Biography

Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir is a soprano from Reykjavík, Iceland. At the age of 14 she started her singing studies with Harpa Harðardóttir and in 2013 she graduated from the „Reykjavik Academy of Singing and Vocal Arts“  before carrying on her studies at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, where she completed her Masters in classical singing under the guidance of KS Prof. Uta Priew.

From the age of four, she has sung in the choirs of Langholtskirkja directed by Jón Stefánsson and Árni Heiðar Karlsson. 2016-2017 Kristín also sang in the Chamber Choir of Digraneskirkja directed by Sólveig Sigríður Einarsdóttir. As a member in all the choirs she sang solos.

As a member of the Graduale Nobili Women's Choir, she sang on the album Biophilia (2011) by Björk Guðmundsdóttir and went on a two year long world tour.

Kristín has received several grants and recognitions. In 2018 she received a scholarship from the Richard Wagner Association in Minden and the same year she won the Audience Award at the International Singing Academy „Schloss Hartenfells“ in Torgau.  In 2023, she was awarded a scholarship from the Anna Nordal Foundation in Iceland for her studies in Leipzig.

She participated in masterclasses with KS Dagmar Schellenberger, KS Prof. Roland Schubert, Janet Williams and Prof. Ewa Wolak.

In the season 2021/22, Kristin sang the role of Soprano Right in the world premiere of Peter Eötvös’ opera “Sleepless” at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin with further performances at Grand Théâtre de Genève and Müpa, Budapest.
In addition, she made her role debut as Micaëla/Carmen at the Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen and embodied the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro at the Croatian National Theatre in Varaždin.

She also dedicates herself to the concert repertoire. She has sung Bach's Mass in B minor and St Matthew Passion, Brahms' ‘Liebeslieder Walzer’ and has given solo concerts in Iceland and Germany.

She has been continuing her studies in Roland Schubert's singing class at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig University of Music and Theatre since October 2023.

Guðmundsdóttir commenced 2023 with the solo recital Ljós í myrkri at the Icelandic Opera and Concert Hall Harpa in Reykjavík, where she will perform again in the 2024/2025 season. She made her debut at the Kulturpalast Dresden as soprano soloist in Lera Auerbach's 6th Symphony (Vessels of Light) for cello, choir and orchestra with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, with which she also made her debut at the Konzerthaus Berlin in November 2024.

This season, Guðmundsdóttir will be a part of the ensemble at Bremerhaven City Theatre and will be singing Gertrud (Hansel and Gretel), Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) and Ingrid, Green Woman, A Nurse, Anitra, The Dean's Wife in Peer Gynt, among others.


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Artist Website

www.kristinannasoprano.com 

Management

General Management

Artist Manager
 
 
 
 Ingunn Sighvatsdóttir
Artist Manager
ingunn@orlob.net 
Mobil: +49-173-2 067 821

Repertoire

Repertoire Concert

J.S.Bach B minor Mass
  Johannespassion
  Matthäuspassion
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem
  Liebeslieder Walzer
  Lieder 
Britten  On this island Op. 11
J.Haydn Die Schöpfung
Mahler Lieder 
Mozart Lieder
Roger Quilter Three songs Op. 3
Satie Three songs without text
Schubert Lieder
Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben Liederkreis Op. 39 
Sibelius 5 songs Op. 37
R. Strauss Mädchenblumen
Weber Lieder
Wolf Lieder
 

Repertoire Opera

Bizet Carmen Micaëla
Charpentier Louise Louise*
Donizetti Don Pasquale Norina*
Dvořák Rusalka Rusalka*
P. Eötvös Sleeples Sopran Right
Gounod Faust Marguerite**
  Roméo et Juliette Juliette*
Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel Gretel
Händel Alcina Alcina*
  Giulio Cesare Cleopatra*
Lehar Die Lustige Witwe Hanna*
  Giuditta Giuditta*
Massenet Hérodiade Salomé*
  Manon Manon*
Mozart Così fan tutte Despina*
    Fiordiligi**
  Die Zauberflöte Pamina*
    Papagena
  Don Giovanni Donna Anna*
    Zerlina**
  Idomeneo Ilia*
  La clemenza di Tito Servilia**
  Le nozze di Figaro Contessa
    Susanna**
Nicolai Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor Frau Fluth*
Puccini Gianni Schicchi Lauretta*
  La bohème Mimì*
  Turandot Liu
Rimsky-Korsakov The Tsar´s Bride Swan Princess*
Smetana The Bartered Bride Marjenka**
Ana Sokolović Svadba Nada
J.Strauß Die Fledermaus Adele*
    Rosalinde*
Tchaikovsky Iolanta Iolanta*
Weber Der Freischütz Agathe**
    Ännchen**

*arias
**scenes

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News

Wedding at the Bremerhaven City Theatre
Love, chaos and court intrigue at the Bremerhaven City Theatre - the opera Le Nozze di Figaro will be staged in Bremerhaven from March 15th 2025 with Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir in the role of Contessa di Almaviva. Achim Lenz is staging Mozart's popular opera, which will be performed under the musical direction of Davide Perniceni and Hartmut Brüsch additionally on the following dates: 20.03.25, 27.03.25, 29.03.25, 19.04.25, 25.04.25, 08.05.25.
Vessels of Light with Joana Mallwitz at the Konzerthaus Berlin
To mark the 70th anniversary of the International Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem 2024, Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir, Kangyoon Shine Lee and Arttu Kataja will complete the large soloist ensemble at the anniversary concert “Vessels of Light”. Lee and Guðmundsdóttir have already performed this piece by Lera Auerbach in the Dresdner Philharmonie. This time they will perform with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the direction of Joana Mallwitz on Sunday, 17th November 2024, at the Konzerthaus Berlin.

Information and performance dates:
www.konzerthaus.de
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