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List of Danish operatic sopranos
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This is a list of operatic sopranos and mezzo-sopranos who were born in Denmark or whose work is closely associated with that country.


A
- Signe Asmussen (born 1970), mezzo-soprano who has performed in opera, operetta, classical concerts and jazz[1]

B
- Oda Balsborg (1934–2014), soprano, recordings of Wagnerian performances[2]
- Lisbeth Balslev (born 1945), soprano specializing in Wagnerian opera[3]
- Henriette Bonde-Hansen (born 1963), soprano opera singer and concert performer, Reumert Award in 2014[4]
- Charlotte Bournonville (1832–1911), actress and mezzo-soprano singer who sang in Stockholm before joining the Royal Danish Theatre[5]
- Johanne Brun (1874–1954), opera singer who also performed in Germany[6]

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D
- Inger Dam-Jensen (born 1964), soprano taking leading roles at the Royal Danish Theatre[7]
- Elisabeth Dons (1864–1942), Paris-trained soprano and mezzo-soprano becoming a prima donna in the 1890s[8]
E
- Birgit Engell (1882–1973), German-born Danish operatic soprano who later specialized in concerts[9]
F
- Emilie da Fonseca (1803–1884), Norwegian-Danish actress and opera singer[10]
- Ida Henriette da Fonseca (1802–1858), mezzo-soprano singer and composer who performed in operas and concerts mainly in Sweden and Germany[11]
- Povla Frijsh (1881–1960), classical soprano and voice teacher[12]
G
- Leocadie Gerlach (1826–1919), Danish-Swedish mezzo-soprano considered the most successful singer of her day at the Royal Danish Theatre[13]
- Edith Guillaume (1943–2013), mezzo-soprano with the Danish National Opera and the Royal Danish Opera[14]
- Ruth Guldbæk (1919–2006), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre, also at Covent Garden[15]

H
- Kirsten Hermansen (1930–2015), soprano at the Royal Danish Teacher, later music teacher[16]
J
- Louise Janssen (1863–1938), Danish-born soprano who sang Wagnerian roles in Lyon, France[17]
- Eva Johansson (born 1958), soprano who has performed in opera worldwide, especially in Germany and the United States[18]
K
- Sophie Keller (1850–1929), soprano with the Royal Danish Theatre who later founded a conservatory for women[19]
- Tina Kiberg (born 1958), soprano who has performed leading roles in the operas of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner[20]
- Lone Koppel (born 1938), leading soprano performer at the Royal Danish Theatre[21]
- Tenna Kraft (1885–1954), outstanding soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre in the early 20th century[22]
- Johanne Krarup-Hansen (1870–1958), mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre, remembered as the first Danish Brünnhilde in Die Walküre[23]

L
- Lilly Lamprecht (1887–1976), award-winning soprano who sang at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1911[24]
- Dorothy Larsen (1911–1990), American-born Danish operatic soprano who performed at the Royal Danish Theatre[25]
- Margrethe Lendrop (1873–1920), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre where she took the role of Carmen 131 times[26]
- Anna Henriette Levinsohn (1839–1899), soprano and mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1860[27]
- Augusta Lütken (1855–1910), popular yet untrained soprano, nine years at the Royal Danish Theatre[28]
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M
- Ida Møller (1872–1947), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre remembered for her roles in Mozart's operas[29]
- Caroline Müller (1755–1826), highly successful mezzo-soprano first in Copenhagen and later in Stockholm[30]


N
- Anna Nielsen (1803–1856), actress and mezzo-soprano singer performing with success at the Royal Danish Theatre in both plays and operas[31]
- Inga Nielsen (1946–2008), soprano who sang in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States[32]
- Ingeborg Nørregaard Hansen (1874–1941), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre where she became a leading Wagnerian performer[33]
O
- Edith Oldrup (1912–1999), soprano at the Royal Danish Opera remembered for her roles in the operas of Mozart and Puccini[34]
Q
- Hedevig Quiding (1867–1936), soprano in German opera houses, voice instructor and music critic[35]
S
- Louise Sahlgreen (1818–1891), soprano, first in the choir at the Royal Danish Theatre, later performing operatic roles[36]
- Else Schøtt (1895–1989), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1919 to 1951, later a voice teacher[37]
- Catharine Simonsen (1816–1849), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre, noted for her roles in Italian operas[38]
- Bonna Søndberg (born 1933), sang both mezzo-soprano and soprano roles at the Royal Danish Theatre until her retirement in 1987[39]
- Ingeborg Steffensen (1888–1964), mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre remembered for her performances of Carmen, Dalila and Azuncena[40]
U
- Emilie Ulrich (1872–1952), soprano in leading roles at the Royal Danish Theatre until 1917[41]
W
- Lilian Weber Hansen (1911–1987), mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre for 25 years from 1940 remembered for her dramatic roles[42]
- Ebba Wilton (1896–1949), foremost coloratura singer of her generation at the Royal Danish Theatre[43]
Z
- Josephine Zinck (1829–1919), mezzo-soprano in concerts at the Musikforeningen and in operas at the Royal Danish Theatre[44]
- Marie Zinck (1789–1823), popular actress and singer who performed in plays, operas and operettas at the Royal Danish Theatre[45]
References
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