Jessica Elevant
Jessica Elevant is a 28-year-old Swedish soprano, born in 1990. She is a student of singing at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and last year won first prize at the Wagnerstimmen Competition in Karlsruhe. She has sung the role of the Countess in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, has given recitals and has performed as a soloist in Rossini’s Stabat Mater. In 2017 she graduated from Stockholm University, majoring in applied physics and electrical engineering.
Repertoire
| Preliminary round | |
| G. Händel | Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods |
| F. Schubert | Gretchen am Spinnrade (Goethe) |
| S. Donaudy | O del mio amato ben (Donaudy) |
| R. Wagner | Tannhäuser: “Dich, teure Halle” (Elisabeth) |
| Semifinals | |
| T. Kuula | Marjatan laulu (Leino) |
| L.v. Beethoven | An die ferne Geliebte (Jeitteles) |
| 1. Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend | |
| 2. Wo die Berge so blau | |
| 3. Leichte Segler in den Höhen | |
| 4. Diese Wolken in den Höhen | |
| 5. Es kehret der Maien | |
| 6. Nimm sie hin denn diese Lieder | |
| R. Wagner | Lohengrin: “Einsam in trüben Tagen” (Elsa) |
| Final | |
| C.M.v. Weber | Der Freischütz: “Leise, leise, fromme Weise” (Agathe) |
| A. Dvořák | Rusalka: ”Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka) |
Preliminary round