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Mats Larsson Gothe - Act 1 excerpt from the opera The Promise (Ava)
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Swedish soprano Hanna Husáhr studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and continued as a trainee at the Finnish National Opera. With repertoire ranging from Händel and Mozart to Donizetti’s Lucia and Adams’ Pat Nixon she has sung with opera companies and orchestras throughout the world.
Hanna Husáhr’s upcoming engagements include Gilda in Rigoletto and the title role in the first performance of Mats Larsson Gothe’s opera The Promise conducted by Alan Gilbert, both at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, as well as Mozart’s Requiem/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Renes.
Highlights in recent seasons include Ein deutsches Requiem by Brahms/Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra at Pisa Cathedral under the baton of Daniel Harding, First Niece in Peter Grimes/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra at the Norwegian National Opera and Royal Festival Hall in London conducted by Edward Gardner, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, Mater Gloriosa in Mahler’s Symphony no. 8 at Edinburgh International Festival, Sophie in Werther by Massenet at Bergen National Opera, Woglinde in Das Rheingold at the New Opera in Esbjerg, Céphise in Pygmalion at Drottningholm Court Theatre as well as Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel at the Malmö Opera.
Hanna Husáhr is often engaged as a concert singer with repertoire ranging from early baroque to contemporary. She has worked with such leading conductors as Herbert Blomstedt, Edward Gardner, Leif Segerstam, Pinchas Steinberg, Kent Nagano, Lawrence Renes, Stefano Ranzani, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Mikko Franck, Daniel Harding, Jonathan Cohen, Marc Minkowski, Manfred Honeck, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Tobias Ringborg.
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Verdi - Ah! fors'è lui… Sempre libera (Violetta)
“It was wonderful to hear soprano Hanna Husáhr tackling the technically and expressively difficult role. Her mellifluous voice blended well with the string ensemble and her dialogues with concertmaster Joakim Svenheden or principal viola Vicki Powell were full of tenderness. Husáhr brought forward the oriental sonorities in Marine and the lyricism in Antique. She also displayed a remarkable legato in the final Départ.”
Britten - Les illuminations, Bachtrack, Sept 2020
Ambroise Thomas - Et maintenant écoutez ma chanson… Pâle et blonde (Ophélie)
“Hanna Husáhr in the lead role makes an outstanding contribution. She is on stage almost all of the time; her voice is strong and clear: a soprano with sorrowful edges.”
Mats Larsson Gothe, The Promise, Aftonbladet, Jan 2022
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Gounod - Que vois-je là?.. Ah! Je ris (Marguerite)
“... his (John Adams) portrait of Pat Nixon is indeed touching, especially when she is portrayed as congenially as Hanna Husáhr in the Royal Opera's production."
Adams - Nixon in China, Expressen, Oct 2016
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Mozart - Vedrai carino (Zerlina)
“Hanna Husáhr in particular impresses in her portrayal of Ava. She is in constant focus, interprets all the musical nuances of the role in the finest way and also captures the physical drama without the slightest tendency to overplay.”
Mats Larsson Gothe - The Promise, NWT, Jan 2022
Sua katselen, from "Leino Songs" by Kaija Saariaho/Eino Leino. Performed live by soprano Hanna Husáhr and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2013 Polar Music Prize awards ceremony celebrating the Laureates of 2013 - Kaija Saariaho and Youssou N'Dour.
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Donizetti - Regnava nel silenzio... Quando rapito in estasi (Lucia)
“The “Mater Gloriosa” herself only gets a few lines, but Hanna Husáhr made a strong impression, singing them from high above, at the very top of the choir.”
Mahler - Symphony no. 8 (Mater Gloriosa), Bachtrack, Aug 2018
“Hanna Husáhr gives a heartfelt lustre to the opera’s, and perhaps Puccini’s, most famous aria, O mio babbino caro.”
Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta), Svenska Dagbladet, March 2022
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