BIO/REPERTOIRE

YLVA GRUEN

Swedish mezzo-soprano and clarinettist Ylva Gruen is a member of the soloist ensemble at Landesbühnen Sachsen since the season 2020/2021 . In 23/24 she will be adding the roles of Jezibaba (Rusalka Pocket Opera - Dvorak), Suse (Der Vampyr - Marschner), Julie (Julie - Boesmans), La Marchande (Les Mamelles de Tiresias - Poulenc) and Donna Elvia (Don Giovanni - Mozart) to her  CV. Previous important roles with the company include Charlotte (Werther - Massenet), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti - Bernstein), the title role in Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck), Maddalena (Rigoletto - Verdi) and Mary (Der Fliegende Holländer - Wagner). Ylva made her professional debut in January 2018 at the Finnish National Opera, portraying Kate Pinkerton. The summer of 2019 saw her as one of the Alvarez Young Artists at Garsington Opera, UK, followed by the world premiere of Jonas Forssell's opera Memory with Estrad Norr, Sweden, in the autumn. She holds a master's degree in Opera Performance from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and previous studies include Stockholm Opera Studio and the College of Music in Piteå.

After having studied the clarinet for many years I chose to set my main focus on singing. As I'm first and foremost an opera singer it is natural that most of my time is spent with opera, but I enjoy both lied and oratorio as well. I have a passion for contemporary music, which has led to several interesting projects and collaborations with young composers - and hopefully there will be many more in the future!

Ylva was born in Sundsvall and moved to Östersund when she was eleven years old. Her musical education began early with choirs, and a little later she started to take clarinet lessons. The singing and clarinet playing went side by side all the way up to college, but there she decided to put her main focus on singing. Although the clarinet still occasionally shows up on a concert or two, singing is and has always been her biggest passion.

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as Tisbe in La Cenerentola
Photo: Rami Talja

REPERTOIRE

OPERA

Bernstein - Dinah (Trouble in Tahiti) GER
Boesmans - Julie (Julie) GER
Britten - Hermia (A Midsummer Night's Dream) ENG
von Einem - Frau Grubach (Der Prozess) GER
Forssell - Bonny (Memory)** SWE
Humperdinck - Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel) GER
Massenet - Charlotte (Werther) GER, FR*
Marschner - Suse (Der Vampyr) GER
Mozart - Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro) IT
Mozart - Zerlina, Donna Elvira* (Don Giovanni) IT
Poulenc - La Marchande (Les Mamelles de Tiresias) FR
Puccini - Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) IT
Verdi - Meg Page (Falstaff) IT
Verdi - Maddalena (Rigoletto) IT
Wagner - Wellgunde (Das Rheingold, Götterdämmerung)* GER
Wagner - Mary (Der Fliegende Holländer) GER

LIED AND ORATORIO

Bach: Johannes-Passion (alto)
Bach: B minor mass (soprano II, alto)*
Bach: Magnificat (soprano II)*
Bach: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 (alto)
Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium (alto)
Beethoven: Symphony nr. 9 (alto)
Dvořák: Stabat mater (alto)
De Falla: El sombrero de tres picos (mezzo soprano)
Händel: The Triumph of Time and Truth (Counsel)
Mozart: Requiem (alto)
Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans (Abra, Ozias)

Grieg: Haugtussa
Janáček: Zápisník zmizelého (Zefka) 
Schumann: Frauenliebe- und leben
Pollak: Guldgrävarens tårar**

Numerous miscellaneous lieder, art songs and melodies, especially within the Nordic repertoire. 

*in preparation/musically studied
** world premiere

Ylva Gruen / Mezzo soprano / All Rights Reserved
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