Lise
Christensen mezzo
Born in Denmark, Lise studied
at the University and the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen
and at the GSMD with Susan McCulloch.
She has just completed her studies at The National Opera Studio, where
her studies were supported by The Friends of Covent Garden, a Jean Dunlop
Bursary and the Sybil Tutton Charitable Trust.
Operatic roles include Aristeo Orfeo, St John’s Smith
Square, Dorabella London Opera Players, Larina Eugene Onegin,
Clonter Opera, Alisa Lucia di Lammermoor, New Sussex Opera,
Lucilla La Scala di Seta, Marta Iolantha, Lady with
a Hatbox Postcard from Morocco, Jenny Diver Beggar’s
Opera and Mary Going into Shadows, GSMD.
Equally at home on the concert stage, Lise has performed throughout
the UK. Works include Bach St John Passion, Handel Messiah
and Dixit Dominus, Vivaldi Gloria, Mozart Requiem
and Rossini Petite Messe Solenelle as a winner of the Philharmonia
Chorus Prize. She is also a Samling Foundation Scholar. Recent concert
performances include Elgar’s Music Makers and Rossini’s Messa di Gloria.
Lise has taken part in masterclasses with Sarah Walker, Linbury Studio,
Malcolm Martineau, Felicity Palmer and Graham Johnson.
She has recently performed the role of Mum in Marianne Dreams
by Andrew Lowe-Watson at Lilian Baylis Theatre and also covered the
role of Dejanira Hercules at Buxton Festival.
Lise has recently worked with BBC Wales on a recording of the Little
Prince and with Phylida Lloyd at The Young Vic.