Tuva Semmingsen (born 13 January 1975) is a Norwegian

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and

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singer. After studying at the

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, she studied at the Opera Academy in

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. She made her debut in 1999 at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen, in the role of

Cherubino ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna ...

in ''

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''. From 2000 to 2016, she was a permanent member of the soloist ensemble at the Royal Theater, and performed in ''

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'' in the role of Sesto, in Rossini's ''

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'' as Angelina (

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), in ''

The Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy ' ...

'' as Rosina and in Handel's ''

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'' as Patria Rosmira. Outside Denmark, she has toured in ''Cinderella'' with Glyndebourne Touring Opera and for the Stockholm Opera. Performed in ''The Barber of Seville'' in

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, Grand Opéra de Reims,

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and The Norwegian Opera, and ''Julius Cæsar'' in Oslo. In 2017, she participated in a production of the comic opera ''Kveiteprinsen'' at Kilden Theater and Concert Hall in Kristiansand. In 2014, she released modern jazz interpretations of well-known songs and sang on an album with the Danish big band The Orchestra. She appeared as a featured singer in a television performance with the

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in 2018 for a program of cinematic music themes from

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s and gangster movies featuring guest conductor

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. Semmingsen additionally performed whistling featured in Ennio Morricone's scores. Among the production's lighter elements, Semmingsen wore revolver-shaped earrings visible during her performance. Semmingsen continued popular movie musical thematic performances as the featured vocalist in a June 2020 Danish broadcast "Divas and Diamonds." She was backed by a mix of members from previous collaborations with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, DR Big Band, and the Danish National Vocal Ensemble.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Semmingsen, Tuva 1975 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian women opera singers Norwegian expatriates in Denmark Norwegian operatic mezzo-sopranos