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HANNAH FRIESEN
SOPRANO

“Bright, clear sound and

alluring stage presence”

-Opera News 

About

FEATURED REVIEWS

"Her sister Clorinde, the excellent Hannah Friesen, sings a party-pleasing boléro that showcased the soprano's bright, clear sound and alluring stage presence."

    - Opera News

"Both sopranos tossed off the virtuoso writing in their comic duets, the highlights of the performance, with precision and verve."

    - Opera News

(Friesen as Clorinde in Manhattan School of Music's production of Nicolo Isuard's Cendrillon)

"Hannah Friesen’s sweet sound was perfect for

“Sul fil d’un soffio etesio” from Verdi’s Falstaff."

(Career Bridges Awards Gala 2019)

    -Good News Planet

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2024 SEASON

OCT

5

Camille Coloratura Awards Competition

Townsend University

Townsend, MD

AUG

30

A Night at the Opera

Cabaret Collective

Green Room 42 , NYC 7:00pm

JULY

 

14

Michael Paul Masterclass

& Management Auditions

July 14- August 3

Ischia, Italy

July

12

23rd Ottavio Ziino International Lyric Competition

Rome, Italy

June

15

The Opera Next Door: The Puccini Jukebox 

W. 21st Street, between 9th + 10th

New York City 3:00pm

May

 

11

Open Stages Festival

Sponsored by Brooklyn Conservatory

The Opera Next Door: The Puccini Jukebox

Park Slope, Brooklyn 4:00pm

May

 

10

Giulio Gari Voice Competition Finalist

*Honorable Mention

Liederkranz Club

New York City

Feb

 

11

Love Before Lent : A Valentine's Day Concert

with Baritone, Eric McKeever & Pianist Eunjung Ann

Secondary Presbyterian Church, West 95th St.

New York City 4:00pm

2023 SEASON

JULY

 

28

Donna Anna in Don Giovanni by Mozart

Mozart Opera Studio

Schloß Laudon  Vienna, Austria

BIOGRAPHY

Praised for her “Bright, clear sound and alluring stage presence” by Opera News, Canadian-American soprano Hannah Friesen is making a name for herself in the world of opera. The last couple years have been abundant with work and new connections including her professional debut as Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro with Opera Delaware in May of 2022, Winning the Audience Choice Award at the Iowa District for the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition January 2023, along with multiple role debuts in Europe as Gilda in Rigoletto with L'Accademia Nazionale Di Belcanto Italiano, Servilia in La clemenza di Tito and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Mozart Opera Studio in Vienna, Austria. During her last two European seasons, Hannah studied with world renowned Mexican tenor Francisco Araiza at the European Music Institute in Vienna, Austria. 

Friesen holds a Master of Music in Opera from the Manhattan School of Music (2019) and a Bachelor of Music Education from Simpson College (2017). Friesen has also worked as a Principal Artist with The International School of the Voice (2020-23), an Apprentice Artist with the Des Moines Metro Opera (2019), Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Center (2018), and has performed two seasons with the College Light Opera Company of Cape Cod (2015-16).

 

JULY

 

21

Francisco Araiza Masterclass Final Concert

European Music Institute 

Schloß Laudon  Vienna, Austria

MAY

 

12

International School of the Voice

2023 Principal Artist Recital

Belin Chapel, Houston Christian University

Houston, Texas

JAN

 

14

Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition

*Audience Choice Award Winner

Iowa District

2022 SEASON

Sep

1

Gilda in Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi

L'Accademia Nazionale Di Belcanto Italiano

Teatro Parvum  Alessandria, Italy

June 5th & September 1st

AUG

 

7

Servilia in La clemenza di Tito by Mozart

Mozart Opera Studio

Schloß Laudon  Vienna, Austria

June

 

5

Gilda in Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi

L'Accademia Nazionale Di Belcanto Italiano

Teatro Parvum  Alessandria, Italy

MAY

 

20

Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro 

Delaware Opera

May 20th-22nd

MAY

 

5

Artcinia's Summer Series Concert 

St. John the Baptist Church

Philadelphia, Manayunk

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