Biography
Tessan-Maria Lehmussaari is a Swedish-Finnish soprano from Stockholm. It became clear that opera singing would be her future profession when she as an eleven-year-old sang in the children's choir in a set of La Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at The Royal Opera in Stockholm.
After studies at the Opera Studio in Härnösand, she started the Bachelor's Program at the University College of Opera in Stockholm, from which she graduated in June 2019.
In the spring of 2019 Tessan-Maria made her debute as Angelica in a rewritten version of G. F. Händel's/J. Ramström's Orlando in a collaboration with The Royal Swedish Opera.
Over the last few years she has done roles such as Klara in Vilse by A. Tarrodi at The Royal Opera in Stockholm, Dorine in Tartuffe by K. Mechem at Norrlandsoperan, Despina in Così fan tutte and Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw, by Britten, both at Folkoperan in Stockholm.
Tessan-Maria is currently at Folkoperan singing the role as Elsalill in the newly composed Herr Arnes Penningar by Peter Nordahl.
In the summer of 2022 she toured in the USA, Canada and Sweden as the Jenny Lind Scholar with her pianist Silja Levander.
From the opera repertoire she has been seen in roles such as Adele (Die Fledermaus), Frasquita (Carmen) and Zerlina (Don Giovanni) to name a few.
She is also active as a concert singer and has sung works such as Elias by F. Mendelssohn, St. Luke Passion by Martinsson, Magnificat by J. S Bach, Disguised God by L. E. Larsson and Gloria and Magnificat by A. Vivaldi.
Tessan-Maria is part of a duo with pianist Silja Levander with whom she produces concert series in both Swedish and in Finnish. The duo has newly created a project called RopaOpera! - ShoutOpera! with the mission of introducing opera to children and young adults by workshops and masterclasses.
