Ingrid Vetlesen (born 22 September 1981) is a Norwegian soprano.
Career
Vetlesen was born in
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
, Norway. She started singing at an early age, and was involved in choirs until she got interested in Opera music at the age of 17 while attending the Music program at «Rud videregående skole». She attended
Toneheim Folkehøgskole in 2000 together with
Erlend Tvinnereim
Erlend Tvinnereim (born 3 August 1981 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian tenor based in Zürich, Switzerland. He has in recent years been much used as a concert singer in Switzerland, Germany and Scandinavia, and in the season 08/09 he performed ...
, Marit Tøndel Bodsberg, Audun Iversen, Lina Johnson, Kjetil Støa, Nina Sæterhaug among others, where her formal musical studies continued, and now she is a graduate of Tromsø musikkonservatorium,
University of Tromsø
The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway ( Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway a ...
2003, Stavanger Musikkonservatorium,
University of Stavanger
The University of Stavanger ( Norwegian: '','' UiS) is a public research university located in Stavanger, Norway. It was established in 2005 when the Stavanger University College received university status.
The university is organised in six f ...
2005, and The Royal Danish Opera Academy.
While studying, Vetlesen sang Adina and Norina in Donizetti's L’Elisir d’Amore and Don Pasquale, Gretel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto, Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Frasquita in Bizet's Carmen, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss, Musetta in Puccini's La Bohème, Susanna and Ilia in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro and Idomeneo. She had her debut at the Royal Danish Opera in Caroline Mathilde (2006), in a ballet by Flemming Flint, composed by
Peter Maxwell Davies
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music.
As a student at both the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music ...
, where she had the part of the opera singer. In 2008, she made her operatic debut as Barbarina in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen. This debut was a resounding success. She later sang Tebaldo in Verdi's Don Carlos, also at the Royal Danish Opera, Gianetta in Donizetti's L’Elisir d’Amore at Aarhus Summer Opera, Denmark, and she was invited to play the role of Rosalind in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the Norwegian
Nationaltheatret
The National Theatre in Oslo () is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.
History
The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was ...
in Norway 2010. In 2011 she had the role of Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro at the «Fjøsfestivalen» in Loddgarde,
Christmas Oratorio
The ''Christmas Oratorio'' (German: ''Weihnachtsoratorium''), , is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It is in six parts, each part a cantata intended for performance in a churc ...
'', Händel's ''Israel in Egypt
''Israel in Egypt'', HWV 54, is a biblical oratorio by the composer George Frideric Handel. Most scholars believe the libretto was prepared by Charles Jennens, who also compiled the biblical texts for Handel's ''Messiah''. It is composed enti ...
'', Mozart's ''Große Messe
''Great Mass in C minor'' (), K. 427/417a, is the common name of the musical setting of the mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which is considered one of his greatest works. He composed it in Vienna in 1782 and 1783, aged 24-25, after his marriag ...
'', Gounod's ''St. Cecilia Mass
''St. Cecilia Mass'' is the common name of a solemn mass in G major by Charles Gounod, composed in 1855 and scored for three soloists, mixed choir, orchestra and organ. The official name is ', in homage of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. ...
'' and Schubert'’s Mass in G. She has held chamber concerts as a lied-singer in Norway, Denmark and France. In 2009, she was Kurt Ravn's guest soloist on his annual Christmas tour. Vetlesen has also appeared twice as a festival artist at the "Barn Festival" at Loddgarden and Oslo Grieg Festival in 2010 and 2011. She has been awarded numerous scholarships in Norway and in Denmark. In 2007, she was a finalist in the Queen Sonja National Music Competition and in 2009, she won the first prize and the audience award in the Opera Grand Prix at the Oslo Opera Festival. She is working as a freelance musician.[
In 2006 Vetlesen participated in the competition "Kjempesjansen" on Norwegian television ]NRK
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company.
The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...
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Honors
*2009: 1'st prize in the Opera Grand Prix at the Oslo Opera Festival
*2009: Audience award in the Opera Grand Prix at the Oslo Opera Festival
Discography
*2007: ''The Great Polar Expedition'' (Karisma Records), with Anders Hana
Anders Hana (born 7 August 1982 in Stavanger, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (guitar), composer and marine biologist, known as a veteran of the bands ''Noxagt'', ''Ultralyd'' and ''Moha!'', and a series of wildlife projects in northern Norway.
...
's Vaiping («Vendetta»)
References
External links
*
Ingrid Vetlesen – Orphée et Euridice – "Fortune ennemie" (Euridice)
on YouTube
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Norwegian operatic sopranos
1981 births
Musicians from Oslo
Living people
21st-century Norwegian women opera singers