Åsa Jäger

Soprano

Representation: General Management, Worldwide Representation

Season 2026-27 opens for Swedish dramatic soprano Åsa Jäger with her participation as Brunnhilde Götterdämmerung in September performances at Lucerne Festival and at Paris Philharmonie of the continuing Ring cycles collaboration between Dresden Music Festival and Concerto Cologne under the baton of Kent Nagano. In Sweden she gives a seasonal concert at Norrlands Operan, and travels to Landestheater Coburg in Germany–where she first made her debut in the role–to appear as Brunnhilde in concert performances of Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. A role debut as Leonora Fidelio follows at Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, and in March, Hong Kong provides the artist’s next opportunity to revive her performances as Brunnhilde in the DMF/Kent Nagano collaboration of the Ring cycles, with the tour continuing to Vienna in the Spring.

Last season Asa made her role debut as Isolde Tristan und Isolde at Norrlands Operan and traveled to Gothenburg Opera to appear in the title role La Giaconda in concert. She continued in the role of Brunnhilde Götterdämmerung under the baton of Kent Nagano in the Ring collaboration and sang the role in concert at Dresden Kulturpalast, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Friedrichsforum Bayreuth, and Philharmonie Koeln.

Recent engagements include her house and role debut as Senta Der fliegende Holländer at Gothenburg Opera, and her appearances as Brunnhilde Die Walküre with Kent Nagano’s The Wagner Cycles, winning the highest accolades for her portrayal of the heroine.

”Here again, Åsa Jäger sang a robust, radiant Brünnhilde, whose seemingly inexhaustible vocal capacities were once again breathtaking”. Bachtrack, March 2023

”The Siegfried-Brünnhilde is probably the most difficult of the three Brünnhilde in “Der Ring des Nibelungen”: she has no warm-up phase, must be fully present right away in a challenging vocal range. Åsa Jäger, who already thrilled the Coburg audience as Walküre, shone again this time with her sovereign mastery of this short but difficult role. In addition to the glistening, explosive high notes, the soprano found a dramatically blossoming tone with depth of soul in the lyrical moments.” Neue Presse, March 2023

”With the Swedish Åsa Jäger, a Brünnhilde with a phenomenal voice was on stage in Coburg.” BR Klassik, March 2023

Åsa Jäger’s Brünnhilde legitimises all possible scenic nonchalance. In “Die Walküre” she overwhelmed the audience by her pure vocal presence in the dramatic as well as in the heartfelt phrases, in “Siegfried” she repeats exactly this in “her” scene.” Der Opernfreund, March 2023

Alex Ross lists Notable performances and recordings of 2022: ”I spent much of May in Germany, exploring the country’s incomparable network of opera houses. The lesson is much the same as in the American orchestral field: bigger and richer is not necessarily better. In Coburg, a city of forty-one thousand, the young Swedish soprano Åsa Jäger took possession of the mighty role of Brünnhilde, her voice aglow with the confidence of arrival”. The New Yorker, December 2022

“The vocal discovery of the night was the young Swedish soprano Åsa Jäger, who sang Brünnhilde with clarion tone, crisp diction, and infectious zest. This run of performances marks not only Jäger’s German début but also her début in any Wagner role. I suspect that later in her career she will look back fondly on Coburg, where her ascent began” The New Yorker, June 2022

“…and with Åsa Jäger there is a great Brünnhilde on the small stage, for which many larger houses should envy Coburg. So much tenderness with so much dynamic range and height, so much ladylike, yet youthful vocal elegance with so much dramatic sincerity: this is how a young Brünnhilde must sound”. Der Opernfreund, June 2022

“Among the guest soloists, one in particular stood out at the premiere: Åsa Jäger as Brünnhilde. The young Swede not only mastered the role…but also sang her very first Hojotoho with such a lively lightness, confidence in the high notes and penetrating power that it was a real joy. She also succeeds in portraying a compelling role that requires concentration, strength, talent and courage. Bravura, a stroke of luck from a Wotan child! Bamberg Richard Wagner Verband, April 2022

“First and foremost, we should mention the young Swedish soprano Åsa Jäger, who lets her luminous voice resound powerfully and expansively as the wild Valkyrie, only to let soft, lyrical tones be heard in the final touching dialogue with the father”. Neue Presse, April 2022