Swedish mezzo soprano Ida Ränzlöv is currently a member of the ensemble at Staatsoper Stuttgart. In their 22/23 season she perform the roles of Varvara Káťa Kabanová, Hänsel Hänsel&Gretel, Meg Page Falstaff and Second Norn Götterdämmerung.
Recent engagements include Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro (Glyndebourne Festival), Hänsel Hänsel&Gretel, Orlofsky Die Fledermaus (Staatsoper Stuttgart), Venus Venus&Adonis and Dido Dido&Aeneas (Confidencen Opera Festival), Mercédès Carmen (The Royal Opera Copenhagen). Other performed roles include Eduige Rodelinda (CHOC), Flora La Traviata and Rosina Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Wellgunde Das Rheingold, Lola Cavalleria Rusticana (Staatsoper Stuttgart).
Ida was born in Helsingborg, Sweden, into a family of non-musicians. She saw her first opera at age 17 and fell in love with the art form instantly. She 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) where she studied with Dinah Harris, graduating in 2018 as a recipient of an Independent Opera Voice Award.
Ida is an Associate Artist of Classical Opera, was member of the Opera Studio at Staatsoper Stuttgart (2018-19), a Glyndebourne Jerwood Young Artist (2018), winner of the Anneliese Rothenberger Compeition (2019), a semi-finalist in the Kathleen Ferrier Competition (2018), an alumna of Solti Accademia di Bel Canto (2017), winner of the Lies Askonas Competition (2017) and received the Maisie Lewis Award from the Musicians’ Company (2018), of which she also was appointed Yeoman of the 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.
MAGNETIC STAGE PRESENCE
“The evening’s star performance came from the Swedish mezzo
Ida Ränzlöv as Faramondo,
her magnetic stage presence
and consistently accomplished vocalism making her completely convincing.”
- OPERA MAGAZINE
“Dido’s Lament is beautifully done, every phrase suffused with the warmth of Ränzlöv’s mezzo-soprano.”
PERFORMED ROLES
Leoš Janáček Kát'a Kabanová Warwara 2023 Staatsoper Stuttgart
Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung Second Norn 2023 Staatsoper Stuttgart
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro Cherubino 2022 Glyndebourne Festival / 2020 Staatsoper Stuttagart
Engelbert Humperdinck Hänsel & Gretel Hänsel 2022 Staatsoper Stuttgart
Johann Strauß Die Fledermaus Orlofsky 2021 Staatsoper Stuttgart
Richard Wagner Das Rheingold Wellgunde 2021 Staatsoper Stuttgart
Henry Purcell Dido & Aeneas Dido 2021 Confidencen Opera Festival
John Blow Venus & Adonis Venus 2021 Confidencen Opera Festival
Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana Lola 2020 Staatsoper Stuttgart
Sciarrino Lui mie traditrici L’Ospite 2020 Staatsoper Stuttgart
Bizet Carmen Mercédès 2019 Royal Opera Copenhagen
Richard Strauss Salome Page 2019 Staatsoper Stuttgart
Richard Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos Dryade 2019 Staatsoper Stuttgart
John Adams Nixon in China Nancy Tang 2019 Staatsoper Stuttgart
Leo Dick Antigone-Tribunal Haimon / Teresias 2019 Staatsoper Stuttgart JOiN
Mozart/Henrik Albrecht Der Schauspieldirektor Frau Pfeil 2018 Staatsoper Stuttgart JOiN
Handel Giulio Cesare Sesto (Cover) 2018 Glyndebourne Festival
Puccini Madama Butterfly Kate Pinkerton 2018 Glyndebourne Festival
Handel Rodelinda Eduige 2018 Cambridge Handel Opera Company
Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream Hippolyta 2018 RCMIOS
Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen The Fox 2017 RCMIOS
Weir The Vanishing Bridegroom The Daughter 2017 British Youth Opera
Handel Faramondo Faramondo 2017 London Handel Festival/RCMIOS
Mozart La Finta Giardiniera Arminda 2016 RCMIOS
Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia Rosina 2016 Smålandsoperan & 2018 Staatsoper Stuttgart
Verdi La Traviata Flora 2016 Jönköping & 2019 Staatsoper Stuttgart
STUDIED ROLES &
ROLES CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
Offenbach Les Contes d’Hoffmann Niklausse
Gounod Faust Siebel
Handel Alcina Ruggiero