Anna Hanning Häggström

Anna has studied Classical Singing / Opera at the Academy of Music Piteå, Gothenburg and Birmingham Royal Conservatory, England.

She has sung at Opera Houses / Theaters in Sweden in various roles such as Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute), d´Olympia (Hoffmann's Adventures), Violetta ( La Traviata), Nedda (Paggliacci), Tosca (Tosca), Laura (Die Bettelstudent), Valencienne ( Merry Widow) first lady ( Die Zauberflöte), Kurfurstinn ( Der Vogelhändler) to name a few.

Anna is also an active concert singer in both sacred and profane contexts and she has a large and varied concert repertoire that includes all standard works for lyric

soprano. She has been involved as a soloist with, among others, the Stockholm Baroque Orchestra, Jönköping Symphony Orchestra, Bråviken Chamber Symphony Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Nordic Chamber Orchestra, Sandviken Symphony Orchestra, Östersund Orchestra Association and the Nordic Wind Quintet.

In addition to Sweden, she has also given concerts in France and England.

She has also collaborated with conductors such as Anna-Maria Hellsing, Joakim Unander, Petri Sakari, Alexander Hansson, Andreas Alin, Miguel Ramos, Olof Boman, Christina Hörnell, Alexander Filatov and Anders Berglund.

Anna is diligently involved as an interpreter of newly written music and has participated in several premieres, eg J. Sandström - Elisa and the imagination, Fredrik Högberg- Woman of Kain, Fredrik Lunden Welden- The Planet Opus Opera, Peter Lyne- For Jenny Lind.

Anna has received prizes such as;

• Boris Martinovich International Singing Competition. 2:a price ( 2022 Croatia/ USA)
• Clara Schumann International Competition. 3:e price ( 2021 Germany)
• Timrå Municipality; Winner of ” Rolemodel of the year” ( 2014)
• Lars Bucans Culture Prize

*...Anna Hanning Häggström had probably gone straight to Hjördis Schymberg´s heart. Competent, powerful coloratura soprano with a lovely stable timbre, high notes that lift the roof, superb technique and a captivating artistry she spoiled the audience with 2 Coloratura arias, such as Lucia di Lammermoor and Olympia in Hoffmann´s Adventure, delivering sparkling vocals in which she playfully and easily swung in the highest peaks. Bravura numbers easily win the audiences hearts, but then they must also be done with bravura and that´s what Anna Hanning did with such ease that you felt that there was even more to give!

Sundsvall´s Newspaper/ Susanne Holmlund

*...Anna Hanning Häggström as Floria Tosca is brilliant not only vocally but also in in the way she steps into the role. Opera is not only about singing but also about acting. Her Vissi darte, Vissi damore ( everything is beauty, everything is love) is one of the highlights of the evening. So

beautiful and poignant that even the statuettes seemed to tremble a little.

The laborer blade, Gävle / Lars Westin