About Fanny

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.