# List of Danish operatic sopranos

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

## B

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

## D

* Inger Dam-Jensen (born 1964), soprano taking leading roles at the Royal Danish Theatre
* Elisabeth Dons (1864–1942), Paris-trained soprano and mezzo-soprano becoming a prima donna in the 1890s

## E

* Birgit Engell (1882–1973), German-born Danish operatic soprano who later specialized in concerts

## F

* Emilie da Fonseca (1803–1884), Norwegian-Danish actress and opera singer
* Ida Henriette da Fonseca (1802–1858), mezzo-soprano singer and composer who performed in operas and concerts mainly in Sweden and Germany
* Povla Frijsh (1881–1960), classical soprano and voice teacher

## G

* Leocadie Gerlach (1826–1919), Danish-Swedish mezzo-soprano considered the most successful singer of her day at the Royal Danish Theatre
* Edith Guillaume (1943–2013), mezzo-soprano with the Danish National Opera and the Royal Danish Opera
* Ruth Guldbæk (1919–2006), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre, also at Covent Garden

## H

* Kirsten Hermansen (1930–2015), soprano at the Royal Danish Teacher, later music teacher

## J

* Louise Janssen (1863–1938), Danish-born soprano who sang Wagnerian roles in Lyon, France
* Eva Johansson (born 1958), soprano who has performed in opera worldwide, especially in Germany and the United States

## K

* Sophie Keller (1850–1929), soprano with the Royal Danish Theatre who later founded a conservatory for women
* Tina Kiberg (born 1958), soprano who has performed leading roles in the operas of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner
* Lone Koppel (born 1938), leading soprano performer at the Royal Danish Theatre
* Tenna Kraft (1885–1954), outstanding soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre in the early 20th century
* Johanne Krarup-Hansen (1870–1958), mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre, remembered as the first Danish Brünnhilde in Die Walküre

## L

* Lilly Lamprecht (1887–1976), award-winning soprano who sang at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1911
* Dorothy Larsen (1911–1990), American-born Danish operatic soprano who performed at the Royal Danish Theatre
* Margrethe Lendrop (1873–1920), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre where she took the role of Carmen 131 times
* Anna Henriette Levinsohn (1839–1899), soprano and mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1860
* Augusta Lütken (1855–1910), popular yet untrained soprano, nine years at the Royal Danish Theatre

## M

* Ida Møller (1872–1947), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre remembered for her roles in Mozart's operas
* Caroline Müller (1755–1826), highly successful mezzo-soprano first in Copenhagen and later in Stockholm

## N

* Anna Nielsen (1803–1856), actress and mezzo-soprano singer performing with success at the Royal Danish Theatre in both plays and operas
* Inga Nielsen (1946–2008), soprano who sang in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States
* Ingeborg Nørregaard Hansen (1874–1941), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre where she became a leading Wagnerian performer

## O

* Edith Oldrup (1912–1999), soprano at the Royal Danish Opera remembered for her roles in the operas of Mozart and Puccini

## Q

* Hedevig Quiding (1867–1936), soprano in German opera houses, voice instructor and music critic

## S

* Louise Sahlgreen (1818–1891), soprano, first in the choir at the Royal Danish Theatre, later performing operatic roles
* Else Schøtt (1895–1989), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1919 to 1951, later a voice teacher
* Catharine Simonsen (1816–1849), soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre, noted for her roles in Italian operas
* Bonna Søndberg (born 1933), sang both mezzo-soprano and soprano roles at the Royal Danish Theatre until her retirement in 1987
* Ingeborg Steffensen (1888–1964), mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre remembered for her performances of Carmen, Dalila and Azuncena

## U

* Emilie Ulrich (1872–1952), soprano in leading roles at the Royal Danish Theatre until 1917

## W

* Lilian Weber Hansen (1911–1987), mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre for 25 years from 1940 remembered for her dramatic roles
* Ebba Wilton (1896–1949), foremost coloratura singer of her generation at the Royal Danish Theatre

## Z

* Josephine Zinck (1829–1919), mezzo-soprano in concerts at the Musikforeningen and in operas at the Royal Danish Theatre
* Marie Zinck (1789–1823), popular actress and singer who performed in plays, operas and operettas at the Royal Danish Theatre