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Lena Haselmann

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The German-Norwegian mezzo-soprano Lena Haselmann was born in Heidelberg. Engagements have taken her to the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Berlin State Opera, the Gothenburg Opera, the Teatro Comunale Bologna, the Royal Opera House Copenhagen, the Wiesbaden State Theater, the Prince Regent Theater in Munich, the Heidelberg Theater, the Weimar Art Festival, the New Opera Days in Ostrava , Czech Republic and the Schwetzingen Festival.

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In addition to the roles of the lyrical mezzo-soprano, the interpretation of contemporary works has become a focal point of her repertoire in recent years. She made her debut at the Milan Scala in 2017 in the world premiere of Salvatore Sciarrino’s TI VEDO, TI SENTO, MI PERDO, staged by Jürgen Flimm. Lena Haselmann has been a regular guest at the "Infection!" Festival for New Music since 2010. at the Berlin State Opera, including with AVENTURES/ NOUVELLES AVENTURES, John Cage's SONGBOOKS, in Lucia Ronchetti's LEZIONI DI TENEBRA, Stephen Oliver's MARIO UND DER ZAUBERER, in Salvatore Sciarrino's MACBETH and LUCI MIE TRADITRICI and most recently in 2019 as the title performer in Beat Furrer's RECITATIVO  Miss Else with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Lena Haselmann was, among other things, an interpreter in premieres of songs and music theater works by the composers Salvatore Sciarrino, Evan Gardner, Aziza Sadikova, Rolf Eggers, Annette Schlünz and Johannes Martin Kränzle. 

The mezzo-soprano sang under conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Konrad Junghänel, 

Maxime Pascal, Helmuth Rilling and Marco Angius and has worked with directors such as Jürgen Flimm, Uwe Eric Laufenberg, Thaddeus Strassberger, Bernd Mottl, Philipp Kochheim and Isabel Ostermann. She plays the singer in THE CARP, a Fritz Polzer film that premiered at the 2014 Boston Film Festival. 

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Lena Haselmann is also in demand as a recital and concert singer at home and abroad. A special focus is on song compositions from the Scandinavian region. CD productions include "Restless Songs" with works by Norwegian women composers and "Perforated Tradition", which deals with outlawed chamber music of the 20th century. Engagements as a concert singer have taken her to the  Storm  Theater in Gothenburg, Sweden, the Rococo Theater in Schwetzingen, the Liederhalle in Stuttgart, the Cologne Philharmonic and the Villa Wahnfried in Bayreuth.

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Cinderella

Vanerella

Adventures and New Adventures

Mezzo

Mario and the Magician

The Mother

Diary of One who Disappeared

Kamila Urválková

The Killing Flower

L'Ospite

Voce dietro il sipario

Macbeth

2. Voce

Ti vedo, ti sento, mi perdo

Chiappina

Carmen

Mercédès

The Clemency of Titus

Annio

Candide

Paquette

Tannhäuser

Ein junger Hirt

Anna Nicole

Cousin Shelley

St John Passion

Alto

The Magic Flute

Papagena

Lezioni di tenebra

No role specified

The Bald Soprano

Mrs Martin

Fête galante

La Scaramouche

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