MEZZO SOPRANO
FANNY HENN
oPERA SINGER AND VOCAL TEACHER
Fanny Henn is a Finnish-Swedish mezzo-soprano based in Finland. She holds a Master of Music degree in Opera from the Sibelius Academy, where she studied under Monica Groop and was a member of the Opera Ensemble during the 2021–2023 season. She graduated in spring 2024 with the highest grade for her A-recital.
“Mezzosopraano Fanny Henn teki rennosti poikamaisen roolin iloisena, huolettomana ja Silviaan ihastuneena Zanettona. Ääni soi tasaisen pyöreänä ja lämpimänä, ja se säilytti kauniin, tumman värinsä myös italialaislaulelmien tyyppisten aarioiden kavutessa korkeuksiin. Tässäpä olisi oivallinen Cherubino mihin tahansa kunnianhimoiseen tuotantoon!”
-Tuulikki Närhinsalo, Rondo 2.9.2026
“Årets solist, unga mezzosopranen Fanny Henn, gavs generöst med utrymme och hon förvaltade det med en uttrycksfull stämma, som skvallrade om en fallenhet för den italienska repertoaren i allmänhet och bel canto i synnerhet. Schuberts Ave Maria, Max Regers Marias vaggsång och Karl Collans Sylvias julvisa gjordes med smak och stil, medan Pererik Moraeus och Py Bäckmans älskade Koppången fungerade fint som stilistisk motvikt.”
-Mats Liljeroos, Borgåbladet 22.12.2025
ABOUT FANNY
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Fanny Henn is a Finnish-Swedish mezzo-soprano based in Finland. She holds a Master of Music degree in Opera from the Sibelius Academy, where she studied under Monica Groop and was a member of the Opera Ensemble during the 2021–2023 season. She graduated in spring 2024 with the highest grade for her A-recital.
Henn has a broad performance background spanning opera, musical theatre, acting and dance. She made her stage debut at the age of 14 in Ilkka Kuusisto’s song play Fjäriln Vingad at the Svenska Teatern in Helsinki. Shortly afterwards, she joined the cast of Ilveilijäperhe at Linnanmäki. Her subsequent work includes My Fair Lady at the Oulu City Theatre, Tapio Tuomela’s opera Neljäntienristeys, and the chorus of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at the Åbo Svenska Teater.
In August 2026, Henn performed the title role in Pietro Mascagni’s Zanetto at Aleksanterin teatteri in Helsinki as part of Helsinki Opera Summer. The production offered a new Finnish interpretation of Mascagni’s one-act opera. Her other recent operatic roles include Ottilie in Benatzky’s The White Horse Inn (Im weißen Rössl), Ottone in Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea, the Grand Duchess in Lennox Berkeley’s A Dinner Engagement, the Second Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Madama La Rose in Rossini’s La Gazzetta, Madama Rosa in Donizetti’s Il Campanello, and Girl 2 in P. H. Nordgren’s The Black Monk.
As a concert soloist, Henn has performed with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra and the Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra in Handel’s Messiah and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. She made her television debut in December 2023 on Yle’s programme De vackraste julsångerna. In 2023, she was selected as a soloist of the Päivi and Paavo Lipponen Fund. In 2024, she was awarded a merit grant by the Martin Wegelius Foundation and appeared as a soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Suomen Laulu Choir and the Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra. In 2025, she received grants from Svenska Kulturfonden, Amos Andersons fond and the City of Espoo.
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2026
ZANETTO (P.Mascagni)
Role: Zanetto
Aleksanterin teatteri, Helsinki 29.8.2026
2025
LA REGATA VENEZIANA- DEN VENETIANSKA REGATTAN
Lovisa church 22.8.2025 7 pm
Tammisaari, Sigurd Snåresalen 24.8.2025 6 pm
Helsinki, Balderin Sali 27.8.2025 7 pm
Concert tour with the pianist Armaan Madar
Tickets 15 € at the door one hour before the event or via laregataveneziana@gmail.com
OOPPERAA & MELODRAAMAA – nainen runoudessa ja mytologiassa 29.7.2025 17 pm
In Jyväskylä with the pianist Pinja Ukkola and soprano Maija Rautasuo
Leivästä enkelten - lauluja kivusta, lohdusta ja toivosta- concert 16.4.2025 19 pm
In Pakila Church with Erkki Korhonen and Laura Juvonen
REQUIEM (G.Fauré) 14.2.2025
Soloist
With the choir OK CODA (Oratoriekören, Helsinki) at Kallio Church, Helsinki
2024
IM WEISSEN RÖSSL (R.Benatzky)
Role: Ottilie
Keravan ooppera, Kerava
REQUIEM (W.A.Mozart)
Alto Soloist
With Suomen Laulu and Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra at the Temppeliaukio church, Helsinki
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS & PROKRIS UND CEPHALUS (J.Scheibe)
Role: Erzähler
Balderin Sali, Helsinki
ZARZUELA, OPERETTA-AND MUSICAL CONCERT
Soloist at the Pellinge Musikdagar Festival, Pellinge Archipelago, Porvoo.
A-RECITAL CONCERT “SALIGA VÄNTAN”
Sibelius Academy, Helsinki
2023
DE VACKRASTE JULSÅNGERNA, CHRISTMAS CONCERT FOR TV (YLE)
Soloist
Espoon Tuomiokirkko, Espoo (recorded for national TV YLE)
CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
Soloist
With the choir FURORNA, Tammisaari church and Espoo church
STABAT MATER (G.B.Pergolesi)
Alto soloist
German church, Helsinki
L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (C.Monteverdi)
Role: Ottone
Sibelius Academy opera, Helsinki
BEL CANTO CONCERT WITH OULU SINFONIA
soloist
Oulu
A DINNER ENGAGEMENT (L.Berkeley)
Role: The Grand Duchess
Sibelius Academy opera, Helsinki
NEW YEAR’S CONCERT Päivi- and Paavo Lipponen Foundation
soloist
Temppeliaukio church , Helsinki
2022
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (W.A.Mozart)
Role: Zweite Dame
Sibelius Academy opera, Helsinki
ELIJAH ORATORIO (F.Mendelssohn)
Alto soloist in the ensemble parts
With the choir Viva Vox and Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra
DEN SVARTE MUNKEN (P.H.Nordgren)
Role: Girl 2
Alexander’s theatre, Helsinki
LA GAZZETTA (G.Rossini)
Role: Madama La Rosa
Sibelius Academy Opera, Helsinki
IL CAMPANELLO (G.Donizetti)
Role: Madama Rosa
Sibelius Academy Opera, Helsinki
2021
MESSIAH (G.F.Händel)
Alto soloist
With The Finnish Baroque Orchestra (FiBO) and Suomen Laulu, Johannes Church, Helsinki
AURINGONTALO (E.Rautavaara)
Roles: Victoria Von Sonnig/Viktooria Vilunen
Metropolia UAS, Helsinki
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2025
OOPPERAA & MELODRAAMAA – nainen runoudessa ja mytologiassa 29.7.2025 17 pm
In Jyväskylä with the pianist Pinja Ukkola and soprano Maija Rautasuo
With the choir OK CODA (Oratoriekören, Helsinki) at Kallio Church, Helsinki
2024
IM WEISSEN RÖSSL (R.Benatzky)
Role: Ottilie
Keravan ooppera, Kerava
REQUIEM (W.A.Mozart)
Alto Soloist
With Suomen Laulu and Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra at the Temppeliaukio church, Helsinki
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS & PROKRIS UND CEPHALUS (J.Scheibe)
Role: Erzähler
Balderin Sali, Helsinki
ZARZUELA, OPERETTA-AND MUSICAL CONCERT
Soloist at the Pellinge Musikdagar Festival, Pellinge Archipelago, Porvoo.
A-RECITAL CONCERT “SALIGA VÄNTAN”
Sibelius Academy, Helsinki
2023
DE VACKRASTE JULSÅNGERNA, CHRISTMAS CONCERT FOR TV (YLE)
Soloist
Espoon Tuomiokirkko, Espoo (recorded for national TV YLE)
CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
Soloist
With the choir FURORNA, Tammisaari church and Espoo church
STABAT MATER (G.B.Pergolesi)
Alto soloist
German church, Helsinki
L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (C.Monteverdi)
Role: Ottone
Sibelius Academy opera, Helsinki
BEL CANTO CONCERT WITH OULU SINFONIA
soloist
Oulu
A DINNER ENGAGEMENT (L.Berkeley)
Role: The Grand Duchess
Sibelius Academy opera, Helsinki
NEW YEAR’S CONCERT Päivi- and Paavo Lipponen Foundation
soloist
Temppeliaukio church , Helsinki
2022
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (W.A.Mozart)
Role: Zweite Dame
Sibelius Academy opera, Helsinki
ELIJAH ORATORIO (F.Mendelssohn)
Alto soloist in the ensemble parts
With the choir Viva Vox and Helsinki Metropolitan Orchestra
DEN SVARTE MUNKEN (P.H.Nordgren)
Role: Girl 2
Alexander’s theatre, Helsinki
LA GAZZETTA (G.Rossini)
Role: Madama La Rosa
Sibelius Academy Opera, Helsinki
IL CAMPANELLO (G.Donizetti)
Role: Madama Rosa
Sibelius Academy Opera, Helsinki
2021
MESSIAH (G.F.Händel)
Alto soloist
With The Finnish Baroque Orchestra (FiBO) and Suomen Laulu, Johannes Church, Helsinki
AURINGONTALO (E.Rautavaara)
Roles: Victoria Von Sonnig/Viktooria Vilunen
Metropolia UAS, Helsinki
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SIBELIUS ACADEMY, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS 2021-2024
Opera department master's programme
Voice teacher: Monica Groop
METROPOLIA & OULU University of Applied Science 2016-2020
Bachelor’s programme in classical singing pedagogy
HELSINKI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 2013-2015
Vocational education in Music, Upper Secondary Level
