MEZZO SOPRANO
FANNY HENN
oPERA SINGER AND VOCAL TEACHER
Fanny Henn is a Finnish-Swedish mezzo-soprano who recently completed her Master’s degree in Opera at the Sibelius Academy, where she was part of their Opera Ensemble during the 2021–2023 season. Her teacher was Monica Groop, and Henn ended her studies with excellent grades from her A-recital in spring 2024.
ABOUT FANNY
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Fanny Henn is a Finnish-Swedish mezzo-soprano from Espoo, Finland. Henn received her Master’s degree in Opera from Sibelius Academy, as a part of their Opera ensemble (2021-2023 season). Her teacher was Monica Groop, and Henn ended her studies with excellent grades from her A-recital in spring 2024.
Fanny has a broad performance background from a young age. In addition to singing, she has obtained experience in acting and dancing, which makes her an expressive and agile performer. Henn first appeared on stage at the age of 14 in Ilkka Kuusisto's song play "Fjäriln Vingad" at the Svenska Teatern. Shortly afterwards she worked as a singer in the concept "Ilveilijäperhe" at Linnanmäki in Helsinki. She has also appeared in the musical My Fair Lady at the Oulu City Theatre, in Tapio Tuomela's opera Neljäntienristeys and in the chorus of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Åbo Svenska Teater. Henn's most recent roles include 'Ottilie' in Benatzky’s operetta The White Horse Inn (Im weißen Rößl ), 'Ottone' in Monteverdi's opera The Coronation of Poppea, 'The Grand Duchess' in Berkeley's opera A Dinner Engagement, 'The Second Lady' in Mozart's The Magic Flute, 'Madama La Rose' and 'Madama Rosa' in Rossini's La Gazzetta and Donizetti's Il Campanello, and 'Girl 2' in P.H. Nordgren's The Black Monk.
As a concert soloist, Henn has performed with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra and the Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra in the oratorios Messiah and Elijah. She made her television debut in December 2023 in the YLE’s program De vackraste julsångerna. Henn has received positive recognition from her performances. She was selected as the soloist of the 2023 Päivi and Paavo Lipponen Fund, and in 2024 she was one of the merit recipients of the Martin Wegelius Foundation. In the autumn of 2024 she was one of the soloists in Mozart’s Requiem with Suomen Laulu Choir and Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra.
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2025
Upcoming events for 2025 will be published soon!
REQUIEM (G.Fauré)
Soloist
With the choir OK CODA (Oratoriekören, Helsinki) at Kallio Church, Helsinki
2024
IM WEISSEN RÖSSL (R.Benatzky)
Role: Ottilie
Keravan ooppera, Kerava
REQUIEM (W.A.Mozart)
Alto Soloist
With Suomen Laulu and Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra at the Temppeliaukio church, Helsinki
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS & PROKRIS UND CEPHALUS (J.Scheibe)
Role: Erzähler
Balderin Sali, Helsinki
ZARZUELA, OPERETTA-AND MUSICAL CONCERT
Soloist at the Pellinge Musikdagar Festival, Pellinge Archipelago, Porvoo.
A-RECITAL CONCERT “SALIGA VÄNTAN”
Sibelius Academy, Helsinki
2023
DE VACKRASTE JULSÅNGERNA, CHRISTMAS CONCERT FOR TV (YLE)
Soloist
Espoon Tuomiokirkko, Espoo (recorded for national TV YLE)
CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
Soloist
With the choir FURORNA, Tammisaari church and Espoo church
STABAT MATER (G.B.Pergolesi)
Alto soloist
German church, Helsinki
L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (C.Monteverdi)
Role: Ottone
Sibelius Academy opera, Helsinki
BEL CANTO CONCERT WITH OULU SINFONIA
soloist
Oulu
A DINNER ENGAGEMENT (L.Berkeley)
Role: The Grand Duchess
Sibelius Academy opera, Helsinki
NEW YEAR’S CONCERT Päivi- and Paavo Lipponen Foundation
soloist
Temppeliaukio church , Helsinki
2022
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (W.A.Mozart)
Role: Zweite Dame
Sibelius Academy opera, Helsinki
ELIJAH ORATORIO (F.Mendelssohn)
Alto soloist in the ensemble parts
With the choir Viva Vox and Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra
DEN SVARTE MUNKEN (P.H.Nordgren)
Role: Girl 2
Alexander’s theatre, Helsinki
LA GAZZETTA (G.Rossini)
Role: Madama La Rosa
Sibelius Academy Opera, Helsinki
IL CAMPANELLO (G.Donizetti)
Role: Madama Rosa
Sibelius Academy Opera, Helsinki
2021
MESSIAH (G.F.Händel)
Alto soloist
With The Finnish Baroque Orchestra (FiBO) and Suomen Laulu, Johannes Church, Helsinki
AURINGONTALO (E.Rautavaara)
Roles: Victoria Von Sonnig/Viktooria Vilunen
Metropolia UAS, Helsinki
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SIBELIUS ACADEMY, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS 2021-2024
Opera department master's programme
Voice teacher: Monica Groop
METROPOLIA & OULU University of Applied Science 2016-2020
Bachelor’s programme in classical singing pedagogy
HELSINKI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 2013-2015
Vocational education in Music, Upper Secondary Level
