Danish/Norwegian Helden-tenor John Olsen has studied with Tina Kiberg, Stig Fogh Andersen and Tonny Landy and has attended several masterclasses with Gregory Llamar, Dagmar Aschellenberger, Linda Watson among others. John is with his warm and charismatic baritonal tenor voice a rare find. Born for the dramatic parts of Siegmund and Parsifal, but with a sense of comical talent as well, he has, among other things, taken part in Danish composer Børresen's one-act opera "The Royal Guest" and in Weyse's "The Sleeping Draught" in Denmark. In the 2019/20 season, he sang in Mozart's "The Magic Flute" at Theater Chemnitz in Germany, where in 2021 he should have debuted in the roles of Siegmund in "Die Walküre" and Max in "Der Freischütz", but unfortunately it was canceled due to the pandemic. In 2022, he sang the part of the third jew in Bergen Philharmonic's "Salome", both in Bergen and in Edinburgh, and he returned to Bergen in January 2023 in "Parsifal" as cover for the title role and as dritte Knappe. He has also sung Siegmund, Otello, Eisenstein and more, in excerpts at concerts and has been a part of several professional musicals as well. 

John is also studying the title role of "Otello", Canio in "Pagliacci" and Herodes in "Salome".

Siegmund:                                                                    

Otello:

Danish/Swedish dramatic soprano, Anna Carina Sundstedt, studied primarily with John Guttmann, Lars Waage and Tonny Landy in Copenhagen and has since participated in masterclasses throughout the world. She has an exceptionally versatile stage prescence and intensity, which immediately pulls the eye towards her, be it as a frightening femme fatale or a fragile victim. 

She has performed in Norway, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland and Austria and in the most significant concerthalls and stages in Denmark.

In season 2020/21 she sang Elle in Poulenc’s "La Voix Humaine", which was live-recorded and streamed.  Season 2022/23 she has sung The foreign Princess in "Rusalka" and The Lady in the new opera "The grass is greener" at Den Fynske Opera. Among her other primary leading roles have been Queen of the night (Magic Flute), Rosina (Barbiere), Nedda/Columbine (Pagliacci), Micaëla (Carmen) and Marzellina (Fidelio).

Anna Carina is an experienced oratory, Lied - and concertsinger and has sung several of the major pieces, a.o. "Christus am Ölberge" (Beethoven), "Ein Deutsches Requiem" (Brahms), "Requiem" (Fauré), "Die Jahreszeiten" and "Grosse Orgelmesse" (Haydn), "Messiah" (Händel), "Carmina Burana" (Orff).

From the liederrepertoire, Anna Carina has sung many classical cycles like Grieg's "Haugtussa", Wolff's "Italienischer Liederbuch", Schumanns "Frauenliebe und Leben", Debussy's "Fetes Galantes" and Strauss' "Brentano-lieder". Anna Carina is the receiver of awards and achievements from a.o. The Danish Soloist Association, The Soloist Society of 1921 and Danish Broadcasting Friends Association.

Anna Carina is also studying the role of The Woman in Schönberg's "Erwartung" and Rosalinde in Strauss' "The Bat".

Excerpt of "La Voix Humaine":

Norwegian lyric soprano Ida Johanne Wahl recently got her Master's degree in classical singing from the Danish National Academy of Music and the Faculty of Performing Arts at the University of Stavanger.
With roots in Norwegian folk music and a background in musical theatre, she has a playful and exploratory approach to music of several genres, providing her with a love for exploring new music as well as the classics.

Despite her young age, Ida has over ten years of experience as a church singer, performer and concert singer. The repertoire includes works such as Mozart's "Requiem", "Exultate Jubilate", Rutter's "Requiem", Handel's "Messiah", Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" and "St. John Passion".
Ida has participated in several opera productions and concerts at Den Fynske Opera, the Conservatory and various concert halls - her latest shows include the new opera "Titanic" by Mathias Vestergaard, August Enna's "The Princess and the Pea", playing the lead character, ensemble role in a chamber version of Dvorak's "Rusalka", and she is currently playing the role of Ida in Den Fynske Opera's staging of the Strauss operetta "The Bat" in the spring of 2024. She has attended many masterclasses with Sasja Hunnego, Elizabeth Nordberg-Schulz, Tina Kiberg, Stig Fogh Andersen a.o.

Ida has a tender yet intense, soul touching voice and a stage presence of elegance and grace. 

Elisabeth Rosenberg is a Danish soprano who is currently taking a Master's degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, but already has an impressive repertoire. She has studied with names like David Kempster, Tina Kiberg, Stig Fogh Andersen, Elsebeth Dreisig, Janet Williams a.o. Elisabeth is not your average singer, for as soon as you hear her voice, you know that it is unique, both in technique, in color and in expression, and she touches an audience deeply and immediately with her delicate, yet dynamic sound. She has previously studied in Berlin and in recent years participated in countless masterclasses with a.o. Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez, Helene Gjerris and Anna Samuil in both Denmark and other European countries at a very young age. In 2022, she sang on the Copenhagen Opera Festival's big stage on Den Røde Plads, and earlier this year, 2023, she sang the lead role in Janacek's opera "The cunning little Vixen" in the conservatory's annual opera production. Elisabeth won the Elsebeth Dreisig Award at the Young Singers' contest in 2018.

Elisabeth has sung countless concerts with excerpts from Händel's "Messiah", Lieder and operas like Rigoletto, La Boheme, Don Giovanni, Il Trittico, Carmen, Nixon in China and more. She has learned the role of Pamina from "Die Zauberflöte" and is studying the following roles:
Gilda from "Rigoletto"
Musetta from "La Boheme"
Erste Dame and Papagena from "Die Zauberflöte"
Gretel from "Hänsel und Gretel"
Zerlina from "Don Giovanni"

Magic Flute:

Nixon in China:

Welsh Verdi baritone David Kempster began his career at English National Opera, and has subsequently appeared with all the major British opera companies, developing a special relationship with his “home company”, Welsh National Opera, where he has sung over 20 major roles. David has a variation to his dramatic-lyric baritonal expression with an attention to contrast and detail in the meeting between pianissimo and fortissimo.

David studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. As a principal baritone at English National Opera from 1998, he sang roles including Marcello (La bohème), Lescaut (Manon Lescaut), Conte di Luna (Il Trovatore), Poacher (The Cunning Little Vixen) Renato (Ballo in Maschera),Chou En Lai (Nixon in China) and Teddy Foran (The Silver Tassie, world premiere). For Welsh National Opera, David has sung the title roles in "Don Giovanni", "William Tell" and "Nabucco", as well as the Duke of Nottingham (Roberto Devereux), Sir Riccardo Forth (I Puritani), do Luna (Il Trovatore) and Iago (Otello) amongst many others. He was invited to sing Alfio and Tonio in the company’s gala staging of "Cavalleria Rusticana" & "Pagliacci" to mark its seventieth birthday. He appeared as Captain Balstrode in the Aldeburgh Festival’s landmark 2013 staging of "Peter Grimes" on Aldeburgh Beach, part of the celebrations for Britten’s centenary, which was also recorded and broadcast.

David has worked with Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Opera North, Scottish Opera, the Buxton Festival, the Dallas Opera, the Chelsea Opera Group, Opera Africa, Florida Grand Opera, the Danish National Opera, the Royal Opera Covent Garden, Göteborg Opera, Trondheim Symphony and Opera and Opera Theatre Company in Dublin.

Most recently, David has sung a number of roles for the Royal Danish Opera, including the title role in "Rigoletto", title role "Sweeney Todd", Germont (Traviata), Iago (Otello), Scarpia (Tosca), Sharpless (Madam Butterfly) and Escamillo (Carmen). 

He has been a soloist at the BBC Proms and with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ,The Hallé, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra and the London Mozart Players among others. He has made several recordings, including the role of Sévère in Donizetti’s Les Martyrs for Opera Rara, which was named Recording of the Year at the 2016 International Opera Awards, and Peter in Elgar’s The Apostles, with Mark Elder and the Halle, which was named “Recording of the Year” by BBC Music Magazine, and the Gramophone Award for “Choral Recording of the Year”. 

Kiberg Artists only represents David in Scandinavi.

La Traviata

Carmen

Swedish Bass-baritone Albin Ahl graduated the Royal Danish Opera Academy in 2015, after earlier studies at Stockholm Operastudio 67. His powerful, dynamic voice and versatile acting allows him to portray roles ranging from the light and comical to heavy and dramatic, from Mozart and Rossini to Verdi.

In the summer of 2022 Albin sang the role of Samuel/Count Ribbing in "Un ballo in maschera" at Opera på Skäret, under the baton of Lorenzo Colladonato and the direction of Alexander Niclasson. In the following 22/23 season he sang Zuniga in the Barrie Kosky production of "Carmen" at the Royal Danish Opera, conducted by Hossein Pishkar and Yi-Chen Lin. During the same season, Albin was a full time member of the Royal Danish Opera Chorus.

Earlier roles include Sparafucile at Opera Hedeland in 2021, Leporello at Skånska Operan and Strömstad Opera in 2019. In 2017 he sang Don Inigo Gomez in a concert version of "L’heure Espagnole" with Copenhagen Phil, conducted by Lawrence Foster, and in 2017 he was reinvited to sing the role of Mustafa in L’italana in Algeri with BollywoodOpera, after a success singing the role with them in 2016.

During his studies, Albin has sung both Bottom and Demetrius in Britten’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" and Junius in "The Rape of Lucretia", Don Magnifico in "La Cenerentola", Leporello in "Don Giovanni", Nick Shadow in "The Rake’s Progress", Zaretsky in "Eugen Onegin", Rocco and Pizarro in "Fidelio". During his last year at the opera academy he performed in the world premiere of Søren Sigumfeldt’s opera "Trappen til Helvede", where Albin sang the role S2, a role that was written for him.

As a concert singer, Albin has performed in oratorios and Bach cantatas, including Ich habe genug BWV 82, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 61 and 62, and Nun danket alle Gott BWV 192, in Bach’s Weihnachts-oratorium, Händel’s Messiah, Sir John Stainer’s The Crucifixion, Fauré’s Requiem and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria. He’s sung recitals with repertoire like Gerald Finzi’s Let Us Garland Bring, Wilhelm Stenhammar’s "Sju dikter ur Ensamhetens tankar" and Jaques Ibert’s "Chansons de Don Quichotte". In 2016 Albin attended the Heidelberg Lied Academy with Thomas Hampson, Birgitte Fassbänder, Wolfgang Reiger, among others. Next year, he will debut as Reinmar in "Tannhäusser", the role of Pooh-Bah in "The Mikado" a.o. as part of the ensemble of Landesteater Niederbayern.

Le Nozze di Figaro:

Macbeth:

Don Giovanni:

Aleko:

Nanna Varmer Ipsen, dramatic alto, took her Master’s degree in classical singing from the Southern Danish Conservatory of Music in 2018, with Professor Helene Gjerris. Dramatic altos do not grow on trees to begin with, but to stumble upon a round, sizzling voice, expression and stage presence like Nanna's is indeed a rare occurrence.

Her previous roles include the Sorceress in Purcell's “Dido and Aeneas”, Maman and La Libellule in Ravel's “L'Enfant et les Sortilèges”, Mamma Lucia in Mascagni's “Cavalleria Rusticana”. Nanna has appeared at the CPH Opera Festival and in several productions at Opera Hedeland and Den Fynske Opera, where she sang, among other things, in the Reumert-winning opera “Andre Bygninger” by Andy Pape and Rasmus Zwicki. In 2018 and 2019, Nanna starred in Ylva Kihlberg's touring production of Puccini's “Suor Angelica”.

As a concert singer, Nanna has sung the solo part in a number of well-known cantatas and oratorios, including Bach's “Matthew Passion” and “Johannes Passion”, Handel's “Messiah”, Mozart's “Requiem”, Vivaldi's “Nisi Dominus”, Rachmaninoff's “Vesper” and a number of Bach cantatas, including the solo cantata “Ich Habe Genug”, BWV 82.

Nanna is also a very active ensemble singer and is a singer in - and co-founder of - the ensemble Musica Cœlestis and SAGA Vocal Ensemble, with whom she has an extensive concert business. In 2021, SAGA released the CD "Belejringssange" with music by, among others, Matias Vestergård. In 2023, SAGA is behind the first Danish staging of David Lang's work "love fail", which has premiered at Den Fynske Opera.

Currently, Nanna is working on the role of "Cornelia" in Handel's “Giulio Cesare in Egitto”. She is also looking into the role of Schwertleide in Wagner’s “Die Walküre”.

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