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Linnea Andreassen is a Swedish mezzo-soprano from Uppsala, currently based in Stockholm.
Upcoming and recent performances include the roles of Brigitte in indie queen Jenny Wilson's first opera Älskarinnorna at Norrlandsoperan, and Bradamante in Händels Alcina at Confidencen.
Linnea made her debut in 2015 as one of the three Adelige Waisen in Christof Loy's production of Der Rosenkavalier at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. At Malmö Opera, she made her debut in 2017 as Der Trommler in Viktor Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis – a role she performed not only with her voice but also by playing the drum herself. She has since returned to Malmö Opera on several occasions – as the Atheist Feminist in Förvandlingar i helvetet (2018 and 2020), Brita and the Midwife in Ture Rangström's Kronbruden (2023), and as Alidoro in Rossinis Cenerentola (2025).
Linnea has extensive experience working with contemporary music and has performed in numerous world premieres. She participated in the world premieres of Folkoperan's Ålevangeliet by Emmy Lindström (2022), Icelandic composer Karólína Eiríksdóttir's opera BLY at Piteå Chamber Opera (2021), and Carl Unander Scharin's opera The Tale of the Great Computing Machine for KTH/Vadstena Academy (2022).
The Mezzosoprano Linnea Andreassen as Der Trommler is a wonder of sharpness as well as a singer, a physical actor and a drummer. Better casting couldn't have been done.
Hanna Höglund, Expressen
Since 2021, Linnea has had a recurring collaboration with the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet and composer Thomas Lindahl, which resulted in a recording of the song cycle Mina drömmars okända stationer, released in spring 2024.
Linnea also has a deep interest in Baroque music. In the summer of 2022, she portrayed Andronico in Vivaldi's Il Giustino at Drottningholm Palace Theatre, under the direction of conductor and stage director George Petrou. In 2019, she appeared as Antiope in Maria Antonia Walpurgis' Talestri, Regina delle Amazzoni, in a production by the independent opera companies Kamraterna and Den Andra Operan – one of the first performances of the opera since its world premiere in 1766. To further pursue her studies in early music, Linnea became the first recipient of the Friends of Drottningholm Palace Theatre's Opera Scholarship in 2018. The scholarship was awarded by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf during a concert at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre.
Linnea discovered opera at an early age when she attended a performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm at the age of four. From that moment, she knew she wanted to become an opera singer. She often entertained her preschool friends by performing the Queen of the Night's vengeance aria from her favorite climbing tree. At the age of eight, Linnea formed her own amateur theatre group – a project that continued until she was sixteen and allowed her to explore her love and talent for stage performance. To further develop her musical abilities, she joined several choirs and pop bands during her teenage years, before ultimately deciding to pursue her childhood dream: to become an opera singer.
Linnea has since trained at Vadstena folkhögskola, the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and the University College of Opera in Stockholm, where she studied voice with Erik Årman – a collaboration that continues to this day. During her studies, she performed roles such as Nancy in Britten's Albert Herring, Sesto in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito, Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Anna I in Kurt Weill's Die Sieben Todsünden, and Dinah in Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti.