Hrafnhildur Björnsdóttir

Hrafnhildur graduated from the Reykjavík school of singing in Iceland in the year 1995 with Þuríður Pálsdóttur as her main teacher. Also she has taken lessons with Ólöf K. Harðardóttir and Professor Anke Eggers in Hochschule der Kunste in Berlin. Hrafnhildur has also worked with well known and respected coaches, conductors and directors like Bodo Igesz, Gerrit Schuil, Keith Reed, Casper Holten, Claudio Rizzi, David Freeman, Garðar Cortes and Robin Stapleton. 

The leading roles that Hrafnhildur has performed in The Icelandic Opera and Opera East are Gretel in Hansel und Gretel by E. Humperdink, Soprano Solo in Carmina Burana by C. Orff, Gianetta in E'lisir d'amour by Donizetti, Adele in Die Fledermaus by Strauss, Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte by Mozart and Frasquita in Carmen by Bizet. In February the year 2000 Hrafnhildur  performed as Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia by B. Britten in the Icelandic Opera. 

From Opera Now, Nov/Dec issue of 1999

Opera Now invited a panel of leading figures in the opera world to select names to watch out for in 2000. Matthew Peacock Assistant Editor of Opera Now wrote: 

"Sometimes you hear singers who impress you because the voice is beguilingly beautiful, the technique is faultless or the acting is movingly committed. Increasingly, I notice that some artists with all three qualities often still have somthing missing, leaving a select few who have something extra - a spark - that you notice, often, after the very first phrase. Icelandic Soprano Hrafnhildur Björnsdóttir impressed in Reykjavík as Adele in Die Fledermaus."