Praised for her “Bright, clear sound and alluring stage presence” by Opera News Canadian-American soprano Hannah Von Riesen is an active performer in NYC. Past roles include Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) Opera Delaware, Gilda (Rigoletto) L'accademia di Belcanto Italiano, Servilia (La Clemenza di Tito) European Music Insitut, Frasquita (Carmen), Iris (Semele), Susanna (le Nozze) Des Moines Metro Opera Scenes, Harriet (Emmeline), Clorinde (Cendrillon), Genovieffa (Suor Angelica) with Manhattan School of Music, Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) with Janeic Opera Company at BMC, Gretel (Hansel and Gretel), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro), Le Feu (L'Enfant et les Sortilège) with Simpson College Opera, Fiona (Brigadoon), and Mrs. Nordstrom (A Little Night Music) with the College Light Opera Company. Competitions include Career Bridges Young Artist Grant Winner, Alan M. and Joan Taub Ades Vocal Competition Winner. Concert work includes Bernstein's Mass with Brevard Music Center, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Des Moines Symphony Orchestra. Von Riesen holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Simpson College and a Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music. She studies with Elizabeth de Trejo and Mauricio Trejo. She is a Principal artist at the International School of the Voice.

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