Ida Ränzlöv

Mezzo-Soprano

Management

Helen Hogh
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Fiona Wells
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Groves Artists represents Ida Ränzlöv worldwide

Biography

Recipient of the 2023 Birgit Nilsson Stipend, Swedish Mezzo Soprano Ida Ränzlöv is currently a member of the ensemble at Staatsoper Stuttgart. Her roles in Stuttgart have included Rosina / Il barbiere di Siviglia, Hänsel / Hänsel und Gretel, Orlofsky / Die Fledermaus, Varvara / Katy’a Kabanova, Cherubino / Le nozze di Figaro, Dryade  / Ariadne auf Naxos, Lola / Cavalleria Rusticana, Wellgunde / Das Rheingold, Second Norn / Götterdämmerung, Nancy Tang / Nixon in China, Meg Page / Falstaff and Page / Salome.  Future roles include Jenny / Mahagonny.

Born in Helsingborg, Sweden, Ida graduated with distinction from Malmö Academy of Music in 2016, where she studied singing with Britta Johansson and Conny Antonov. The same year she joined the Royal College of Music’s International Opera School (RCMIOS), graduating in 2018 as a recipient of an Independent Opera Voice Award.

Recent and future engagements outside of her work in Stuttgart include Cherubino (Glyndebourne Festival and Glyndebourne on Tour),  Sesto (cover) / Giulio Cesare (Glyndebourne Festival), The Fox / The Cunning Little Vixen (RCMIOS), The Daughter / The Vanishing Bridegroom for (British Youth Opera), the title role in Faramondo (London Handel Festival) and Arminda / La finta giardiniera (RCMIOS) Eduige / Rodelinda (Cambridge Handel Opera Company), Rosina (Smålandsoperan) and Flora / La Traviata (Folkoperan/MAM).   She made her début for the Royal Danish Opera singing Mercedes / Carmen and in 2021 sang the title role in Dido and Aeneas with Confidencen Opera, Sweden where she returned in 2023 for Iphise in Rameau’s Dardanus.

Ida was the winner of the Anneliese Rothenberger Compeition (2019),  a Glyndebourne Jerwood Young Artist (2018), a semi-finalist in the Kathleen Ferrier Competition (2018), an alumni of Solti Accademia di Bel Canto (2017), winner of the Lies Askonas Competition (2017) and received the Maisie Lewis Award from the Musician’s Company (2018), of which she also was appointed Yeoman of the Company.  She is an Associate Artist of the Classical Opera Company.

She received several scholarships and awards during her training in Sweden, including the Aurora Lillieros Scholarship, Anna Withlock’s Memory Trust Scholarship and John Andersson I Anderslöv Foundation. Her studies in London were generously supported by the Josephine Baker Trust, Vivien & Peter Beckwith Fund and Victoria Robey OBE.

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Reviews

  • Dardanus, Stuttgart

    Ida Ränzlöv’s Iphise reigns supreme among these singers. I’m almost taken a back when her dramatic, well-focused soprano laments her lot. In her voice there is warmth and coolness in an alloy that holds our attention in every note.

    Claes Wahlin Aftonbladet / July 2023
  • Die Fledermaus, Stuttgart

    Ida Ränzlöv sings Orlofsky, as if Strauss had composed the role especially for her colourful, light mezzo soprano.

    Susanne Benda Stuttgart Zeitung / December 2021
  • Dido & Aeneas; Venus & Adonis at Confidencen

    This performance is perhaps the best seen at the old castle theater… Ida Ränzlöv, mezzo-soprano with a big, dramatic voice, sings both Venus and Dido.

    Bo Löfvendal Svenska Dagbladet 31 July 2021
  • Dido & Aeneas; Venus & Adonis at Confidencen

    Ida Ränzlöv’s goddess of love (she plays both Venus and Dido, Queen of Carthage)  with her authority and grace is the obvious center of the opera’s intrigue, and she uses her exceptionally beautiful mezzo-soprano as a spear – exploding in cascades of tears and rage when fate goes against her.

    Sofia Nyblom Dagens Nyheter 31 July 2021
  • Puccini's Madama Butterfly

    Ida Ränzlöv as the put-upon Kate Pinkerton made the most of her tiny, devastating role. For once you could believe she really was kind enough to take on Butterfly and Pinkerton’s child, while no doubt damning her husband’s crass desires.

    Fiona Maddocks The Observer
  • Handel's Faramondo

    She is the Swedish mezzo Ida Ränzlöv in the title role — tall, powerful, rich-toned, a star in the making.

    Richard Morrison The Times
  • The Vanishing Bridegroom

    Ida Ränzlöv, takes the role of the daughter in the final story with immaculate diction and tremendous dramatic presence.

    Andrew Clements The Guardian

News

  • Ida Ränzlöv Receives the 2023 Birgit Nilsson Stipend
    17.05.23

    Ida Ränzlöv Receives the 2023 Birgit Nilsson Stipend

  • Ida Ränzlöv has been made Associate Artist of the Classical Opera Company
    14.11.18

    Ida Ränzlöv has been made Associate Artist of the Classical Opera Company

  • Ida Ränzlöv to make her début at the Staatstheater Stuttgart
    25.09.18

    Ida Ränzlöv to make her début at the Staatstheater Stuttgart

  • Ida Ränzlöv has been announced as one of the Jerwood Young Artists at Glyndebourne for 2018
    29.11.17

    Ida Ränzlöv has been announced as one of the Jerwood Young Artists at Glyndebourne for 2018

  • Ida Ränzlöv wins Lies Askonas competition
    05.06.17

    Ida Ränzlöv wins Lies Askonas competition

  • Groves Artists announce signing of mezzo soprano Ida Ränzlöv
    19.05.17

    Groves Artists announce signing of mezzo soprano Ida Ränzlöv