Elisabeth Jansson

BIOGRAPHY

The Swedish mezzo-soprano Elisabeth Jansson has a prolific international career. She is a much sought after concert and oratorio soloist, and she has worked with several of Europe’s leading orchestras and conductors.

Past engagements of Elisabeth Jansson in recent years include Recital with Copenhagen Opera Festival at Børsen, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Blumenmädchen and Knappe in “Parsifal” with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Philharmonie in Berlin. She participated in a recording of the new opera “Aladdin” by C.F.E. Horneman in the role of the Genie of the Ring in 2020.

Engagements during 2016 included performances of Octavian (“Der Rosenkavalier”) at Teatro alla Scala in Milan under Maestro Zubin Mehta, after which she was invited to sing Mozart’s Requiem under Maestro Adam Fischer, again at La Scala. She also made her debut at the Landestheater / Felsenreitschule in Salzburg where she sang Hänsel (“Hänsel und Gretel”).

In 2005 Elisabeth Jansson became a member of the Royal Opera in Copenhagen, where she regularly appears in major mezzo roles, such as the titular role in Bizet’s “Carmen”, Mélisande in Debussy’s “Pelléas et Mélisande”, Rosina in “Il barbiere di Siviglia”, Dorabella in “Così fan tutte”, Octavian in “Der Rosenkavalier”, Marchesa Melibea in “Il Viaggio a Reims”, Miranda in “The Tempest” and Cherubino in “Le nozze di Figaro”. In 2009 she performed the role of Caroline Mathilde in Bo Holten’s critically acclaimed opera “The Visit of the Royal Physician” (Livlægens besøg). Elisabeth Jansson is the only performer in the world who has sung this role so far.

Elisabeth Jansson’s career has taken her across Europe as well as Japan and Taiwan, giving recitals, concerts, oratorios and performing on opera stages. She sang in venues like Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Philharmonie Köln, Staatsoper Dresden and Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris.

In the Spring of 2017, she was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music for her achievements on the international opera stage. In 2016 Elisabeth Jansson was knighted by the Danish Queen for her contribution to Danish cultural life. Elisabeth Jansson has received numerous awards such as the Elena Gerhardt Lieder Prize, the Isabel Jay Operatic Prize, the Joel Berglund Scholarship, and the Michael Head Prize for singing.