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The Danish soprano, Freja Højland Høj, studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Music (September 2016-June 2018) and at Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester (August 2018-May 2019), with the tenor Anthony Dean Griffey. She obtained a Master of Music degree from The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen in 2022, where she was a student of Eva Hess Thaysen and Helene Gjerris. Masterclasses by Anne Sophie von Otter, Heidi Grant-Murphy, Abby Furmansky and Roger Vignoles further influenced her artistic development. Recently, she received the Else Frederiksen Fond scholarship from the Danish Acting Society. She has also been generously supported by the Augustinus Foundation.
Freja Højland Høj is establishing herself as a young and promising light lyrical soprano. She sang the title role of Amahl in Menotti’s Amahl and The Night Visitors at Søholm Opera in November 2022. This invitation came a year after she took part in Søholm Opera’s Young Artist Programme. In May 2021, she performed the role of Proserpina at Den Fynske Opera in a remake of Monteverdi's opera L’Orfeo by Kind of Opera and the ensemble We Like We. Later the same year, she was part of a staged queer version of George Frideric Handel's Messiah, ‘A Child Is Born', singing and performing the soprano part. Other performances include the leading role of Euridice in Luigi Rossi's L’Orfeo with Eastman Collegium Musicum with Paul O'Dette, and Susanna in W.A. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. Furthermore, she has performed as a soloist in J.S. Bach’s Matthäus-Passion BWV 244, W.A. Mozart's Kroningsmesse and Gabriel Fauré's Requiem. She performed in the premiere of Matias Vestergård, in the big Steve Reich-project and works by the Korean composer Earl Kim. |
