Interests

SARA JONSSON

Soprano

Musical Education

Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest, Hungary; Postgraduate studies (Professor Erika Sziklay) 2000-2002 (Voice)

Birmingham Conservatoire, England; Bachelor of Music (Honours, 1st class) 1996-2000 (Voice)

Kapellsbergs Musikskola, Härnösand, Sweden 1994-1996 (Voice, violin, piano)

Opera Roles

The Governess The Turn of the Screw Oxford Opera Company 2008

Oxford City Opera 2004
Fiordiligi Così fan tutte Oxford Opera Company 2006-08

Lady Billows Albert Herring Birmingham Youth Opera 2006

Countess Le nozze di Figaro Millenium Opera 2006

The Witch Hansel and Gretel Birmingham Youth Opera 2006

Ida Die Fledermaus Opera Box 2006

Pallas Athena The Judgment of Paris The Cannon Scholars 2006/08

Papagena The Magic Flute Opera at Bearwood 2005

Dorabella Così fan tutte Lambeth Orchestra, London 2004

Berta Il barbiere di Siviglia Opera Brava 2004/05

2^nd Wood Nymph Rusalka The Opera School, Wales 2004

Zweite Dame Die Zauberflöte Oxford Opera, New Theatre 2003

2^nd Witch/Woman Dido and Aeneas Hertford College, Oxford, Holywell Music Room 2003

Barbarina Le nozze di Figaro Opernstudio der Region Nürnberg, Germany 2002

Sylviane/Lolo Die lustige Witwe Opernstudio der Region Nürnberg, Germany 2002

Zweiter Knabe Die Zauberflöte Kapellsbergs Musikskola, Härnösand, Sweden 1995

(before change of fach)

Giulio Cesare Giulio Cesare Birmingham Conservatoire, England 2000

Florence Pike Albert Herring Birmingham Conservatoire, England 2000

Athamas Semele Birmingham Conservatoire, England 1999

Opera excerpts include:

Pagliacci Act 1 2008

Tosca                       Act 1                                                                               Scheggino, Italy            2007
Don Carlos              ( Elizabetta) Giustizia/Quintet, Act 4                        Scheggino, Italy              2007
Don Giovanni           (Donna Elvira) Scene IX – XII                                 Scheggino, Italy              2007

Peter Grimes Glitter of Waves, Duet Ellen/Peter Tour to Bahrain 2006

Les Carmélites Duet Act 2 Blanche/Le Chevalier David Syrus Master Class/Tour to Bahrain 2005/06

Eugene Onegin Final Scene (Tatyana) More Music Festival, London 2005

Guglielmo Tell Trio and Prayer (Mathilde); Il barbiere di Siviglia Trio (Rosina) Opera Italiana 2004

Languages

Swedish (fluent); English (fluent); German (advanced); French (good); Italian (good);

Opera Chorus

MWO - Mid Wales Opera; KM - Kapellsbergs Musikskola; H - Hertford College, Oxford; BC - Birmingham Conservatoire; OSW - Opera School Wales

SCO – Swansea City Opera

Master Classes/Coaching

Petra Lang 2006

David Syrus 2005

Sarah Walker 2005

Robin Bowman 2005 onwards

Nicholas Cleobury 2005 onwards

Nicoletta Conti Opera Course, Scheggino, Italy 2005/2007/2008

Julius Drake 2004 onwards

Philip Langridge London Master Classes, Royal Academy 2004

Benjamin Zander London Master Classes, Royal Academy 2004

Malcolm Martineau Symphony Hall, Birmingham 1998
Ingrid Surgenor
Bryan Evans
Torsten Föllinger
Rosemary Hardy
Andrew King
Pamela Bowden
Helen Crayford
Professor Julian Pike
Raymond Fischer

Works with Orchestra/Chamber Ensemble

Psychotic Episode/Restlessness Nirmali Fenn CD recording RAM 2007

Pierrot Lunaire Schoenberg The Proteus Ensemble 2008/2006

Les Nuits d’été Berlioz Hitchin Symphony Orchestra 2006

Wesendonklieder Wagner Hertford Brucker Orchestra 2006

Shéhérazade Ravel St Albans Symphony Orchestra 2005

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Mahler Lambeth Orchestra 2003

London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy,

The London Master Classes, Benjamin Zander, 2004

Apollo et Hyacintus Henze Birmingham Conservatoire 1999

Song Cycles/Collections with Piano

Op. 2; Op. 10 Barber

An die ferne Geliebte Beethoven

Seven Early Songs Berg

On this Island Britten

Chansons de Bilitis Le Promenoir des Deux Amants Fêtes Galantes 1 and 2 Debussy

La Bonne Chanson Fauré

Five Elizabethan Songs Gurney

Fünf Rückertlieder Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Mahler

Tel Jour telle nuit Poulenc

Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Quilter

Ellens drei Gesänge Schubert

Frauenliebe und Leben Liederkreis op.39 Schumann

Efterskörd Stenhammar

The House of Life Vaughan Williams

Les Angélus (with organ) Vierne

First Performances

Songs to poems by Hwang Chin Maria Vatenina-Winter Holywell Music Room, Oxford 2004

A Time to Dance John Ellis Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York 2005

Prizes/Competitions

St John’s Solo Singing Competiton (Art Song Class) 2005

Great Elm Vocal Awards (finalist) 2004

John Ireland Prize 1998

Reginald Vincent Lieder Prize 1998

Birmingham Midland Institute Vocal Prize 1999

Gordon Clinton English Song Prize (Second Prize) 1998

Mario Lanza Opera Prize (commendation)1998

Scholarships/Awards include (Swedish, unless otherwise stated)

Fredrika Bremer förbundet (Petersenska hemmet) 2002

Scholar at the Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest, Hungary, 2001-2002

courtesy of the Hungarian Ministry of Education

Anna Whitlocks stiftelse; Arvid Brieands stiftelse, Dagny Ullwarnes fond 2001

Joseph Weingarten Trust fund, Birmingham, England 2000-2001

(for postgraduate studies at the Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest, Hungary)

Royal Academy (Stockholm)Youth Scholarship 1994, 1995

Kapellsbergs Musikskola, Härnösand, Sweden (violin) 1995

Culture award, City council, Örnsköldsvik 1994

Örnsköldsvik’s parish (organ); Örnsköldsviks Musiksällskap (violin) 1993

Oratorio

Spirit of England, Elgar; Mass in C, Beethoven; Requiem, Fauré; Messiah, Solomon, Handel; Magnificat, Hovhaness; The Seasons, Paukenmesse, Kleine Orgelmesse, Haydn; Exsultate, jubilate, Krönungsmesse, Requiem, Missa Brevis in Bb, Mozart; Petite Messe Solennelle, Rossini; Gloria, Vivaldi before change of fach Magnificat, Kantata nr. 29, Weinachtsoratorium, J.S. Bach, Harmonimesse, Haydn, Stabat Mater, Pergolesi

Other Experience

Organist Sweden

Violinist Sweden /Norway (inc. production of Carmen-Den Norske Opera/Rana Operaforening, Mo i Rana, 1995)

Mid Wales Opera Newtown, Wales 1997-1999

World Youth Choir (Jeunesses Musicales) 1993-1996

Violin/Viola; Piano; Church organ; Choral conducting; Glockenspiel/Bells (military band)