Anne Margrethe Dahl
Anne Margrethe Dahl holds a diploma from RDAM (1988) and made her debut in 1989 as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Aarhus Sommeropera. She also holds a Master’s degree in elite voice pedagogy from 2005.
Although Anne Margrethe no longer performs as a singer, she stresses the importance of maintaining her artistic side – not just for her own sake, but also for the sake of her students.
“It’s a pleasure to be able to draw upon extensive stage and singing experience. I do this now in my teaching, as a stage director and through my writing.”
Teaching
Anne Margrethe has been employed as a voice teacher at RDAM since 2005. During the same period she has also taught at the Royal Theatre’s Opera Academy, and has been a coach and voice teacher for many professional singers from Denmark and abroad, including guest coach for the Royal Danish Opera Chorus in 2008.
In 2015, Anne Margrethe was a visiting professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, and she has given masterclasses at Trondheim International Olavsfest and at the Nordic-Baltic Choral Festival in Stockholm (2009), Helsinki (2011) and Vilnius (2015).
Artistic practice
In her career as a singer, Anne Margrethe has established herself as one of the leading Danish sopranos, with an extensive repertoire ranging from oratorios and orchestral Lieder to the great opera repertoire and contemporary music. She has had an extensive international career as a concert, oratorio and opera singer, and has performed in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, France, Spain, Italy, Egypt, Israel, Brazil, Canada, the USA, China and Singapore.
At the Royal Theatre, where she joined the ensemble in 1999, she has appeared as Violetta in La Traviata, Donna Anna in Manon Lescaut, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus and Madama Butterfly, amongst others. Anne Margrethe retired as a soloist from the theatre in 2016, concluding her career with the roles of Elsa in Lohengrin and The Duchess in Powder Her Face.
Since 2008 Anne Margrethe has been director of the Opera Academy of the Royal Theatre, and has during the same period been the organiser of the preliminary rounds of the Belvedere Singing Competition at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen.
2016: Ole Haslund Artists’ Foundation
2009: Knight’s Cross, first degree
2008: Edith Brodersen Memorial Scholarship
2001: Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
2000: Elisabeth Don Memorial Scholarship
2000: Stenberg Scholarship
1999: Aksel Schiøtz Prize
1998: Frederiksborg Cultural Centre Artist Award
1995: Edith Aller Memorial Scholarship
2018-2019: Development of Virtual Audition in collaboration with Nordplus. (Research)
2018: Lecturer at symposium - Nordplus, TeamCopenhagen and Talent DK
Anne Margrethe has performed as a soloist in Norway, Sweden, England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, France, Spain, Italy, Egypt, Israel, Brazil, Canada, the USA, China and Singapore.
She has also given masterclasses at the Nordplus Biennales in Helsinki, Stockholm, Vilnius and Oulu, and at the Trondheim International Olavsfest in Torshavn.
- Jury member at the entrance examination to the Opera Academy
- Jury member at the Belvedere Singing Competition
- Examination moderator at RDAM, the Danish National Academy of Music and the Royal Academy of Music.
2017 - : Member of the board, Hanne Lomholdt Foundation
2010 - : Member of VL20 (a sub-group of the Danish Management Society)
2001 - : Periodically deputy chair/member of the board of the Soloist Ensemble at the Royal Theatre
Book publications
Thomas Hovaldt & Benny Pedersen - Nødvendighedens Kultur - Forlaget Ravnerock, 2020
A book of conversations with Anne Margrethe Dahl and others
Karina Dybro Hansen & Thomas Hovaldt - Flyt stigen - Forlaget Ravnerock, 2016
A book of conversations - The painter Leif Sylvester and Anne Margrethe Dahl talk about life as an artist.
CD releases
Carl Nielsen
Maskarade
Various soloists, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the Danish National Choir School, Michael Schønwandt
Dacapo 6.220641-42
Rued Langgaard
Antikrist
Various soloists, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the Danish National Choir School, Thomas Dausgaard
Dacapo 6.220523-24
Poul Rovsing Olsen
Belisa
Various soloists, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vetö
Dacapo 8.226013
Poul Ruders
Tjenerindens fortælling
Various soloists, the Royal Opera Chorus, the Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Dacapo 8.224165-66
Rued Langgaard
Sinfonia Interna
Anne Margrethe Dahl, Pia Hansen, Jens Krogsgaard Jensen, Canzone Koret, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Frans Rasmussen
Dacapo 8.224136
Niels W. Gade
Elverskud/Frühlings-Phantasie
Susanne Elmark, Anne Margrethe Dahl, Kirsten Dolberg, Gert Henning-Jensen, Guido Paevatalu, Sten Byriel, Elisabeth Westenholz, Tivoli Concert Choir, the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt
Dacapo 8.224051
N.W. Gade
Comala Op. 12
Anne Margrethe Dahl, Elisabeth Halling, Hitomi Katagiri, Johannes Mannov, Canzone-Koret, the South Denmark Philharmonic, Frans Rasmussen
KON 32180
N.W. Gade
Psyche Op. 60
Anne Margrethe Dahl, Kari Hamnoy, Helle C. Pedersen, Stig Fogh Andersen, Michael Kristensen, Canzone Koret, Collegium Musicum, Frans Rasmussen
KON 32244/45
Carl Nielsen
Espansiva/Helios/Ved en ung kunstners båre
Anne Margrethe Dahl, Morten Ernst Lassen, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Giordano Bellincampi
EMI 5571092
Rued Langgaard
Lieder
Anne Margrethe Dahl, Ulrich Stærk
Dacapo 8.224011
Various composers
Bouquet Royal
Band of the Royal Life Guards
Rosenborg Recording RRCD003
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana
Anne Margrethe Dahl, Blazej Grek, Jan Wolanski, Arthur Rubinstein Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Stupel
Verdi Records
DVD/ Blu-ray releases
Rued Langgaard
Antikrist
Various soloists, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the Danish National Choir School, Thomas Dausgaard
Dacapo 2.110409BD (Blu-ray)
Dacapo 2.110402 (DVD)
Richard Wagner
Der Ring des Nibelungen – The Copenhagen Ring
The Royal Theatre soloists and opera choir, together with the Royal Danish Orchestra, led by Michael Schønwandt.
Decca 0743264 (7 DVDs)