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, mezzo-soprano who has performed in opera, operetta, classical concerts and jazz
B
- Oda Balsborg, soprano, recordings of Wagnerian performances
- Lisbeth Balslev, soprano specializing in Wagnerian opera
- Henriette Bonde-Hansen, soprano opera singer and concert performer, Reumert Award in 2014
- Charlotte Bournonville, actress and mezzo-soprano singer who sang in Stockholm before joining the Royal Danish Theatre
- Johanne Brun, opera singer who also performed in Germany
D
- Inger Dam-Jensen, soprano taking leading roles at the Royal Danish Theatre
- Elisabeth Dons, Paris-trained soprano and mezzo-soprano becoming a prima donna in the 1890s
E
- Birgit Engell, German-born Danish operatic soprano who later specialized in concerts
F
- Emilie da Fonseca, Norwegian-Danish actress and opera singer
- Ida Henriette da Fonseca, mezzo-soprano singer and composer who performed in operas and concerts mainly in Sweden and Germany
- Povla Frijsh, classical soprano and voice teacher
G
- Leocadie Gerlach, Danish-Swedish mezzo-soprano considered the most successful singer of her day at the Royal Danish Theatre
- Edith Guillaume, mezzo-soprano with the Danish National Opera and the Royal Danish Opera
- Ruth Guldbæk, soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre, also at Covent Garden
H
- Kirsten Hermansen, soprano at the Royal Danish Teacher, later music teacher
J
- Louise Janssen, Danish-born soprano who sang Wagnerian roles in Lyon, France
- Eva Johansson, soprano who has performed in opera worldwide, especially in Germany and the United States
K
- Sophie Keller, soprano with the Royal Danish Theatre who later founded a conservatory for women
- Tina Kiberg, soprano who has performed leading roles in the operas of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner
- Lone Koppel, leading soprano performer at the Royal Danish Theatre
- Tenna Kraft, outstanding soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre in the early 20th century
- Johanne Krarup-Hansen, mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre, remembered as the first Danish Brünnhilde in ''Die Walküre''
L
- Lilly Lamprecht, award-winning soprano who sang at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1911
- Dorothy Larsen, American-born Danish operatic soprano who performed at the Royal Danish Theatre
- Margrethe Lendrop, soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre where she took the role of Carmen 131 times
- Anna Henriette Levinsohn, soprano and mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1860
- Augusta Lütken, popular yet untrained soprano, nine years at the Royal Danish Theatre
M
- Ida Møller, soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre remembered for her roles in Mozart's operas
- Caroline Müller, highly successful mezzo-soprano first in Copenhagen and later in Stockholm
N
- Anna Nielsen, actress and mezzo-soprano singer performing with success at the Royal Danish Theatre in both plays and operas
- Inga Nielsen, soprano who sang in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States
- Ingeborg Nørregaard Hansen, soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre where she became a leading Wagnerian performer
O
- Edith Oldrup, soprano at the Royal Danish Opera remembered for her roles in the operas of Mozart and Puccini
Q
- Hedevig Quiding, soprano in German opera houses, voice instructor and music critic
S
- Louise Sahlgreen, soprano, first in the choir at the Royal Danish Theatre, later performing operatic roles
- Else Schøtt, soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1919 to 1951, later a voice teacher
- Catharine Simonsen, soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre, noted for her roles in Italian operas
- Bonna Søndberg, sang both mezzo-soprano and soprano roles at the Royal Danish Theatre until her retirement in 1987
- Ingeborg Steffensen, mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre remembered for her performances of Carmen, Dalila and Azuncena
U
- Emilie Ulrich, soprano in leading roles at the Royal Danish Theatre until 1917
W
- Lilian Weber Hansen, mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre for 25 years from 1940 remembered for her dramatic roles
- Ebba Wilton, foremost coloratura singer of her generation at the Royal Danish Theatre
Z
- Josephine Zinck, mezzo-soprano in concerts at the Musikforeningen and in operas at the Royal Danish Theatre
- Marie Zinck, popular actress and singer who performed in plays, operas and operettas at the Royal Danish Theatre