In spring 2024 gab Paulina Linnorsaari made her successful debut as ELISABETH in Tannhäuser at the Karlsruhe State Theatre.

Recently, she has become a member of this very opera house’s ensemble and was seen here before in her debut RUSALKA and as SALOME.

In the beginning of 2024, she succeeded as MADAME LIDOINE in Dialogues des Carmelites at the der Finnish National Opera Helsinki.

Guest performances already brought the artist as CHRYSOTHEMIS to the Basle Theatre, as MARSCHALLIN to the Bremen Theatre, as FIDELIO to the Chemnitz Opera House, as ARIADNE in Ariadne auf Naxos to the Salzburg Theatre, as SALOME to the Karlsruhe State Theatre and as DESDEMONA to the Savonlinna Opera Festival.

From 2017 to 2023 the Finnish singer was a member of the Saarland State Theatre. Here, she impressed both the press and the audience with her Interpretations of MATHILDE in Rossini’s Guillaume Tell and as ROSALINDE in Johann Strauß’ Die Fledermaus and LEONARA in La forza del destino. Besides, she was MIMI in Puccini’s La Boheme here, sang the title role of Strauss‘ SALOME, was MARSCHALLIN in Der Rosenkavalier, MARIETTA in Korngold’s Die Tote Stadt and MEDÉE in Luigi Cherubini’s opera of the same name here. Moreover, she sang HANNA GLAWAR in Franz Lehar’s Die Lustige Witwe, LEONORA in Verdi’s Il Trovatore, ARIADNE in Strauss‘ Ariadne auf Naxos, LIÚ in Puccini’s Turandot and MICAELA in Bizet’s Carmen.

Already at the tender age of 5, Paulina Linnosaari, who was born in Finland, began her music education on the violin and the piano. Throughout her youth, in addition to her classical music education, she enjoyed playing various band instruments, especially the drums. Later, she studied music and singing at the Sibelius Academy in her hometown.

At the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Finland) and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (USA) she completed her musical studies. In 2008-10 she was a scholarship holder of the Matti Salminen Foundation at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki and in 2010 she became a member of the Lyric Opera Studio Weimar.