Norwegian soprano Margrethe Fredheim won First Prize at the inaugural Hong Kong International Operatic Singing Competition 2018, chaired by Kiri Te Kanawa.
This season, she will make her Royal Opera House debut as 5. Magd in Elektra by Strauss.
Margrethe recently made her debut as Mimi in La Bohème with Opera Nordfjord.
She currently resides in Germany where she is a permanent member of the ensemble at Theater Erfurt. Upcoming roles in Erfurt include Elsa in Lohengrin and Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro. Performed roles in Erfurt include Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte, Marie in Die Verkaufte Braut, Hanna Glawari in Die Lustige Witwe, Micaela in Carmen and Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice. Her portrayal of Irmengard in Spontini`s Agnes von Hohenstaufen received outstanding reviews in both German and international press (Das OpernGlas, OpernWelt, FAZ, Opéra Magazine).
In 2014, she won the Mozart Prize at the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Singing Competition and was a finalist at the DEBUT competition in Weikersheim and the 6th China International Voical Compeition (Ningbo). Concert work has brought her to Carnegie Hall, Cairo Opera House and the Kirsten Flagstad Festival.
Opera credits include Frau Fluth in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor at Landestheater Coburg and Theater Rudolstadt, Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte at Tuscia Operafestival, Woglinde in Das Rheingold at Den Norske Opera og Ballett (LidalNorth), Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia with the same company, Contessa Ceprano in Rigoletto at Oscarsborgoperaen and Marguerite in Faust with Manhattan School of Musics Opera Studio.
Master Classes include work with Thomas Hampson, Benton Hess, Karan Armstrong, Catherine Foster, Robert DeSimone and Judith Haddon. She is a Fulbright alumna and holds stipends from RWE Dea Norge, Sine Butenschøns Fond and Tom Wilhelmsens stiftelse.
This season, she will make her Royal Opera House debut as 5. Magd in Elektra by Strauss.
Margrethe recently made her debut as Mimi in La Bohème with Opera Nordfjord.
She currently resides in Germany where she is a permanent member of the ensemble at Theater Erfurt. Upcoming roles in Erfurt include Elsa in Lohengrin and Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro. Performed roles in Erfurt include Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte, Marie in Die Verkaufte Braut, Hanna Glawari in Die Lustige Witwe, Micaela in Carmen and Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice. Her portrayal of Irmengard in Spontini`s Agnes von Hohenstaufen received outstanding reviews in both German and international press (Das OpernGlas, OpernWelt, FAZ, Opéra Magazine).
In 2014, she won the Mozart Prize at the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Singing Competition and was a finalist at the DEBUT competition in Weikersheim and the 6th China International Voical Compeition (Ningbo). Concert work has brought her to Carnegie Hall, Cairo Opera House and the Kirsten Flagstad Festival.
Opera credits include Frau Fluth in Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor at Landestheater Coburg and Theater Rudolstadt, Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte at Tuscia Operafestival, Woglinde in Das Rheingold at Den Norske Opera og Ballett (LidalNorth), Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia with the same company, Contessa Ceprano in Rigoletto at Oscarsborgoperaen and Marguerite in Faust with Manhattan School of Musics Opera Studio.
Master Classes include work with Thomas Hampson, Benton Hess, Karan Armstrong, Catherine Foster, Robert DeSimone and Judith Haddon. She is a Fulbright alumna and holds stipends from RWE Dea Norge, Sine Butenschøns Fond and Tom Wilhelmsens stiftelse.