American Soprano Lori Hultgren is an alumna of Indiana University, where she completed her bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and postgraduate work in voice. She made her soprano debut in 2001, singing the title role in Richard Strauss’ opera Ariadne auf Naxos with the Peabody Conservatory and reprised the role with the Britten-Pears program in Aldeburgh England. Hultgren’s recent concert appearances have included Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s 9thSymphony and Missa Solemnis, Wagner’s Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Kindertotenlieder, Ravel’s Sheherazade, Britten’s War Requiem, and Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder. In concert and on stage, Hultgren has been praised by The Baltimore Sun as a dramatic soprano whose “interpretive ardor is contagious.”
Career highlights have included a debut recital with pianist Graham Johnson at the prestigious Wigmore Hall in London, singing the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos under the direction of Maestro Oliver von Dohnani and Colin Grahm with the Britten-Pears program, and singing the premiere of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem conducted by Simone Young in Aldeburgh, England.
