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The Swedish mezzo-soprano, Ann Hallenberg, studied at the National College of Operatic Art in Stockholm with Kerstin Meyer and Erik Sædén, and graduated in 1994. She has also studied with Joy Mammen in London.
Ann Hallenberg has appeared at opera houses such as Opéra National Paris, Opernhaus Zürich, Vlaamse Opera Antwerp, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro Lirico in Bremen, Oper der Stadt Bonn, Komische Oper Berlin, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Opera Montpellier, Royal Swedish Opera, Drottningholm Court Theatre in Stockholm, Volksoper in Stockholm, Norwegian National Opera, and festivals such as Dresdener Musikfestspiele, Boston Early Music Festival, Tanglewood Festival, and Utrech Festival for Old Music. She has sung concerts in USA, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Austria, England, and Switzerland.
Ann Hallenberg has collaborated with conductors such as Andreas Spering, Christophe Rousset, Emmanuelle Haïm, Christoph Spering, Philippe Herreweghe, Marc Minkowski, Roy Goodman, Arnold Östman, Patrick Fournillier, Jos van Veldhoven, Francesco Corti, Marcus Creed, Michael Hofstetter, Stephen Stubbs, Jonathan Nott, and Peter Neumann.
Ann Hallenberg’s repertoire include Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo Ed Euridice, Isabella in L’italiana In Algeri, Rosina in Il Barbiere Di Siviglia, Charlotte in Werther, the title role in Carmen, Clarice in The Love For Three Oranges, Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Dorabella in Cosi Fan Tutte, the title role in Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans, Aristeo in Rossi’s Orfeo, Aristeo in Sartorio’s Orfeo, Flosshilde in Das Rheingold, and Deianira in Cavalli’s Ercole Amante. Her many Händel roles include Tauride in Arianna, Tedata in Flavio, Cornelia in Giulio Cesare, Dejanira in Hercules, Tirinto in Imeneo, Storgé in Jephta, Arsamene in Serse, the title role in Siroe, Irene in Tamerlano, Cyrus in Belshazzar, and Piacere in Il Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno.
In February 2003 Ann Hallenberg had an enormous success as Piacere in IL Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno in Zurich, stepping in for Cecilia Bartoli on short notice. In the autumn of 2003 she sang Cyrus in Händel’s Belshazzar in Amsterdam and Rotterdam with the conductor Marcus Creed, Mozart’s Betulia Liberata with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, Mahler’s Symphony No 3 with the Staatsorchester Hannover, and Brahms Liebesliederwalzer at the Opéra National Paris.Early in 2004 she sang Piacere in IL Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno in Zurich with the conductor Marc Minkowski, and Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder with Bamberger Symphonikern and the conductor Jonathan Nott.
In the spring of 2004 Ann Hallenberg will sing Dejanira in Händel’s Hercules at the Händel Festival in Halle with the conductor Alessandro De Marchi, Haydn’s Die Sieben Letzten Worte with RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, and she will make a recording of Josef Myslivecek’s La Passione with Christoph Spering. Other upcoming engagements include concerts of Händel’s Belshazzar in Paris, Lyon, Zürich, and London with the conductor Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort and Players, as well as in Hamburg with the conductor Marcus Creed, Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in Rotterdam, and she will sing Dejanira in Händel’s Hercules at the Wienerfestwochen, Vienna, and on tour in the United States with the conductor William Christie. With the conductor Jean-Christophe Spinosi and the Ensemble Matheus she will sing concerts at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris, and at the Festival d'Ambronay and make a recording of Licori in Vivaldi’s La Fida Ninfa. With the same team she will sing concerts in Berlin, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Toulouse as well as make a recording of Bradamante in Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso. She will also sing concerts at the Barbican in London and at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris as well as record Piacere in Il Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno with the conductor Emanuelle Haïm and Le concert d’Astrée.
Ann Hallenberg has recorded Tirinto in Händel’s Imeneo and the title role in Händel’s Siroe with Andreas Spering, Tauride in Händel’s Arianna with Christophe Rousset, and Felix Mendelssohn’s Athalia with Christoph Spering. |
