Inger Dam-Jensen (b1964)

Inger Dam-Jensen’s operatic rôles include Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, for the Opéra de Paris, Despina in Così fan tutte, Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Lisa in La sonnambula, for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, and Sifare in Mitridate for Geneva Opera. At home in Denmark with Royal Danish Opera rôles include Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare, Zdenka in Arabella, Ophelia in Hamlet, Norina in Don Pasquale, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Adina in L’elisir d’amore, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Musetta in La bohème, Gilda in Rigoletto and Violetta in La Traviata. In recital Inger Dam-Jensen has appeared at the Cologne Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall, in the BBC Proms Chamber Series and on Radio France.

Her discography includes Peer Gynt for Teldec, Solomon under Paul McCreesh for Deutsche Grammophon, Ein deutsches Requiem for Chandos, and a selection of Carl Nielsen’s songs for Dacapo. Winner of the coveted Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 1993, Inger Dam-Jensen began her formal music education at the Royal Danish Academy of Music before moving to the Danish Opera School in 1990 to study with Kirsten Buhl Møller.