Lisa Larsson soprano
2011 | 2012 season. Last updated: July 2011.
Following an early career as a flautist, Swedish soprano Lisa Larsson studied singing in Basel. She started her career at the Zurich Opera House in performances under Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Franz Welser-Möst and other important conductors. Following her debut at La Scala in Milan under Riccardo Muti she quickly established herself as a leading international Mozart singer performing Susanna, Pamina, Zaide, Zerlina, Servilia, Ilia, Fortuna and Ismene. Her other roles have included Marzelline, Anne Trulove, Ännchen, Eurydice, Adele, Adina, Oscar, Xenia, Tytania, Polissena and Morgana.
She appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro La Fenice, Royal Swedish and Danish Opera, Opéra de Monte Carlo, Oper Leipzig, Grand Théâtre de Genève and Theater Basel and worked with conductors including Claudio Abbado, Adam Fischer, Daniel Harding, Ivor Bolton and Massimo Zanetti. She was also invited by major festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Glyndebourne Festival and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
Equally at home on the concert platform, Lisa Larsson’s appearances have include performances with Claudio Abbado, Sir Colin Davis, Daniel Harding, Adam Fischer, Mikhail Pletnev, David Zinman, Antonello Manacorda, Lawrence Renes, Massimo Zanetti, Louis Langrée, Douglas Boyd, Vassily Sinaisky and orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, hr Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt, Camerata Salzburg, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra and New Japan Philharmonic.
She has also worked with many of the leading period instrument ensembles and their conductors such as Ton Koopman, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Frans Brüggen, Andrea Marcon, Emmanuelle Haïm, Nicholas McGegan, Paul Goodwin, Martin Haselböck, Gottfried von der Goltz, Trevor Pinnock, Jan Willem de Vriend and David Stern.
In the 2011 | 2012 season she returns to the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under Edo de Waart for performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The same repertoire is also scheduled for concerts with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia under Victor Pablo Perez and Musikkollegium Winterthur under Douglas Boyd. He will also be her conductor in a CD recording of Strauss’ ›Four Last Songs‹ and appearances at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris with works by George Benjamin and Mozart. Other highlights of the season include a tour with Frans Brüggen and his Orchestra of the 18th Century performing Bach’s ›St. John Passion‹, ›Arianna a Naxos‹ and ›Scena di Berenice‹ by Haydn with Jan Willem de Vriend and Combattimento Consort Amsterdam in various Dutch cities, Concertgebouw Amsterdam appearances in ›Herminie‹ by Berlioz conducted by Antonello Manacorda as well as with Pergolesi’s ›Stabat mater‹ with Nathalie Stutzmann and her Ensemble ORFEO 55, Bach’s ›Christmas Oratorio‹ with Ton Koopman in Lyon, Mozart’s ›Coronation Mass‹ with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo in the Vatican and orchestral songs by Swedish composer Rolf Martinsson dedicated to Lisa Larsson and a tour with the Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann in Sweden.
Lisa Larsson’s numerous recordings include Mozart's ›Don Giovanni‹ (Daniel Harding), ›Mitridate‹ (Adam Fischer), ›Il sogno di Scipione‹ (Gottfried von der Goltz), Handel’s ›Jephta‹ (Daniel Harding) as well as Bach cantatas with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Christmas and Easter Oratorios, Magnificat and numerous cantatas conducted by Ton Koopman. Her latest release is Mahler’s Symphony no. 8 (Mater gloriosa) under David Zinman with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra.
2011 | 2012 season. Last updated: July 2011.
Following an early career as a flautist, Swedish soprano Lisa Larsson studied singing in Basel. She started her career at the Zurich Opera House in performances under Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Franz Welser-Möst and other important conductors. Following her debut at La Scala in Milan under Riccardo Muti she quickly established herself as a leading international Mozart singer performing Susanna, Pamina, Zaide, Zerlina, Servilia, Ilia, Fortuna and Ismene. Her other roles have included Marzelline, Anne Trulove, Ännchen, Eurydice, Adele, Adina, Oscar, Xenia, Tytania, Polissena and Morgana.
She appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro La Fenice, Royal Swedish and Danish Opera, Opéra de Monte Carlo, Oper Leipzig, Grand Théâtre de Genève and Theater Basel and worked with conductors including Claudio Abbado, Adam Fischer, Daniel Harding, Ivor Bolton and Massimo Zanetti. She was also invited by major festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Glyndebourne Festival and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
Equally at home on the concert platform, Lisa Larsson’s appearances have include performances with Claudio Abbado, Sir Colin Davis, Daniel Harding, Adam Fischer, Mikhail Pletnev, David Zinman, Antonello Manacorda, Lawrence Renes, Massimo Zanetti, Louis Langrée, Douglas Boyd, Vassily Sinaisky and orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, hr Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt, Camerata Salzburg, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra and New Japan Philharmonic.
She has also worked with many of the leading period instrument ensembles and their conductors such as Ton Koopman, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Frans Brüggen, Andrea Marcon, Emmanuelle Haïm, Nicholas McGegan, Paul Goodwin, Martin Haselböck, Gottfried von der Goltz, Trevor Pinnock, Jan Willem de Vriend and David Stern.
In the 2011 | 2012 season she returns to the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under Edo de Waart for performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The same repertoire is also scheduled for concerts with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia under Victor Pablo Perez and Musikkollegium Winterthur under Douglas Boyd. He will also be her conductor in a CD recording of Strauss’ ›Four Last Songs‹ and appearances at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris with works by George Benjamin and Mozart. Other highlights of the season include a tour with Frans Brüggen and his Orchestra of the 18th Century performing Bach’s ›St. John Passion‹, ›Arianna a Naxos‹ and ›Scena di Berenice‹ by Haydn with Jan Willem de Vriend and Combattimento Consort Amsterdam in various Dutch cities, Concertgebouw Amsterdam appearances in ›Herminie‹ by Berlioz conducted by Antonello Manacorda as well as with Pergolesi’s ›Stabat mater‹ with Nathalie Stutzmann and her Ensemble ORFEO 55, Bach’s ›Christmas Oratorio‹ with Ton Koopman in Lyon, Mozart’s ›Coronation Mass‹ with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo in the Vatican and orchestral songs by Swedish composer Rolf Martinsson dedicated to Lisa Larsson and a tour with the Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann in Sweden.
Lisa Larsson’s numerous recordings include Mozart's ›Don Giovanni‹ (Daniel Harding), ›Mitridate‹ (Adam Fischer), ›Il sogno di Scipione‹ (Gottfried von der Goltz), Handel’s ›Jephta‹ (Daniel Harding) as well as Bach cantatas with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Christmas and Easter Oratorios, Magnificat and numerous cantatas conducted by Ton Koopman. Her latest release is Mahler’s Symphony no. 8 (Mater gloriosa) under David Zinman with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra.









