Biography

Soprano Sonja Herranen is among the most promising  young Finnish sopranos. Her noble and expansive voice and natural stage presence has already received acclaim in many competitions and various opera- and concert stages.

In spring 2023 she won the Elisabeth Connell Prize International Singing Competition in London. Earlier in the same year she was awarded the second prize and the Finnish National Opera Foundation's special prize in the national Lappeenranta Singing Competition. In 2019 she won the second prize in Savonlinna Opera Festival Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition.

In 2022 Sonja Herranen made a successful debut as the First Lady in Mozart’s Magic Flute at the Finnish National Opera. In the season 2023-24 she will sing the role of Third Norn in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. In summer 2024 she will debut as Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.

She is also a sought-after soloist in concert arenas, and has recently sung with notable conductors such as Tarmo Peltokoski, James Gaffigan and Ville Matvejeff.

Sonja Herranen has studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with soprano Heli Veskus, and privately with Dale Fundling.

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Così fan tutte - Mozart


Lappeenranta Singing Competition 2023L'altra notte in fondo al mare
Mefistofele - Boito

Elizabeth Connell Prize Int. Singing Comp. 2023Deh se piacer mi vuoi
Clemenza di Tito - Mozart

Elizabeth Connell Prize Int. Singing Comp. 2023