ABOUT
Recipient of the 2023 Birgit Nilsson Stipend, swedish mezzo soprano Ida Ränzlöv is currently a member of the ensemble at Staatsoper Stuttgart.
In the ‘25/’26 season, she performs the roles of Fox / The Cunning Little Vixen, Suzuki / Madama Butterfly and the title role of Carmen. Her previous roles at Stuttgart include Rosina / Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Hänsel / Hänsel & Gretel, Orlofsky / Die Fledermaus, Jenny / The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and more. Find a full list of roles below.
Recent and future engagements outside of her work in Stuttgart include Octavian / Der Rosenkavalier (Oper Frankfurt), Cherubino / Le nozze di Figaro (Glyndebourne Festival and Glyndebourne on Tour), Mercedes / Carmen (the Royal Danish Opera). In 2021, Ränzlöv sang the title role in Dido and Aeneas with Confidencen Opera, Sweden, where she returned in 2023 to sing Iphise in Rameau’s Dardanus. In the autumn of 2026, she makes her debut at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, singing the role of Claire in Melancholia. Her versatility extends from Baroque opera and Mozart trouser roles to modern works and contemporary engagements on the major European stage.
Born in Helsingborg, Sweden, Ränzlöv did not grow up in a musical family and only discovered opera at age 17 when, having seen her first production, she fell instantly in love with the art form. She graduated with distinction from Malmö Academy of Music in 2016. The same year, she joined the Royal College of Music’s International Opera School (RCMIOS) in London, graduating in 2018 as a recipient of an Independent Opera Voice Award.
Ränzlöv’s early career was marked by a string of prestigious awards and opportunities: she is an Associate Artist of The Mozartists, was member of the Opera Studio at Staatsoper Stuttgart (2018-19), a Glyndebourne Jerwood Young Artist (2018), an alumna of Solti Accademia di Bel Canto (2017), winner of the Anneliese Rothenberger Competition (2018), 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 has received several scholarships and awards, including Sweden’s biggest music award Sixten Gemzéus Stora Musikpris (2024), the Hjördis Schymberg award, 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 and the Kiri Te Kanawa Trust.
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