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Biography
Lee Abrahmsen is an Australian operatic soprano based in Geelong, Australia. She is known for playing Wagner heroines with long-time collaborator Melbourne Opera.
Life and work
Abrahmsen started her opera career singing a range of roles in the lyric soprano repertoire for Melbourne Opera including; Verdi's Violetta (La Traviata), Puccini's Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly) and Mimi (La Bohéme), Strauss' Adele (Die Fledermaus), Mozart's Constanze (Die Entfürhrung der Serail).
Her Wagner roles have included Elisabeth (Tannhäuser), Senta (Der Fliegender Holländer), Isolde (Tristan und Isolde), Freia (Das Rheingold), Sieglinde (Die Walküre) and Brünnhilde (Siegfried).
Abrahmsen is married to Australian oboist and instrumental teacher Stephen Moschner.
Bridget Davies writes of Abrahmsen's Isolde, "Abrahmsen's strong soprano soaring and brimming with colour."
Principal roles
- Isolde in Tristan und Isolde (Melbourne Opera)
- Brünnhilde in Siegfried (Melbourne Opera)
- Sieglinde in Die Walküre (Melbourne Opera)
- Senta in The Flying Dutchman (Melbourne Opera)
- Die Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier (Melbourne Opera)
- Leonora in Fidelio (Melbourne Opera)
- Elisabeth in Tannhäuser (Melbourne Opera)
- Freia in Das Rheingold (Melbourne Opera)
- CioCioSan in Madame Butterfly (Melbourne Opera)
- Konstanze in Die Entführung (Melbourne Opera)
- Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera Australia)
- Tosca (Australian Discovery Orchestra)
- Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Opera Queensland)
- Violetta in La Traviata (CoOpera)
Awards
- Herald Sun Aria
- Opera Awards Royal Overseas League Award
- Acclaim Awards first prize
- Opera Chaser's outstanding female in a lead role for Isolde in Tristan und Isolde
- Greenroom Awards nominations for best female lead in the roles of Senta, Die Marschallin and Valencienne for Melbourne Opera