Mari Eriksmoen

Soprano

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“The rich nuances of Mari Eriksmoen’s vibrant performance contrasts with her rock-solid technique. Her high notes are commanding, her chest voice has a shimmering depth, and the seamless unity of her registers is nothing short of legendary.”
- Forum Opéra, May 2025

Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen brings a luminous, crystalline voice paired with remarkable artistic versatility to a repertoire spanning the worlds of baroque and classical music, the masterpieces of the 20^th century to the discoveries of contemporary opera. Her distinctive artistry has graced many of Europe’s most prestigious opera houses, concert halls, and festivals while her continually expanding repertoire reflects her fearless musical curiosity.

As part of her 2026/27 season, Mari Eriksmoen sings Agnès in George Benjamin’s Written on Skin, her first performances of the role, at Bergen National Opera, she revives her acclaimed Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande in Jetske Mijnssen’s acclaimed production at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and joins Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich for performances of Rossini’s La scala di seta, conducted by Jan Willem de Vriend. On the concert platform, she reunites with René Jacobs for Bach’s St John Passion with B’Rock Orchestra on tour in Europe and Asia, and with Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Paavo Järvi for Beethoven’s Symphony No.9. Further season appearances include Beethoven’s Missa solemnis at Prague Spring Festival under Tomáš Netopil; Irgens-Jensen’s Japanischer Frühling with Kristiansand Symfoniorkester and Eivind Gullberg Jensen; Handel’s Messiah with Sinfonia Lahti and Hannu Lintu; Mahler’s Symphony No.4 with Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra and Elias Grandy and she brings in the New Year with the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra.

Eriksmoen’s international operatic career was launched by her Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos at Theater an der Wien, where she subsequently sang Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Euridice (L’Orfeo), Servilia (La clemenza di Tito), Agilea (Teseo), as well as Susanna, Zerlina and Fiordiligi in the Da Ponte Trilogy under the late Nikolaus Harnoncourt. She went on to perform Pamina in Simon McBurney’s Die Zauberflöte, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Ilia in Idomeneo and Waldvogel in Daniel Barenboim’s Ring Cycles at Teatro alla Scala. Her acclaimed Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande at Opera Vlaanderen, in Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s production under Alejo Pérez, led to performances at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg and Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville. In recent seasons, her repertoire has continued to take her into 20^th- and 21^st-century opera, with Anne Trulove in The Rake’s Progress, Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Zabelle in George Benjamin’s Picture a Day like This, Gerda in Hans Abrahamsen’s The Snow Queen, and Circula in Blitzstein’s Parabola and Circula. Other recent highlights include Asteria in Handel’s Tamerlano under René Jacobs, the title role in L’incoronazione di Poppea with Ensemble I Gemelli, and her Salzburg Festival debut as Isacco in Mysliveček’s Abramo ed Isacco under Václav Luks.

Recent concert highlights include Mendelssohn’s Elijah at Edinburgh International Festival under Thomas Søndergård; A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Dalia Stasevska; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo under Kazuki Yamada and at Bergen International Festival under Jan Willem de Vriend; and Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater with BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Ryan Bancroft at the 2026 BBC Proms. She has performed Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Orchestre de Paris under Klaus Mäkelä, on European tour and recording with Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under Paavo Järvi, and at the BBC Proms with The Hallé under Kahchun Wong. Other repertoire includes Britten’s Les Illuminations under Edward Gardner at Den Norske Opera and Grieg’s Peer Gynt with Orquesta y Coro de RTVE and Thomas Dausgaard.

Eriksmoen’s discography includes Britten and Canteloube with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner (Chandos), her debut recital album with pianist Alphonse Cemin (Alpha), and Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi), among others.