18th July to 18th August 2012

Angelica Voje

Elegant lady (mezzo-soprano)

Angelica Voje made her British operatic debut earlier this season in English Touring Opera’s production of Flavio as part of the ETO Handelfest. She also makes her debut at the Bregenzer Festspiele in Das Portrait - a new opera by Mieczyslaw Weinberg and her recital debut at the Festspillene Nordiske Impulser I Bergen. Next season sees her debut with Den Norske Opera in a new production of Lulu. Other operatic roles to date include The Fox - The Cunning Little Vixen, Cherubino - Le nozze di Figaro and the title role in Handel’s Teseo. Last season she performed the roles of Waltraute in Wagner’s Die Walküre, and both Waltraute and Wellgunde in Nibelungen for Children at Opernhaus Zurich. She has worked with the conductors Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Philippe Jordan, John Fiore and Peter Szylway; and recent concert performances include Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli with the Bath Philharmonia, Grieg’s Peer Gynt in a ballet version for Opernhaus Zurich, and the Aftenpostens New Year Concert at The Opera House, Oslo. Angelica Voje studied with Neil Mackie and Poul Erik Hansen in Norway, Henning Vilén at Bel Canto Scandinavia in Denmark, and Francisco Araiza at International Opera Studio Zurich. In London she studied with Katheleen Livingstone at the Royal College of Music and at the Benjamin Britten International Opera School. In 2006/07 she was the first recipient of the Opperby-Stokowski Scholarship and at the same time was given the Young Musician of the Year award from the Odd Fellow Slagelse, Denmark. In 2009 Angelica was awarded two special prizes at the Queen Sonja International Music Competition for best Norwegian performer and best interpretation of Edvard Grieg's music.