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Åsa Jäger

Soprano

Åsa Jäger is a young rising, dramatic soprano. She studied at the University College of Opera in Stockholm and graduated with honors in June 2015. In April 2022 Åsa made her long awaited and very successful German- and Wagner-debut as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre at Landestheater Coburg, conducted by GMD Daniel Carter. The season also contained a Wagner concert at the Herning Opera Festival. She started the 2021–22 season by performing in the Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra's jubilee concert, held to celebrate the orchestra's 30th anniversary, conducted by Patrik Ringborg. In October 2020, Åsa was one of the semi-finalists in The Lauritz Melchior International Singing Competition in Aalborg, Denmark. During 2019, Åsa performed together with the Gävle Symphony Orchestra singing Sibelius-Lieder and Wagner-arias and in September 2019 she made her stage debut on Norrlandsoperan as the Mother in Humperdinck’s opera Hänsel and Gretel. In July 2018 she participated in the international competition Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and out of 950 applicants she was one of 24 who made it to the semi-finals. In 2016, Åsa competed for the first time and was a finalist in the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Singing Competition in Norrköping, Sweden.

Åsa has worked with conductors such as Nader Abbassi, Anja Bihlmaier, Tabita Berglund, Ola Rudner and Patrik Ringborg and has performed  with orchestras such as The Royal Swedish Orchestra, the Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra, the Gävle Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Wind Ensemble, KammarensembleN, the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra and the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. In addition to the traditional opera repertoire, Åsa, also sings contemporary music. Åsa has received a number of prestigious awards, including the Anders Wall’s Giresta scholarship and the Swedish Wagner society’s Bayreuth scholarship in 2015. She was also a recipient of the Royal Academy of Music’s national scholarschip for five years in a row 2012–2017.