Born in Finland, Stina Ekblad was educated at the Odense Theatre School 1972–75 and started working at Stockholms Stadsteater in 1980. Here she was part of, among other productions, Som ni vill ha det directed by John Caird. In 1987 she joined the ensemble at Dramaten and in 2006 she was awarded Svenska Dagbladets Thaliaprize for her peformance in Fedra at Dramaten.

Among Stina's many radio, TV, and film productions, Ingmar Bergman's Fanny och Alexander remains a highlight. She frequently recites poetry and in 2009 she curated a collection of Swedish poems including 130 different actors. Her memoirs Här brusar strömmen förbi was released in 2020.

In recent years, Stina has had roles in productions including Stormen, Idlaflickorna, Som löven i Vallombrosa, Spöksonaten, Peer Gynt, Kvinnostaden and Elektra. 

Staffan Liljas is a Swedish bass who took his masters degree from the University College of Opera in Stockholm in 2012. 

2024 has mainly been filled with concerts, but he has also been Gremin in a producion of Tjajkovsky’s Eugene Onegin at Opera op het Hogeland in the Netherlands. 

In 2023, he has been Il Re in Verdi’s Aida at Wermland Opera, Pappan in Brommare’s children’s opera Where’s the sandwich? at The Royal Opera in Stockholm and Count Ceprano in Verdi’s Rigoletto at Opera på Skäret. In the fall he was cover in the roles Jack and John in Karlsson’s newly written opera Melancholia at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. 

He also performed as Polypheme in Handel’s Acis & Galatea pat La Cité Bleue in Geneva and at Timisoara Baroque Festival in Romania. The Geneva production was a continuation of a collaboration with Cappella Mediterranea and Leonardo García Alarcón which was started in the spring of 2022 in Paris with Radio France. 

Madeleine Allsop, soprano, was born and raised in Plymouth, England. She has a Master of Arts in Opera from the Högskolan för scen och musik in Gothenburg, Sweden.  

Recent opera roles include Najaden Ariadne auf Naxos (Kungliga Operan), Proserpin Proserpin (Confidencen Opera & Music Festival), Rosa (cover) Löftet (Kungliga Operan), Isabella Don Carlos (Folkoperan), Sophie Der Rosenkavalier and Adele Die Fledermaus (Högskolan för scen och musik), Elisetta The Secret Marriage (Hampstead Garden Opera), Tytania A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Adina L’elisir d’amore (Royal Academy of Music). Other roles include Cleopatra Julius Caesar, Barbarina Le nozze di Figaro and Laurette Le Docteur Miracle (King’s Opera). 

Kristina Hammarström frequently appears at opera houses and festivals such as Teatro alla Scala Milan, Staatsoper Wien, Opéra National Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Théâtre de La Monnaie Brussels, Staatsoper Berlin and the Salzburg Festival.

She regularly works with conductors such as Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, Marin Alsop, Herbert Blomstedt, William Christie, Jesús López Cobos, Adam Fischer, Alan Gilbert, Emmanuelle Haim, René Jacobs, Fabio Luisi, Andrea Marcon, Marc Minkowski, John Nelson, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Josep Pons and Christophe Rousset.

"Her phrasing sounds as natural as breathing...”  The Strad

Cellist Mime Brinkmann has won several prestigeous international competitions, such as the Musica Antiqua Brugge in Belgium. She performs regularly worldwide and recent appaerances include that as a soloist in New York's Carnegie Hall. Mime is passionate about creating new interdisiplinary programmes, including text, lighting and pantomime. Her short-film  “Mimes dröm” (2021) was produced by the Swedish Television and was praised by critics and viewers alike. 

Supported by the Swedish Artist's Board, Mime holds a ten year long grant in in aid of developing her artistic projects.

Flautist Yu-Wei Hu has quickly established herself as one of the most sought after traverso players on the international stage. Her love of early music was born in her native Taiwan and further developed during her studies at the Royal College of Music in the UK. As a resident of London, she has performed at several of the major festivals and concert halls such as the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, the Southbank Centre and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

She is also active as a soloist and chamber musician, not least through Flauguissimo Duo with Swedish Johan Löfving, who together have given acclaimed concerts all over the world and recorded critically acclaimed albums.

Since growing up in Lennartsfors, Värmland, Johan Löfving has been praised internationally for his communicative music-making and unique playing style. After taking his first musical steps with Lars Eriksson at Årjäng's Municipal Music School, Johan continued his studies in London and Salzburg. As a soloist, chamber and orchestra musician, he regularly performs worldwide and has appeared on stages such as Wigmore Hall in London and Konzertsaal der Wiener Sängerknaben in Vienna.

Together with Yu-Wei Hu, Johan is the other half of Flauguissimo, one of the fastest rising early music ensembles 

Johan's first solo album Fandango! was praised by critics as 'clearly one of the best albums and players of recent times' (This is Classical Guitar).

Carl Unander-Scharin was born in Stockholm in 1964, studied at the Royal College of Music and at the University College of Opera in Stockholm where he acquired a Master of Fine Arts in Church Music in 1991. He studied organ under Hans Fagius, conducting under Eric Ericson, Gustaf Sjökvist and Jorma Panula, singing for Solwig Grippe, Hans Gertz, Nicolai Gedda, Erik Saedén and Gösta Winbergh. 

Between 1991 and 1995, Carl studied at The University College of Opera in Stockholm, where he acquiered a diploma in Operatic singing. Carl also holds a teacher's degree as well as a choral conductor's degree, both from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. In 2015, Carl defended his PhD thesis "Extending Opera" at KTH The Royal Institute of Technology.

He has a parallel career as a composer and as a lyric tenor. Having sung roles at many Swedish venues such as the Folkoperan, Vadstena-Academy, and the likes, he was during 2000 to 2011 employed as a tenor soloist at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, where he appeared in 25 roles. Carl has participated in 18 CD recordings both as a composer and as a tenor; most recently in recordings of music by Bach (b-minor mass 2015 under the baton of Ingmar Månsson) and the newly composed St John Passion by Fredrik Sixten (conducted by Ragnar Bohlin).

Additionally,  Carl is a prolific composer of operas, electronic/ interactive music and spiritual music. His operatic works include 'Mannen på sluttningen' (The Man on the Hillside) and 'Tokfursten' (The King of Fools). 

Harpsichordist Masumi Yamamoto performs extensively as a soloist and continuo player. She has given solo recitals in the London Handel Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and will this year appear at King’s Lynn Festival. She has also toured across Europe with such ensembles as the Gabrieli Consort & Players, the Academy of Ancient Music and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Also in demand as a concerto soloist, she has played concertos in the UK, Norway, Japan and Australia. She was a prize winner at the International Harpsichord Competition in Bruges.

Masumi studied at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in Australia, Royal Academy of Music in London and then at Trinity College of Music with harpsichordist James Johnstone before completing her PhD at the University of York under Peter Seymour.