Jasmin White

with Michal Biel

The American opera singer Jasmin White is known for their deep voice and versatility. The contralto from Oregon is equally comfortable singing lieder and arias as they are performing jazz and reggae, and they are an ambassador for their Cherokee heritage.

With immense presence and a wide range in both genre and voice, White has established themselves as a crowd favorite, capable of evoking both goosebumps and misty eyes.

'The result was almost a given. For the kind of stage presence, excess, and charm that first-prize winner Jasmin White brought to the market square in Bjørvika on Saturday evening, would be hard to find elsewhere," wrote Klassisk musikk when the contralto won the Queen Sonja International Singing Competition in 2023.

This season is White’s first as part of the soloist ensemble at Volksoper Wien, after studying at the Opernstudio at Volksoper Wien. They are a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and a Cherokee-TERO-certified Indigenous fine artist. This is White's Bergen International Festival debut, and in Håkonshallen, they will perform music by Berg, Brahms, and Schubert together with the Polish pianist Michał Biel.

Photo: Shirley Suarez

Venue

Håkonshallen

Contributors

• Jasmin White contralto

• Michał Biel piano

Music by

• Berg

• Brahms

• Schubert

Works

• Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
  Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D583
  Das Abendrot, D236
  Der Tod und das Mädchen, D531
  Nachtgesang, D314
  Memnon, D541
  Sehnsucht, D636

• Alban Berg (1885–1935)
  FromJugendlieder, Bind I
  3. Wo der Goldregen steht
  7. Grenzen der Menschheit
  11. Sehnsucht III
  13. Ferne Lieder
  20. Es Wandelt, was wir schauen

• Interval

• Johannes Brahms (1833–97)
  Von Ewiger Liebe, op. 43:1
  Die Mainacht, op. 43:2
  Der Gang zum Liebchen, op. 48:1
  Sapphische Ode, op. 94:4
  Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, op. 105:2
  Fledeinsamkeit, op. 86:2
  Wie Melodien zieht es mir, op. 105:1

• Alban Berg (1885–1935)
  4 Gesänge, op. 2
  1. Aus Dem Schmerz sein Recht (tekst Hebbel)
  Drei Lieder aus Der Glühende (tekst Mombert):
  2. Schlafend trägt man mich in mein Heimatland
  3. Nun ich der Riesen Stärksten überwand
  4. Warm die Lüfte