Praised by Opera News as “magnificent,” rising soprano Hanna Brammer is making a splash on the operatic scene.
Brammer has interpreted many of opera’s most beloved soprano roles to great acclaim, including Nedda (I Pagliacci), Violetta (La Traviata), Musetta (La bohème), Gilda (Rigoletto), Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Michaëla (Carmen), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Valencienne (The Merry Widow), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), and Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance).
Equally at home interpreting the classics as she is performing lesser known works, Brammer’s other performance credits include Vespina (L’Infedeltà Delusa), Leïla (The Pearl Fishers), Nuri (Tiefland), Sofia (Il Signor Bruschino), Carolina (Il Matrimonio Segreto), and Giulia (La scala di seta), among others.
The recipient of numerous international awards and scholarships, Brammer was honored with First Prize in Opera Tampa’s 2019 D’Angelo Young Artist Vocal Competition. She was a semifinalist in the Premiere Vocal 2021 Competition, the Mildred Miller 2019 Vocal Competition, and the 2015 Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition in Amsterdam. She has also been awarded scholarships from the Sarasota Opera Guild, Manhattan School of Music, and Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, for which she was featured in a commercial that aired nationally for Indiana University. Brammer was also featured in an Emmy-nominated PBS special about the pandemic’s impact on the arts and opera.
She made her professional debut as Rose Maurrant in Opera North’s 2014 production of Street Scene. Since then, she has gone on to perform leading roles with Opera Columbus, St. Petersburg Opera, Sarasota Opera, Nashville Opera, Opera Tampa, Mississippi Opera, Opera Memphis, Festival Amadeus, Indianapolis Opera, Opera North, Opera Project Columbus, Painted Sky Opera, and Wichita Grand Opera.
Brammer holds a Bachelor’s Degree in vocal performance from Manhattan School of Music and a Master’s Degree from Indiana University. She is represented by Robert Gilder & Co. International Artist Management.