Mari Eriksmoen

Mari Eriksmoen’s exquisite musicianship and impressive versatility have led to a blossoming career and innumerous acclaimed appearances on Europe’s premiere opera, concert, and recital stage alongside enduring collaborations with many key orchestras, conductors, and directors.

In the current season, the soprano debuts as Anne Trulove in “The Rake’s Progress” at Den Norske Opera under Kirill Karabits, as Costanza in Antonio Vivaldi’s “Griselda” at The Royal Danish Theater under Lars Ulrik Mortensen, as Zabelle in George Benjamin’s “Picture a Day like This” at Tiroler Festspiele Erl under Corinna Niemeyer and she joins Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and Aapo Häkkinen as Ilia in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Idomeneo” in concert in Helsinki, Amsterdam and Herne.

On the concert stage across the 2024/25 season, Mari returns to Den Norske Opera for Benjamin Britten’s “Les Illuminations” under Edward Gardner, makes her Japanese debut with Sapporo Symphony Orchestra in Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.2 under Elias Grandy, sings Solveig in Edvard Grieg’s “Peer Gynt” with Orquesta y Coro de RTVE and Thomas Dausgaard and she tours and records Joseph Haydn’s “Cäcilienmesse” with Kammerorchester Basel under René Jacobs.

Eriksmoen has excelled as Mélisande in “Pelléas et Mélisande”, Pamina in “Die Zauberflöte”, Marzelline in “Fidelio”, Susanna in “Le Nozze di Figaro”, Sophie in “Der Rosenkavalier”, Waldvogel in Richard Wagner’s “Ring Cycles” under Daniel Barenboim, Blanche de la Force in Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites”, Donna Anna in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, Gerda in Hans Abrahamsen’s “The Snow Queen”, Cleopatra in Georg Friedrich Händel’s “Giulio Cesare”, Romilda in Händel’s “Xerxes” and Isacco in Myslivecek’s “Abramo ed Isacco”.

Her 2010 debut as Zerbinetta in “Ariadne auf Naxos” at Theater an der Wien, marked the beginning of a regular presence on the Vienna stage, returning as Olympia (“Les contes d’Hoffmann”), Euridice (“Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo”), Servilia (“La clemenza di Tito”), Agilea (“Teseo”), Susanna, Zerlina and Fiordiligi in the Da Ponte Trilogy.

Recent concert highlights include her debut with Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No.2 under Neeme Järvi, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdys “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with Berliner Philharmoniker and Ivan Fischer, Johannes Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem” with Münchner Philharmoniker and Paavo Järvi, Robert Schumann’s “Das Paradies und die Peri” with Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Philippe Herreweghe, Mahler’s Symphony No.2 with Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä, Mahler’s Symphony No.8 with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Mahler’s Symphony No.4 with Tonhalle Zürich and Kent Nagano and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with Wiener Symphoniker and Omer Meir Wellber.

Eriksmoen completed her studies in Oslo (Norwegian Academy of Music), Paris (Conservatoire National Supérieur) and Copenhagen (Royal Danish Academy of Opera).