HANNAH FRIESEN
SOPRANO
“Bright, clear sound and
alluring stage presence”
-Opera News
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
2024 SEASON
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
More 2024 Season details TBA
2023 SEASON
JULY
28
Donna Anna in Don Giovanni by Mozart
Mozart Opera Studio
Schloß Laudon Vienna, Austria
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
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).
Metropolitan Opera
Laffont Competition
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
8
ISV Principal Artist Final Concert
O Zittre Nicht- Mozart
Caro nome - Verdi
St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Time Square
MAY
5
Artcinia's Summer Series Concert
St. John the Baptist Church
Philadelphia, Manayunk
