Randi Stene

Randi Stene studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo, and at the Opera Academy in Copenhagen. She has established herself as one of the most important of the new generation of Scandinavian singers. Her operatic engagements include Oktavian and Hansel at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Silla in 'Palestrina' at Covent Garden - a production which was subsequently seen at the Metropolitan Opera - and Varvara in 'Katya Kabanova' and Olga ('Eugene Onegin') at the Bastille, Paris. She is a regular artist for the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen where her roles include Brangaene, Fricka, Gluck's Orfeo, Gertrude in Thomas's 'Hamlet' and Oktavian. Her concert engagements have included her début at the BBC Proms in Szymanowski's 'Stabat Mater' under Salonen; Mendelssohn's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' with Christoph von Dohnanyi; Brahms' 'Alto Rhapsody' with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sibelius' 'Kullervo' with the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (which was recorded by Virgin Classics) and Bach's 'Missa Brevis' with Philippe Herreweghe at the Salzburg Festival and a highly acclaimed Oktavian in ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ also under Mackerras at London’s Barbican Hall.