夏洛特．艾勒康特

夏洛特．艾勒康特的聲線極負渲染力，舞台表現亮眼，過人的天賦讓她不論是在歌劇或是音樂會方面，都晉升成功的演唱家，擅長的曲目從巴洛克音樂橫跨到現代古典。

艾勒康特本樂季在荷蘭國家歌劇院、盧森堡國家大劇院、挪威貝爾根國際藝術節、德國巴登巴登節慶戲劇院與柏林國家歌劇院，在厄拉卡薩多的指揮下與「薩莎．華爾茲與客人」舞團共同演出蒙台威爾第的歌劇《奧菲歐》。她也在日本巡迴演出細川俊夫的《大鴉》，並在巴黎的喜歌劇院表演菲力普．波斯曼斯的《在這個世界上》。至於音樂會方面，艾勒康特則在布林古耶的指揮下與「卡斯提亞與里昂交響樂團」共同演出馬勒的第二號交響樂，並在杜達美的指揮下與洛杉磯愛樂演繹貝里歐的《平靜》。

艾勒康特的表演事業橫跨歐洲與北美洲，特別是在紐約大都會歌劇院、巴黎國家歌劇院與英國格林德布恩藝術節。她最近詮釋的歌劇角色包括與柏林德意志歌劇團演出《維特》的夏綠蒂，以及與瑞典皇家歌劇團演出卡門。她善於詮釋韓德爾的作品，例如在香榭麗舍劇院演出《瑟蜜蕾》的宜諾、在明柯斯基的指揮下於蘇黎世歌劇院演出《凱撒大帝》的科涅莉亞。至於音樂會方面，她則在加德納的指揮下於挪威貝爾根國際藝術節演出《藍鬍子公爵的城堡》的尤迪絲，並在薩爾茲堡音樂節演繹《浮士德的天譴》的瑪格麗特。

Charlotte Hellekant

Mezzo-soprano

A compelling stage performer with a repertoire ranging from the baroque to contemporary classics, Charlotte Hellekant is one of Scandinavia’s leading mezzo-sopranos with a career which is equally successful on both the opera stage and concert platform.

Hellekant has made her mark on both sides of the Atlantic, notably at The Metropolitan Opera, Opéra national de Paris and Glyndebourne Festival. Lyric roles include Charlotte (Werther) with Deutsche Oper Berlin and Carmen with Royal Swedish Opera, whilst outstanding Handel interpretations include Ino (Semele) at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées and Cornelia (Giulio Cesare) under Marc Minkowski for Opernhaus Zürich. She also sang Marguérite in La Fura dels Baus’ spectacular production of La damnation de Faust at Salzburger Festspiele under Sylvain Cambreling, sung the role of Judith in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle in concert at the Bergen Festival under Edward Gardner and performed in Sasha Waltz & Guests’ beautifully choreographed staging of L’Orfeo under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado. She curated, produced and performed in Hedvig Leonora, a staged celebration of the life of the 17th century Swedish Regent at Drottningholms Slottsteater and last season she made her role debut as Clairon in David Marton’s new production of Capriccio at La Monnaie under the baton of Lothar Koenigs.

Hellekant has inspired some of the world’s leading composers to write especially for her, including Toshio Hosokawa who created the role of Murasame for her in his acclaimed Matsukaze. Subsequently, Hosokawa wrote his monodrama The Raven for her, which she premiered in Brussels, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Paris and Japan with Ensemble Lucilin. Hellekant also received particular acclaim for her tour de force performance as Sweden’s schizophrenic King Erik XIV - a role also created for her - in Mikko Heiniö’s eponymous opera.

In concert Charlotte Hellekant is a regular guest with many notable conductors and orchestras, including Christoph von Dohnányi at the BBC Proms, Christoph Eschenbach and NDR Sinfonieorchester, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra, Mariss Jansons and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel. Other highlights include  performances of Mahler’s Symphony No.8 with the Utah Symphony (Thierry Fischer), Duke Bluebeard’s Castle with Malmö Symphony Orchestra (Vladimir Sinaisky), Mahler’s Symphony No.3 with the New Zealand Symphony (Edo de Waart), Berio’s Folksongs and Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne with the Norrköping Symphony (Martin Fröst) and Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass with the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España (Xian Zhang).  Last season included performances of Lili Boulanger’s rarely performed cantata Faust et Hélène with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra under James Gaffigan, Missa Solemnis with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo under Gianluigi Gelmetti, Das Lied von der Erde with Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia under Dima Slobodeniouk and Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Orchestre National de France under Eschenbach.

Performances in the current season include Matsukaze at New National Theatre Tokyo and a new work by Stefano Gervasoni with Munich Chamber Orchestra