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The Danish soprano Ditte Andersen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Opera in Copenhagen with Susanna Eken.
2006-2008 she was a principal soloist at the Deutsche Oper Berlin where her roles included Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Fiakermilli in Arabella, Waldvogel in Siegfried, Ein Junger Hirt in Tannhäuser, Lisa in La Sonnambula, Pepa in Tiefland, and the soprano in a staged production of Carmina Burana.
Recent opera engagements have included Cirène in Aristeo and Bauci in Bauci e Filemone, both operas by Gluck, at Opéra Garnier Paris, Opéra du Rhin Strasbourg, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Opéra Garnier Monaco, and Le Corum Montpellier, Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Opéra de Lausanne, Opéra de Nimes and at Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Céphie in Rameau’s Zoroastre in Opéra Comique in Paris, as well as in Amsterdam and at Drottningholm Theatre in Stockholm, Servilia in La Clemenza di Tito, Amor in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Eurydice, and Papagena in The Magic Flute at the Royal Danish Opera, Servilia in La Clemenza di Tito in Budapest, and Short Cuts, a pasticcio with arias from different Mozart operas in Paris, Aix-en-Provence, Nimes, Luxembourg, Grenoble, Caen and Vichy. In concerts she has also sung Elisa in Mozart’s Il Re Pastore with Adam Fischer.
Ditte Andersen is much in demand as a concert singer and she has appeared in concert venues and festivals throughout Europe including the Royal Albert Hall in London, Teatro Monumental in Madrid, Salle Pleyel, Cité de la Musique and Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Bozar in Brussels, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Konzerthaus Berlin.
She has worked with conductors such as Yves Abel, Paolo Arrivabeni, Fabio Biondi, Thomas Dausgaard, Peter Dijkstra, Laurence Equilbey, Adam Fischer, Matthias Foremny, Patrick Fournillier, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Christopher Hogwood, Graeme Jenkins, Vladimir Jurowski, Johannes Knecht, Adrian Leaper, Michael Hofstetter, Ion Marin, Andrew Manze, Paul McCreesh, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Jun Märkl, Tomas Netopil, Daniel Oren, Juan Bautista Otero, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Lawrence Renes, Christophe Rousset, Donald Runnicles, Ulf Schirmer, Andreas Spering, and Johannes Willig.
The season 2009/10 included Zelmira in Haydn’s Armida in Cologne, Baucis in Haydn’s Philemon und Baucis in Madrid, Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten in Helsingborg and Trondheim, Orff’s Carmina Burana in Oslo, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung as well as Bach’s St. John Passion in Oslo, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater as well as Bach’s Mass in B minor in Copenhagen, N.W Gade’s Elverskud in Aarhus, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in Aalborg (Denmark), and Handel’s Messiah in Bergen (Norway).
Engagements so far in the season 2010/11 have included Artenice in Terradellas’ Sesostri in Barcelona, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Swedish Opera, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Stuttgart as well as in Oslo, concerts with opera and operetta arias with Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Mozart’s Requiem with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, arias by Handel with the Choir of the Danish National Opera and Christmas Concerts with Odense Symphony Orchestra.
As of June 2011 Ditte Andersen will take a few months break from her career; preparing for motherhood.
Upcoming engagements include Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Danish National Opera, Madame Herz in Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor at the Vestfold Festival with the conductor Michael Alexander Willens, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung in Rennes (France) with the conductor Olari Elts, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Warsaw with the conductor Fabio Biondi, and Handel Messiah in Aarhus with the conductor Giancarlo Andretta.
Ditte Andersen has recorded Servilia in La Clemenza di Tito with Adam Fischer, Bauci in Gluck’s Bauci e Filemone and Cirene in Gluck’s Aristeo with Christophe Rousset, Artenice in Terradellas’ Sesostri with the conductor Juan Bautista Otero (to be released), and a CD with arias and cantatas by Italian baroque composers for the record label Berlin Classics.
June 2011
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