Ann-Helen Moen

Ann-Helen Moen (born 29 November 1969 in Molde, Norway) is a Norwegian lyric soprano from Molde Municipality in Norway, currently residing in Saffron Walden, United Kingdom.

Biography A graduate of the Grieg Academy (University of Bergen) and the Opera Academy in Copenhagen, Moen was a soloist at the opera in Graz, Austria, from 2001 to 2004 and has since performed for such companies as Den Nye Opera (Bergen), Hanover State Opera, the Norwegian National Opera, Trieste Opera and Zürich Opera (with the conductor William Christie). She appears regularly in concert, especially at Scandinavian music festivals: highlights include appearing as Solveig in Bentein Baardson's production of Peer Gynt in front of the Sphinx of Giza and her debut at Carnegie Hall with Leif Ove Andsnes in 2005.

Moen was a full-time soloist of Opera Graz, Austria, and her debut album, Catharinus Elling: Haugtussa and German Lieder, was released on SIMAX in 2009, awarded dice 5 by the Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende critique. She recited famous arias from operas, operettas and musicals, together with the young Norwegian tenor Erlend Tvinnereim at the Trondheim Chamber Music Festival 2013.

Honors Belvedere Competition, Vienna: special prize Queen Sonja International Music Competition, 1999: best Norwegian artist The Esso Prize, 2000

Discography

Solo albums 2009: Catharinus Elling: Haugtussa and German Lieder (Simax Classics), with, Gunilla Süssmann (piano)

Operatic roles Laura Wingfield, The Glass Managerie, Bibalo Micaela, Carmen, Bizet Anne Pedersdotter, E.Fliflet Bræin The Scottish Margarethe, The Maid of Norway, K.Habbestad Nina, Rebekka, G.E.Haugland Lisaura, Alessandro, Handel Almirena,Rinaldo, Handel Semele, Handel Åse, King and Marshall, Heise Julia, Der Vetter uas Dingsda, Künneke Poppea, L'incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi Sandrina, la finta giardiniera, Mozart Contessa, Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart Donna Elvira / Zerlina, Don Giovanni, Mozart Pamina / Papagena, Die Zaüberflöte, Mozart Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi, Puccini Belinda, Dido and Æeneas, Purcell Echo, Ariadne auf Naxos, Richard Strauss Ann Trulove, The Rake's Progress, Stravinsky Tatyana, Eugen Onegin, Tchaikovsky