Tina Sarsøe Kiberg (born December 30, 1958) is a Danish operatic
soprano who has gained international success, thanks in particular for
her leading roles in the operas of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner.
In addition to performances at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, she
has sung in Bayreuth and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York
City.Born 30 December 1958 in 1958 in the Frederiksberg district of
Copenhagen. Tina Sarsøe was the daughter of the opera singer Claus
Lembek (1929â€"2010) and the singing pedagogue Birgit Sarsøe. On 11
February 1990, she married the opera singer Stig Fogh Andersen (born
1950).She was brought up in Birkerød together with her mother and her
husband, Erling Kiberg, and her three half sisters. She did not meet
her biological father until her early 20s. From 1975, she attended the
Royal Danish Conservatoire where she took singing lessons in parallel
with her high school education in Birkerød Gymnasium where she
matriculated in 1977.From 1981 to 1985, she continued her training at
the Royal Theatre's Opera Academy. While there, she made her début in
1983 as Leonora in Carl Nielsen's Maskarade. The following year she
was placed second and won a gold medal at the Benson and Hedges
international voice competition in London. In 1988, as a guest in
Geneva, she took the role of Agathe in Carl Maria von Weber's Der
Freischütz. Her Wagnerian roles have included Else in Lohengrin which
she has performed in Copenhagen, Vienna, Brussels, Zurich, Houston and
a number of cities in Germany. In the 1990s, she played Elisabeth in
Tannhäuser, Sieglinde in Die Walküre and Eva in Die Meistersinger.
In 1995, she was the first female Danish opera singer to appear at New
York's Metropolitan Opera when she sang Pamina in The Magic Flute.
soprano who has gained international success, thanks in particular for
her leading roles in the operas of Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner.
In addition to performances at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, she
has sung in Bayreuth and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York
City.Born 30 December 1958 in 1958 in the Frederiksberg district of
Copenhagen. Tina Sarsøe was the daughter of the opera singer Claus
Lembek (1929â€"2010) and the singing pedagogue Birgit Sarsøe. On 11
February 1990, she married the opera singer Stig Fogh Andersen (born
1950).She was brought up in Birkerød together with her mother and her
husband, Erling Kiberg, and her three half sisters. She did not meet
her biological father until her early 20s. From 1975, she attended the
Royal Danish Conservatoire where she took singing lessons in parallel
with her high school education in Birkerød Gymnasium where she
matriculated in 1977.From 1981 to 1985, she continued her training at
the Royal Theatre's Opera Academy. While there, she made her début in
1983 as Leonora in Carl Nielsen's Maskarade. The following year she
was placed second and won a gold medal at the Benson and Hedges
international voice competition in London. In 1988, as a guest in
Geneva, she took the role of Agathe in Carl Maria von Weber's Der
Freischütz. Her Wagnerian roles have included Else in Lohengrin which
she has performed in Copenhagen, Vienna, Brussels, Zurich, Houston and
a number of cities in Germany. In the 1990s, she played Elisabeth in
Tannhäuser, Sieglinde in Die Walküre and Eva in Die Meistersinger.
In 1995, she was the first female Danish opera singer to appear at New
York's Metropolitan Opera when she sang Pamina in The Magic Flute.
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