©Matthew Plummer

漢娜‧希普
 
女中音

    2016/2017最新樂季，女中音漢娜·希普行程滿檔，並於許多劇院初登場。八月份，她於西雅圖歌劇院初次登台演出羅西尼《奥里伯爵》，接著返回蘇格蘭歌劇院演出《費加洛婚禮》的凱魯比諾，並在音樂會中演出馬斯卡尼《友人弗利茲》的貝培。2017年，她將於科芬園英國皇家歌劇院演出由加斯帕‧霍爾騰導演、安東尼奧·帕帕諾爵士指揮《紐倫堡的名歌手》，並與法國Erato唱片及華納古典錄製《特洛伊人》安娜一角。希普也將首次登上阿姆斯特丹荷蘭國家歌劇院，演出史特勞斯《莎樂美》佩姬一角。2017年夏季，她將返回葛蘭邦歌劇節演出理查·史特勞斯《納克索斯島上的阿麗雅德妮》的作曲家一角。

    2015-16樂季，漢娜·希普首次扮演《納克索斯島上的阿麗雅德妮》作曲家，並初次登上明尼蘇達歌劇院，接著返回祖國波蘭於華沙大劇院演出普契尼《蝴蝶夫人》的鈴木，之後以此角首次登上卑爾根歌劇院。希普於日內瓦與洛桑演出由夏爾·杜特華指揮、瑞士羅曼德管弦樂團演奏的《兒童與魔法》。2016年夏季，她返回葛蘭邦歌劇節演出《紐倫堡的名歌手》瑪達蓮娜一角。

    前一個樂季的重點演出包括與葛蘭邦巡迴演出莫札特《假扮園丁的姑娘》拉米若，並在馬希莫·札奈堤的指揮下，以比才《卡門》的梅塞德斯首次站上斯卡拉大劇院。在利摩日歌劇院首次演出莫札特《女人皆如此》的朵拉貝拉一角後，她返回葛蘭邦歌劇節演出拉威爾《兒童與魔法》貓與松鼠等角色，並演出由勞倫特·佩里製作、羅賓·提查堤指揮的拉威爾《西班牙時鐘》的康賽香。

    希普近期演出許多新角色並於眾多劇院首演，包括於芬蘭圖爾庫音樂節演出《費加洛婚禮》的凱魯比諾、於義大利羅馬歌劇院演出由夏爾·杜特華指揮的拉威爾《兒童與魔法》媽媽、蜻蜓與中國茶杯等角色。她首次站上蘇格蘭歌劇院挑戰《蝴蝶夫人》鈴木一角，並且首次參與葛蘭邦歌劇節，初次演出《茶花女》的弗洛拉。她於許多音樂會和獨唱會中演出，包括在里爾歌劇院舉辦多場獨唱會；她在倫敦牛津謝德尼爾歌劇院演出由尼古拉斯·克利歐伯利指揮、牛津巴哈合唱團伴唱、倫敦莫札特演奏家樂團演奏的韓德爾《所羅門》主角，於倫敦皇家慶典廳演出由倫敦莫札特演奏家樂團演奏的韓德爾《彌賽亜》，與倫敦古典歌劇合作演出《狄多王的仁慈》安尼奧，也於2014年英國廣播公司逍遙音樂節演出由謝米揚·畢契科夫指揮的史特勞斯《厄勒克特拉》。

    2011年9月，她加入皇家歌劇院的「傑特帕克年輕藝術家計畫」，期間曾演出馬斯奈《瑪儂的肖像》珍妮、白遼士《夏夜》、威爾第《茶花女》中的弗洛拉與安妮娜、白遼士《特洛伊人》安娜、《奥賽羅》伊米麗婭、羅西尼《蘭絲之旅》馬德絲汀娜、莫札特《魔笛》第二仕女，以及普契尼《燕子》碧昂卡。身為計畫一員，她也演出華格納《紐倫堡的名歌手》瑪達蓮娜、莫札特《費加洛婚禮》凱魯比諾、柴可夫斯基《尤金·奧涅金》奥佳、華格納《萊茵黃金》與《諸神的黃昏》薇昆德、喬治·班傑明《寫在皮膚上》第二天使瑪莉。於科芬園的重要演出，包括於普拉西多·多明哥慶典上演出威爾第《奥賽羅》第四幕的伊米麗婭、英國廣播公司逍遙音樂節時於皇家阿爾伯特音樂廳演出《特洛伊人》安娜，以及《瑪儂的肖像》與《夏夜》的錄音作品。

    希普也是傑出的音樂會演出者，曾受邀參與北德石荷州音樂節、倫敦韓德爾音樂節，以及歐洲許多二十世紀音樂節。

    她擁有波蘭莫纽什科音樂學院歌唱與戲劇藝術碩士學位，成績優秀；英國市政廳音樂及戲劇學院音樂表演碩士學位歌劇組，成績優秀；並曾於倫敦國家歌劇團研讀。學生時期，她曾參與各種歌劇演出，成果斐然，包括格魯克《奧爾菲歐與尤麗狄茜》的奧爾菲歐、薩林恩《國王去法國》的脫衣安妮、馬提努《婚事》的阿瑞安娜、多尼采蒂《加萊的圍城》的奧瑞麗歐，以及馬斯涅《小天使》的主角。其他演出角色包括羅西尼《絲梯》的露西拉、羅西尼《布鲁斯基诺先生》的瑪麗安娜、哈塞《克里歐菲德》的波若，以及韓德爾《薛西斯》的阿瑪斯特里斯。

    Mezzo-Soprano Hanna Hipp has a busy series of engagements and house debuts for the upcoming 2016/17 season. In August she makes her house debut at Seattle Opera as Isolier in Rossini’s Le comte Ory.  She then returns to Scottish Opera for Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro as well as a concert performance of the role of Beppe in Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz. In 2017 she will perform at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Magdalene in a new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg directed by Kasper Holten and conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano. She will then record the role of Anna in Les Troyens for the Erato and Warner Classics label. Ms Hipp will also make her house debut at Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam in Richard Strauss’s Salome as the Page. In the summer of 2017 she returns to the Glyndebourne Festival to sing the role of the Composer in Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos.

    In the 2015-16 season Hanna Hipp made her role and house debut at Minnesota Opera singing the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos. She also returned to her native Poland to sing Suzuki in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, a role she repeated at her house debut at Bergen Opera. Ms. Hipp appeared in concert with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva and Lausanne in performances of L’Enfant et les Sortilèges under Charles Dutoit. In the summer of 2016 she returned to the Glyndebourne Festival as Magdalene in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

    Past season highlights include singing Ramiro in Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera with Glyndebourne On Tour and making her house debut at Teatro alla Scala as Mercédès in Georges Bizet’s Carmen under Massimo Zanetti. After a role debut as Dorabella in Mozart’s Così fan tutte at Opéra de Limoges, she returned to the Glyndebourne Festival where she performed the roles of the Cat and the Squirrel in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges and covered the role of Concepción in Ravel´s L´heure espagnole in a Laurent Pelly production conducted by Robin Ticciati.

    Ms Hipp has made many recent role and house debuts, including with the Turku Music Festival in Finland, performing the role of Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, and Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges as Maman/Libellule/La Tasse Chinoise under Charles Dutoit. She made her house and role debut at the Scottish Opera as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly and the Glyndebourne Festival as Flora in La Traviata. She performed in several concerts and recitals, including recitals at Opéra de Lille and in London, the title part in Handel’s Solomon with the Oxford Bach Choir and London Mozart Players under Nicholas Cleobury at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, Handel’s Messiah with the London Mozart Players at the Royal Festival Hall, London and with Classical Opera in London the role of Annio in La Clemenza di Tito. She also appeared in Strauss´ Elektra at the BBC Proms 2014 under the baton of Semyon Bychkov.

    She joined the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House in September 2011. While there she performed Jean in Le Portrait de Manon by Massenet, and Les Nuits d’été by Berlioz, Flora and Annina in Verdi’s La traviata, Anna in Berlioz’ Les Troyens, Emilia in Otello, Modestina in Il viaggio a Reims by Rossini, Zweite Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Bianca in La rondine by Puccini. As a member of the programme she also covered the roles of Magdalene in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Cherubino in Mozart´s Le nozze di Figaro, Olga in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Wellgunde in Wagner’s Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung and Second Angel-Marie in Written on Skin by George Benjamin. Highlights of her time at Covent Garden include performing Emilia in Act IV of Verdi’s Otello in the Plácido Domingo Celebration, singing Anna in the BBC Proms presentation of Les Troyens in the Royal Albert Hall, and the release of her performance in Le Portrait de Manon and Les Nuits d’été on CD.

    Ms. Hipp is also an accomplished concert artist, who has performed at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the London Handel Festival and numerous twentieth-century music festivals in Europe.

    She studied at the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk (MA in Singing and Drama with distinction), the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (MMus in Performance), graduating from the Opera Course with distinction, and at the National Opera Studio in London. While still a student, she participated in various opera productions with great success including Orfeo in Gluck´s Orfeo ed Euridice, The Anne who Strips in Sallinen´s The King goes forth to France, Arina in The Marriage by Martinů, Aurelio in Donizetti´s L’assedio di Calais, and the title role in Massenet´s Chérubin. Other roles performed have included Lucilla in La scala di seta by Rossini and Marianna in Rossini’s Il Signor Bruschino, Poro in Hasse´s Cleofide and Amastris in Handel´s Serse.