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Hanna Husáhr

With a devotion to detail and musical precision, Hanna Husáhr has made herself a highly desired guest artist with our major orchestras. With the breakthrough role of Pat Nixon in the Royal Swedish opera production of Nixon in China, she also became a much wanted feature on our Nordic opera stages.

Biography

Swedish soprano Hanna Husáhr has this autumn made her role debut as Gilda in Rigoletto at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. This was followed by another new role on the same stage - Ava in the world premiere of the contemporary opera The Promise by Mats Larsson Gothe. This spring include two more role debuts in Stockholm; Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi and Genovieffa in Suor Angelica.

The previous season Hanna Husáhr sang Britten’s Les Illuminations at The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at Konserthuset Stockholm, a concert led by Andrew Manze. Hanna also appeared in the Swedish Television documentary Christina Nilsson – The Magic Voice and the following tribute concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra led by Tobias Ringborg, also filmed for the Swedish Television.

The season 2019-2020 included Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Royal Swedish Opera and Woglinde in Das Rheingold at Den Ny Opera in Denmark. Hanna has also sung First Niece in Peter Grimes together with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra with concerts in Oslo, Bergen and at the Royal Festival Hall in London, as well as a recording. Hanna has appeared with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Ein Deutsches Requiem with Daniel Harding in guest concerts in Pisa, Italy as well as in a livestreamed and tv broadcasted concert from Berwaldhallen where she sung the soprano solo in Lars-Erik Larsson’s Förklädd Gud, led by Tobias Ringborg.

Hanna Husáhr has won great acclaim for her portrait of the role of Pat Nixon in John Adams’ Nixon in China performed at the Royal Swedish Opera in the season of 2016-17. The same season, Hanna was on tour with Bach´s St John´s Passion with Les Musiciens du Louvre under the baton of Marc Minkowski and she sang the role of Xenia in Boris Godunov in concert and recording with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, led by Kent Nagano. The following season, Hanna sang her first Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel at the Malmö Opera and she was a guest at the Bergen Nationale Opera where she sang Sophie in Werther.

Hanna has previously sung Romilda in Serse at The Royal Opera of Versailles, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro (led by Minkowski) and Céphise in Pygmalion at Drottningholm Court Theatre as well as Helena in a Midsummer Night's Dream and Zerlina in Don Giovanni, both at the Bergen National Opera. Hanna has appeared in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Latvian National Opera and at Opera på Skäret in Sweden. She has sung Frasquita in Carmen at Kilden Opera in Kristiansand, Grethe in Peters Bryllup at the Musikfestspiele at Potsdam Sanssouci and performed the Cunning Little Vixen in Bergen.  Hanna made her operatic debut in 2009 as Leïla in Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles at Folkoperan.

Hanna Husáhr is often engaged as a concert and her repertoire ranges from early baroque to contemporary. Hanna has worked with conductors such as Stefano Ranzani, Leif Segerstam, Pinchas Steinberg, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Mikko Franck, Jonathan Cohen and Tobias Ringborg. A few highlights are Nielsen’s Symphony no. 3 (Blomstedt), Bach’s St John passion (Harding) and Leino Songs by Kaija Saariaho at The Polar Music Prize ceremony with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at Stockholm Concert Hall. Other concert engagements include Händel’s Messiah/the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Haydn’s Paukenmesse (Honeck) and Mater Gloriosa/Mahler’s Symphony no. 8 (Harding) with The Swedish Radio Orchestra. Hanna has sung Symphony No. 3 by Nielsen/ Stockholm Concert Hall, Berwaldhallen and Gothenburg Concert Hall, Romilda in Serse at Auditorio Nacional de Música/Madrid, at Gran Teatre del Liceu/Barcelona and Tchaikovsky Concert Hall/Moscow with Ensemble Matheus (Spinosi). Hanna has performed at the Bergen International Festival and in 2013 she appeared at Berlin Philharmonie in works by Schubert and Kraus with L’arte del mondo.

Hanna Husáhr studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (BMus), The Opera School in Gothenburg and Stockholm Opera Studio. She continued her studies as a trainee at the Finnish National Opera singing roles such as Adina in L’elisir d’amore and first Blumenmädchen/Knappe in Parsifal.

Hanna Husáhr was awarded the 2021 Schymberg scholarship. In 2017 Hanna Husáhr received the Birgit Nilsson Scholarship, the Håkan Mogren Award and the Royal Opera Friends Scholarship. She was awarded the Christina Nilsson Scholarship in 2013 and the Jussi Björling Award in 2011. Hanna was also awarded the Mozart Prize in the 2016 Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition.

March 2022

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Photos

Hanna Husáhr 2 web - photo by Peter Knutsson photo by Peter Knutson
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Hanna Husáhr 1 web - photo by Peter Knutson

Video

Audio

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Voices from the Press

"His Pamina is Hanna Husáhr, whom I praised lavishly for her Pat Nixon in Nixon in China three years ago. Besides singing possibly even better now, her sensitive stage presence makes her the ideal Pamina." – Die Zauberflöte/Royal Swedish Opera

Göran Forsling/Seen and Heard International - October 22 2019

“Pat Nixon’s long beautiful aria in act II is a lyrical high-spot, further enhanced by the ravishing singing of Hanna Husáhr…” - Nixon in China/The Royal Swedish Opera

Göran Forsling/Seen and Heard International - October 2 2016

She has a natural grace in her acting, catches the attention from the audience by just being there and she was also very successful at expressing the different stages and changes of Lucia’s mental state….the voice was in perfect condition, her legato everything one could wish… Lucia di Lammarmoor/Opera på Skäret

Göran Forsling/Seen and Heard International - August 07 2012

News Archive

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2022-08-22

Hanna Husahr as Pamina at the Royal Swedish Opera

Hanna Husáhr sings Pamina in Die Zauberflöte in Stockholm

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2022-03-16

Premiere of Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica at the Royal Swedish Opera

Role debuts at the Royal Swedish Opera; Jeremy Carpenter as Gianni Schicchi is joined by Hanna Husáhr, Miriam Treichl, Katarina Leoson,...

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2022-01-24 photo by Sören Vilks/Kungliga Operan

Hanna Husáhr in the world premiere of The promise at the Royal Swedish Opera

Hanna Husáhr sings the leading role as Ava in the world premiere of The Promise at the Royal Swedish Opera, live broadcasted worldwide!

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2021-09-02 Rigoletto - photo by Markus Gårder/Kungliga Operan

Hanna Husáhr, Katarina Leoson and John Erik Eleby in Rigoletto at the Royal Swedish Opera

Hanna Husáhr makes her role debut as Gilda in Rigoletto at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm.

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2021-03-11 photo by Anna Thorbjörnsson

Hanna Husáhr in the film "Christina Nilsson - The Magic Voice"

Hanna Husàhr sings in the Swedish Television film comemmorating Swedish soprano Christina Nilsson

Gallery

Les Illuminasions Konserthuset - photo credit Nadja Sjöström Hanna Husáhr sings Britten's Les Illuminasions with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - photo credit Nadja Sjöström

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