Ann-Beth Solvang, Mezzosoprano Home

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 Employment 
2008-2011 Soloist at the Hamburgische Staatsoper
2006-2008 Hamburgische Staatsoper, Internationaler Opernstudio

 Education 
2001-2004 The State Academy of Operatic Art, Oslo
1996-2000 Rogaland Conservatory of Music, Stavanger, HIS
1993-1996 The Music Highschool, Sandnes

 Teachers 
2001-2006 Anne Nyborg
1996-2000 Aud Halle
1993-1996 Per Sigmund Rettedal

 Awards 
2007 Shell Prize
2003 Ruud-Wallenberg Scolarship
2002 Sandnes Sparebank Music Award

 Nominations 
2007 "Nachwuchssängerin des Jahres" 2007, "Opernwelt"

 Competitions 
2005 Semifinalist in Queen Sonja International Music Competition, Oslo
2005 2nd prize in Queen Sonja National Music Competition, Trondheim
2004 Semifinalist in Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, Vienna
1998 2nd prize in "Ungdommens Sangmesterskap", Oslo

 Masterclasses 
2001-2007 Grace Bumbry, Ann Murray, Reri Grist, Elisabeth Søderstrøm, Anne Nyborg, Andrew Watts, Susanna Eken, Marit Isene, Ian Partridge, Elisabeth Connell, Sherman Lowe, Francesca Scaini, Patricia Mccaffrey

 Opera parts 
Telemann Flavia (Flavius Bertaridus)
R. Strauss Stimme von Oben (Frau ohne Schatten)
3. magd (Elektra)
Herodias Page (Salome)
Die Kartenaufschlägerin (Arabella)
2. Magd (Daphne)
Wagner Mary (Der Fliegende Holländer)
Flosshilde (Rheingold)
Flosshilde (Götterdämmerung)
Grimgerde (Walküre)
Blumenmädchen, 2. Knappe (Parsifal)
Verdi Maddalena, Giovanna (Rigoletto)
Annina (La Traviata)
Ancella (Simon Boccanegra)
Mozart Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro)
3. dame (Die Zauberflöte)
Humperdinck Hänsel, Sandmännchen (Hänsel und Gretel)
O. Strasnoy Miss Betty (Le Bal)
Donizetti Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Giordano Bersi (Andrea Chenier)
Pergolesi Argene (L`Olimpiade)
Pfitzner Silla (Palestrina)
Janacek Eine Magd (Jenufa)
Fekluscha (Katja Kabanova)
Bizet Mercédès (Carmen)
Haydn Ernesto (Il Mondo della Luna)
Händel Unulfo (Rodelinda)
Gluck Tangia (Le Cines)
Diana (Iphigénie en Tauride)
Puccini La Zelatrice (Suor Angelica)
Suzuki (Madama Butterfly)
Barber Sally (A Hand of Bridge)
Menotti Mrs. Nolan (The Medium)
Cavalli Diana, Furie, La Natura (La Calisto)
Lehar Olga (Die Lustige Witwe)
Offenbach La Mére (Les contes d’Hoffmann)

 CD recordings 
2011 "Götterdämmerung", Wagner, OEHMS Classics
2011 "L`Olimpiade", Pergolesi, Sony Classical/Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
2009 "Die Walküre", Wagner, OEHMS Classics
2008 "Das Rheingold", Wagner, OEHMS Classics
2005 "Den store stjerna" with Alta Motettkor
2002 "Den fyrste song" with Alta Motettkor


 
Cv was updated 14. December 2011.