Caroline Wettergreen

Next season, Wettergreen returns to the Opéra national de Paris, to make her role debut as Mrs Mao in John Adams Nixon in China conducted by Kent Nagano, and to the Bayerische Staatsoper for Zerbinetta Ariadne auf Naxos, conducted by Daniele Rustioni. On the concert stage, she will join the Trondheim Symphoniorkester for a programme of Mozart arias, conducted by Magnus Fryklund.

Wettergreen has become a regular presence across many of the major European houses, with notable appearances at the Royal Ballet & Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Opéra national de Paris, The Norwegian Opera & Ballet and Glyndebourne Festival.  At home in contemporary repertoire, Wettergreen has given performances of Ophelia in Brett Dean Hamlet and Princesse in Abrahamsen Snedronningen at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Hermione in Trojahn Orest at Royal Danish Opera, and Ariel in Adès The Tempest in her Wiener Staatsoper debut. Elsewhere, Wettergreen has sung Blonde Die Entführung aus dem Serail for the Bayerische Staatsoper, Lucia Lucia di Lammermoor and Gilda Rigoletto for Norwegian Opera & Ballet, and La Fée Cendrillon for Opéra national de Paris. 

In huge demand for her interpretation of Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte, Wettergreen has sung the role in eleven productions, including for the Bayerische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Opéra national de Paris, The Norwegian Opera & Ballet, Covent Garden, Glyndebourne Festival and in her North American debut for Canadian Opera Company.

As a concert artist, she has since appeared with the Bayerische Staatsorchester for the world premiere of Abrahamsen Zwei Inger-Christensen-Lieder (cond. Kirill Petrenko), with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler Symphony No. 4 (cond. Markus Stenz), with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for Rolf Gupta Earth’s Song (cond. Peter Szilvay), and at the Bergen International Festival for a recital of Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Bernstein and Strauss with pianist Christian Grøvlen.

A graduate of The Norwegian Academy of Music and The Royal Danish Academy of Music Wettergreen made her debut at The Norwegian Opera & Ballet whilst still a student, appearing as Adelaide in Berg Lulu in a production by Stefan Herheim.  

In 2018, Wettergreen was the recipient of the Equinor Classical Music Award. 

2024/25 season / 441 words. Not to be altered without permission.