BIOGRAPHY

NORWEGIAN SOPRANO Synne Vinje received her education from the Stockholm University of the Arts’ Opera department (Operahögskolan) and the Norwegian Academy of Music. During the coarse of her studies, she was an intern at the Royal Swedish Opera, where she in 2020 made her professional debut with a jump-in as Paggio in Sophia Jupither’s production of Rigoletto by Guiseppe Verdi.

GRADUATING from her Bachelor’s studies, she performed as Mimì in La Bohème by Puccini, and from her Master’s studies as Angelica in Suor Angelica by Puccini. Her Master studies also included studying and performing parts of Tatiana in Eugen Oneign by Tchaikovskij.

SINCE HER GRADUATION from her studies in 2022, Synne has made several role debuts on stages both in Sweden and internationally. Among these roles are Cio-Cio san (Madama Butterfly by Puccini), Cizí kněžna / foreign princess (Rusalka by Dvorák), Marguerite (Faust by Gounod), Silvia (Zanetto by Mascagni), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) and Musetta (La Bohème by Puccini).  After her debut with Madama Butterfly in Roslagen’s Summer Opera 2024, Synne sung her first Tatiana in Eugen Onegin by Tchaikovsky in Oslo Opera Festival 2024.

MUSIC FESTIVALS such as Dala-Floda Operafest 2022, Roslagen’s Summer Opera - Opera at Österbybruk 2022 & 2024, Kokkola Opera Festival 2023, Vattnäs Chamber Music Festival 2023 and Oslo Opera Festival 2022, 2023 & 2024 have been important parts of Synne’s first years as a professional opera singer. Stages like Stockholm Concert House, the Royal Academy of Music (Musikaliska), Confidencen Ulriksdal Castle Theatre, Gripsholm Castle, Gripsnäs Castle, Oslo Cathedral and Gamle Logen are among the stages on which she has performed.

AS A CONCERT SINGER Synne has a repertoire of great span in art songs and lieder. Norwegian song cycles such as The Mountain Maiden (Haugtussa), Peer Gynt and the Vinje-songs by Edvard Grieg are especially close to her heart. In the summer of 2024 she performed Vier letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss for the first time, together with pianist Jarosław Kaliski. Synne also frequents as a soloist in sacral music, where Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem is one of her favourite pieces to perform. Other soprano solos from  sacral pieces on her repertoire are among others God in Disguise by Lars-Erik Larsson, Mozart’s Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Fauré’s Requiem and parts of Händel’s Messiah. 

SYNNE’S VOCAL TEACHERS and mentors are Royal Court Singers Lena Nordin and Karl-Magnus Fredriksson. Over the years, she has been fortunate to be instructed by many skilled artists such as Asmik Grigorian, Richard Hetherington, Bo Skovhus, Jarosław Kaliski, Barbara Bonney, Yngve Søberg, Barbro Marklund, Ulrika Tenstam and Susanna Eken.

SCHOLARSHIPS Synne has recieved, encouraging her development as an artist:

The Royal Swedish Musical Academy - the Ekström Fund (2021)
Familjen Gustaf Tobisons Stipendiefond (2021)
Stiftelsen den 25 juli 1988 Foundation (2021)
Bærum Municipality Cultural Scholarship (2021)
Royal Swedish Academy of Music Local Scholarship (2020)
Ingerid, Synnøve and Elias Fegersten’s Foundation (2020)
Skipsreder Tom Wilhelmsens Foundation (2019)
Sine Butenschøns Fund (2018)
Kulturskolerådet og Norsk Tippings Drømmestipend (2011)
Bærum Music and Cultural School scholarship (2010)