With a voice described as rich, full, and captivating, Swedish-American mezzo-soprano Olivia Ericsson commands attention on stages worldwide. This season, Olivia covered the role of Sesto in dell’Arte Opera Ensemble’s production of La clemenza di Tito and appeared as a soloist in the company’s 2025 German lieder programs. She also joined VOICES Boston as a featured soloist for its 35th Anniversary Concert at Jordan Hall. Upcoming engagements include premiering the role of Edith Stein in Graciela Carriquì’s chamber work Letter from Edith in New York City and appearing as a 2025/26 Trailblazer with TENET Vocal Artists.

Last season, Olivia covered the female lead in the contemporary opera Tickets Please! with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble. In July 2024, Olivia returned to the Wintergreen Music Festival for her second summer as the alto soloist in Marianna Martines’ Dixit Dominus with the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra, sang Brahms’ Zwei Gesänge, and premiered Carlos Gonzalez’s Bequest for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra.

Highlights from Olivia’s 2022/23 season include her Swedish debut at Drottningholms Slottsteater (Stockholm Palace Theater) with the Stockholm Konstnärliga Högskola, performing the role of Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Her 2023 engagements at Wintergreen included the world premiere of Green Me by Nicholas Ryan Kelly. Additional concert highlights include appearing as the female soloist in the world premiere of The Fantom of the Fair by Libby Larsen at the Seminar on New Music at the Rivers School Conservatory (2014).

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 was the 2019 recipient of the Boston University Opera Departmental Award for outstanding musical achievement and was awarded the University of Michigan Merit Scholarship for musical talent and potential.

Notable opera roles include Sesto in La clemenza di Tito, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Ruggiero in Alcina, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, and the title role of the University of Michigan’s production of La Susanna.

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