019 recipient of the Boston University Opera Departmental Award for Outstanding Musical Achievement and received the University of Michigan Merit Scholarship for musical talent and potential.

Olivia lives in New York City and enjoys running, pilates, ballet, and playing with her greyhound Max.