Norwegian mezzo-soprano Ingebjörg Kosmo (born 1969) studied at the Trøndelag Conservatory and at the National College of Operatic Arts in Oslo. She has been a member of the Norwegian Opera since 1994, first as holder of a scholarship, and since 1997 as a permanent soloist. There she has sung such roles as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, Der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, Carmen, Idamante in Idomeneo, Dorabella in Così fan tutte and Sylva Varescu in Die Csárdásfürstin. She has won a number of prizes including the Esso Prize and Flagstad Prize in 1995, Den Norske Operas Venners Talentpris, the Nordlandspostens Kulturpris in 1993 and the Edvin Ruud Scholarship in 1993. Ingebjørg Kosmo is also in great demand as a concert singer, and in August 2001 she sang the part of Anitra in Grieg’s Peer Gynt with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra at the Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall and at the Salzburg Festival.
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