Elisabeth Jansson

Past engagements of Elisabeth Jansson in recent years include Recital with Copenhagen Opera Festival at Børsen, Beethoven 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.

In 2017 she performed in Stefan Herheim’s highly praised production of Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Royal Opera Copenhagen, singing Nicklausse, La Muse and La Voix de la tombe. Also in 2017 she sang a hugely successful Marchesa del Poggio in Verdi’s early opera Un giorno di regno at the Opernfestspiele in Heidenheim.

Engagements during 2016 include performances of Octavian/Der Rosenkavalier at Teatro alla Scala in Milano 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.

You can see Elisabeth Jansson live with the Auckland Philharmonia on Saturday 25 July at Madame Butterfly.