A portrait of a woman; she has medium-length dark blonde hair and is wearing a dark top. She is looking straight ahead with a neutral smile. The background is black.
Berit Norbakken © Marius Fiskum

Berit Norbakken is one of Scandinavia’s leading sopranos. Her versatility and flexibility of voice have allowed her to master a repertoire ranging from Baroque to contemporary, including folk music. She regularly appears in performances of oratorios, passions, and masses, and continues her work with leading ensembles, orchestras and conductors in major concert halls all over the world. Norbakken appeared at the Sydney Opera House, the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, at the Cincinnati May Festival as well as in several programmes touring throughout Europe.

Her latest recording, Evening Hymn, together with the Arctic Philharmonic/Henning Kraggerud was released in October this year. She has recently received the renowned Rolf Gammlengs Honorary Award for her many recordings and concerts.

Her many recordings have garnered high critical acclaim both in Norway and abroad. In particular her recording of Arriaga’s vocal music, together with the BBC Philharmonic under the direction of Juanjo Mena has received glowing reviews internationally.

She completed her artistic PhD-project in May 2024.

In the current season, she released a new recording of Dowland songs, together with lutenist Solmund Nystabakk, as well as a new recording of Stravinsky’s Threni and Elegy for J.F.K., in collaboration with Daniel Reuss, Cappella Amsterdam and the Noord Nederland Orkest.