{"id":81,"date":"2017-01-15T11:18:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T11:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lenahf.se\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:51:48","slug":"konsert-och-operakarriar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lenahf.se\/index.php\/konsert-och-operakarriar\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert \u2013 Opera Career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Lena<\/figure>
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At the beginning of my career, opera occupied a large part of my professional life: grand opera, chamber opera, contemporary opera, Baroque opera, children\u2019s opera, and more. To immerse oneself deeply in character interpretation and step into a role together with the stage director, conductor, and singers is among the very greatest artistic experiences imaginable.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It is demanding on every level, yet at the same time incredibly exciting to continue developing one\u2019s artistry and stagecraft through one\u2019s own instrument \u2014 the voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In one production at the Folkoperan, I performed all three soprano roles in The Tales of Hoffmann. Everything surrounding the performance – orchestra, costumes, makeup, lighting, the scent of theatre dust, nerves, – creates a magic unlike anything else. The stage possesses a unique ability to enchant. A heightened concentration entirely rooted in the present moment and in the service of art demands complete presence, while simultaneously producing a rush of exhilaration where the endorphins soar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

For me, however, it became difficult to combine the demanding schedule of opera productions with family life, two children, a freelance musician husband, and living in the countryside. When the children started school, I therefore chose to decline longer engagements. Instead, my career shifted toward concerts and shorter opera productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were often entirely new programs every week, featuring a wonderful mixture of everything a classical concert and opera singer could dream of performing. Song recitals with themes such as Southern Breezes and Nordic Winds<\/em> (Spanish and Nordic music), Folk Melodies in Classical Form<\/em> (Brahms, Haydn, Villa-Lobos, Ravel, Rodrigo, Bart\u00f3k), fairytale-inspired programs featuring Shostakovich, Musgrave, Bernstein, and Mussorgsky, programs where early poetry met contemporary composers, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also had the privilege of participating in many remarkable world premieres of art songs by composers such as W.W. Glaser and B. F\u00e4rnl\u00f6f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then there was all the sacred music \u2014 from the early Middle Ages through Baroque and Romantic repertoire to ultra-modern works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wonderful chamber music collaborations included cantatas, duos, trios, and larger ensembles, again spanning a vast range of historical periods and instrumental combinations: percussion and voice; recorder, percussion, and voice; clarinet, piano, and voice; string trio and voice; oboe and voice; trumpet, string quartet, and voice\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And of course \u2014 opera!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To stand on stage and meet an audience, to dedicate oneself to daily practice, and to collaborate with extraordinary musicians throughout the years has been an incomparable privilege.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Lena<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cLena Hellstr\u00f6m-F\u00e4rnl\u00f6f\u2019s knowledge of repertoire is unique. From the most intimate setting of voice and lute to full symphony orchestra, from Baroque music to newly composed works, from sacred music to art song recitals. Lena has frequently represented Swedish musical life beyond Sweden\u2019s borders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting ready for concert (foto Vasa getting ready)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Konsert \u2013 operakarri\u00e4r<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Lena<\/figure>
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I b\u00f6rjan av karri\u00e4ren blev det mycket opera: storopera, kammaropera, nyskriven opera, barockopera, barnopera, etc. Att djupdyka i rolltolkningar och g\u00e5 in i en karakt\u00e4r tillsammans med regiss\u00f6r, dirigent och s\u00e5ngarlag \u00e4r bland det absolut b\u00e4sta som finns! Det \u00e4r kr\u00e4vande p\u00e5 alla plan men samtidigt s\u00e5 sp\u00e4nnande att via sitt eget instrument g\u00e5 vidare och utveckla konstn\u00e4rlighet och artisteri! I en produktion p\u00e5 Folkoperan i Stockholm sj\u00f6ng jag alla tre sopranrollerna i Hoffmans \u00e4ventyr. Allt som h\u00f6r till med kostym, smink, ljus, teaterdammet, nerver, orkester \u2026. ger en magi som inte \u00e4r j\u00e4mf\u00f6rbar med n\u00e5got annat \u00e4n scenens f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att trollbinda. En f\u00f6rt\u00e4tad koncentration som helt \u00e4r i nuet och i konstens tj\u00e4nst, kr\u00e4ver total n\u00e4rvaro och ger samtidigt ett lyckorus d\u00e4r endorfinerna skjuter i h\u00f6jden!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

F\u00f6r mig var det sv\u00e5rt att kombinera operans arbetstider med familj och tv\u00e5 barn, frilansande musikerman och att vi bodde p\u00e5 landet. N\u00e4r skolan startade f\u00f6r barnen tackade jag d\u00e4rf\u00f6r nej till l\u00e4ngre engagemang, ist\u00e4llet blev det konserter och kortare operaengagemang. Ofta var det nya program varje vecka med en h\u00e4rlig blandning av allt en klassisk konsert- och operas\u00e5ngerska kan t\u00e4nka sig att vilja sjunga. Romanskonserter med teman som Sydl\u00e4ndska fl\u00e4ktar och nordiska vindar (Spansk och nordisk musik), Folkton p\u00e5 klassiskt vis (Brahms, Haydn, Villa Lobos, Ravel, Rodrigo, Bart\u00f3k), Sagotema med Schostakovish, Musgrave, Bernstein, Mussorvsky, Tidig poesi m\u00f6ter nutida tons\u00e4ttare och mycket mer. M\u00e5nga fantastiska uruppf\u00f6randen med romanser som t.ex. W.W.Glaser, B. F\u00e4rnl\u00f6f. Och all sakralmusik fr\u00e5n tidig medeltid via barock och romantik till ultramodernt. Fantastisk kammarmusik med kantater, duos, trios, och vidare i bes\u00e4ttning, \u00e4ven h\u00e4r med ett stort spann i tidsepok och konstellationer. T.ex. slagverk och s\u00e5ng, blockfl\u00f6jt, slagverk och s\u00e5ng, klarinett, piano och s\u00e5ng, str\u00e5ktrio och s\u00e5ng, oboe och s\u00e5ng, trumpet, str\u00e5kkvartett och s\u00e5ng\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Och opera s\u00e5klart!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Att st\u00e5 p\u00e5 scenen och m\u00f6ta publik, det egna \u00f6vandet och m\u00f6ten med underbara musiker genom \u00e5ren har varit helt oslagbart!<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Lena<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

”Lena Hellstr\u00f6m-F\u00e4rnl\u00f6fs repertoark\u00e4nnedom \u00e4r unik! Fr\u00e5n enklaste bes\u00e4ttning, r\u00f6st och luta, till full symfoniorkester, fr\u00e5n barockmusik till nyskriven musik, fr\u00e5n kyrkomusik till romanskonserter. Lena har ofta representerat svenskt musikliv utanf\u00f6r Sveriges gr\u00e4nser.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting ready for concert (foto Vasa getting ready)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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