Jenny Carlstedt The Finnish-Swedish mezzo-soprano, Jenny Carlstedt, was born in the Åland Islands. She studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and with Rudolf Piernay at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She joined the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt, where she has since sung many important roles. These have centered around the Mozart mezzo repertoire, including Dorabella Cosi fan Tutte (Christof Loy’s award-winning production), Sesto and Annio La Clemenza di Tito, Cherubino Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Ramiro La Finta Giardiniera and Giacinta La Finta Semplice. Jenny’s other important roles in Frankfurt have included Erika Vanessa, Wellgunde Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung, Siebel Faust, Muse/Nicklausse Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Rosina Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Angelina La Cenerentola, Varvara Katja Kabanova, Kate Owen Wingrave, Diana La Calisto, Lazuli L’Etoile and Harper Pitt in Peter Eötwös’ Angels in America. Jenny has also sung guest contracts all across Europe, including Dorabella for Glyndebourne Touring and in Guy Joosten’s production of Cosi fan Tutte which has travelled to Helsinki, Antwerp and Copenhagen, Annio at the Theater an der Wien, Varvara in Basel, and Olga Eugene Onegin at the Königlichen Oper in Copenhagen, directed by Peter Konwitschny. Lars Karlsson wrote the role of Greta in Rödhamn for Jenny and this was premiered in 2002 at Finnish National Opera. Jenny is also much in demand as a concert singer. She has sung the major alto oratorio repertoire for conductors such as Helmuth Rilling, Peter Schreier and Roy Goodman, as well as Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Jukka- Pekka Saraste, Sibelius’ Kullervo with Okko Kamu and Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder and Das Lied von der Erde with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2011, Jenny performed a programme of Berio songs with Ensemble Mordern at the Musiekgebouw in Amsterdam and, more recently, premiered Nina Senk’s new piece for piano and mezzo-soprano in the Alte Oper’s ‘Spur der romantik’ concert series. Jenny’s future operatic projects in Frankfurt include her debut as Emilia in Verdi’s Otello and the title role in Handel’s Teseo, as well as further performances of Wellgunde and Lazuli. In addition, she will sing the premiere of a new piece by Aulis Sallinen in March 2013 with the Finnish RSO (cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste), Ravel’s Trois Poemes de Mallarmé at Heidelberg Spring (cond. Matthias Pintscher), and Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust at the Alte Opera in Frankfurt with Sebastian Wiegle. Mark Kendall Artists Management Ltd 56 St. Anselm’s Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN14 7EN Tel: +44 (0)1903 233 229 Mobile: + 44 (0)7525 916 598 www.markkendallartists.com email: [email protected] .