Mari Eriksmoen is a Norwegian

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

and opera singer with a repertoire including roles for

coloratura soprano A coloratura soprano is a type of operatic soprano voice that specializes in music that is distinguished by agile runs, leaps and trills. The term '' coloratura'' refers to the elaborate ornamentation of a melody, which is a typical component o ...

and lyric soprano

Education and career

Eriksmoen was educated at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, the

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

in Paris and the Royal Danish Opera Academy in Copenhagen. Eriksmoen debuted in 2006 and has performed through Europe. She was described as "bright-voiced" and as showing "strength at both extremes of her range in a memorable 'Come scoglio' " in her performance as Fiordiligi in ''

Così fan tutte (''All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers''), K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte w ...

'', although reviews of earlier performances have been more mixed. Other performances have received strong reviews.

Awards

In 2009 she received the Lindeman Prize for Young Musicians. In 2011 she received Statoil's talent stipend.

Personal life

Eriksmoen lives in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

with her husband, conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen and their two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eriksmoen, Mari 1983 births People from Ski, Norway Living people Norwegian operatic sopranos