Ann Hallenberg

The Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg appears regularly in opera houses and festivals such as Teatro alla Scala Milan, Teatro La Fenice Venice, Teatro Real Madrid, Theater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, Opéra National Paris, Opéra de Lyon, Théâtre de la Monnaie Brussels, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Staatsoper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Royal Swedish Opera, Salzburg Festival, Verbier Festival, Proms Festival London and Edinburgh Festival. She has built an unusually vast concert repertoire that spans music from the early 17th century up to contemporary works and she has also gained much attention as a Lied recitalist, receiving special praise for her interpretations of songs by Nordic and German composers. She has recorded more than 50 CD and DVD with music by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart, Haydn, Gluck, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Bruckner, just to mention a few. In November 2025 her solo CD Gluck Arias won the award for Best Operatic Recital at the International Opera Awards in London, the first artist ever to receive the award three times, previously having won in 2014 and 2016.