THE NORWEGIAN SOPRANO Synne Vinje was educated at the University College of Opera in Stockholm and the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. During her studies, she was an intern at the Royal Swedish Opera, where she later made her professional debut in 2020 with a jump-in, performing the role as Paggio in Sophia Jupither’s production of Verdi’s Rigoletto.

BACHELOR’S & MASTER’S DEGREES
For her bachelor's degree (2021), she portrayed Mimì in Puccini’s La Bohème, and for her master's degree (2022), the title role in Suor Angelica. As her master's project, she also studied and performed the role of Tatyana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.

SINCE GRADUATING, Synne has performed a number of role debuts on both Swedish and international stages. These include Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly), the Foreign Princess (Rusalka), Marguerite (Faust), Silvia (Zanetto), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Musetta (La Bohème), and Liza (The Queen of Spades).

CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVALS have been frequent and an important part of Synne’s early years as a professional opera singer. Among these are Dala-Floda Operafest, Roslagen’s Summer Opera (Österbybruk), Kokkola Opera Festival, Vattnäs Chamber Music Festival and Oslo Opera Festival. Stages like Stockholm Concert House, Musikaliska Kvarteret, Confidencen Ulriksdal Castle Theatre, the Eric Ericsson Concert Hall, Gripsholm Castle, Gripsnäs Castle, Oslo Cathedral and Gamle Logen are some of the stages on which she has performed. In various concert productions and as a guest artist, she has had the pleasure of collaborating with established soloists such as Michael Weinius, Lars Clevemann, Marcus Jupither, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, and Lena Nordin.

AS A CONCERT AND ORATORIO SINGER, Synne has a repertoire of a large span. Norwegian song cycles such as The Mountain Maiden (Haugtussa), Peer Gynt and the Vinje-songs by Edvard Grieg are close to her heart, and so are cycles like Vier letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss, which Synne performed for the first time at Vattnäs Chamber Music Festival 2024. Synne also frequents as a soloist in sacral music, where Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem is one of her favorite pieces to perform. Other soprano solos from sacral pieces in her repertoire include, among others, God in Disguise (Förklädd gud) by Lars-Erik Larsson, Mozart’s Requiem and Die Schöpfung by Haydn.

SYNNE’S VOCAL TEACHERS and mentors are Royal Court Singers Lena Nordin and Karl-Magnus Fredriksson. Over the years, she has been fortunate to be instructed by many skilled artists such as Asmik Grigorian, Richard Hetherington, Bo Skovhus, Barbara Bonney and Susanna Eken.