Aurora Marthens

Aurora Marthens is the latest in a distinguished line of Finnish sopranos to gain prominence on the international opera stage. The young Finnish soprano has just won not only the audience prize at the renowned international competition ARD Musikwettbewerb, but also the 2nd prize of the jury, which was chaired by Waltraud Meier. 

She was engaged at the Wiener Staatsoper, where she sang Ms. Jones in Raskatov's premiere production "Animal Farm", with which she will also be heard at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo; Senta in the children's opera "The Flying Dutchman"; Donna Anna in the premiere production at the Helsinki Opera and she will make her debut with Elisabeth in “Tannhäuser” at the opening.

In September 2022 she joined the soloist’s ensemble of the prestigious Vienna State Opera where in she will sing, among other roles, Fifth Maid in Elektra, Pamina in The Magic Flute for kids and Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos. Prior to this she was a member of the Opera House’s studio where she debuted roles like Berta from the Barber of Seville in a new production 2021, Gerhilde in Die Walküre and Anna in Nabucco.

Her other operatic roles include Violetta (La Traviata), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), the title role in G. Donizetti’s opera buffa Rita, Suor Genovieffa (Suor Angelica) conducted by Kirill Petrenko at the Berlin Philharmonie in February 2020.

Marthens has studied classical singing with Riikka Hakola, Elisabeth Werres, KS Linda Watson and participated in master classes with artists and coaches. Among them Konrad Jarnot, Kamal Khan, Karita Mattila.

She is a prize-winner at the Helsinki Lied Competition in 2015 (1st place), the Savonlinna Opera Festival’s Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition in 2017 (1st place) and she has been a semi-finalist in the Glyndebourne Opera Cup 2018 and a finalist in the Salice d’Oro competition in 2022, and 2nd prize winner in voice category of the ARD International Music Competition in 2024.

Photos: © Daniel Delang