The Norwegian soprano Birgitte Christensen studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. Her career started as a member of the ensemble at the opera in Innsbruck. Since then she has appeared at opera houses and festivals such as Opéra National de Paris, Opernhaus Zürich, Staatsoper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Municipal de Chile, Opéra de Versailles, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Ruhrtriennale, Innsbruck Festival of Early Music and most frequently; the Norwegian National Opera.

Birgitte Christensen frequently appears in concert halls and festivals throughout Europe. Her exceptionally wide repertoire include works from the early Baroque era to the twentieth century and a large number of works of contemporary composers.

She regularly works with conductors such as Teodor Currentzis, Alan Curtis, Adam Fischer, Manfred Honeck, René Jacobs, Andrew Manze, Jukka Pekka Saraste, Peter Schreier, Steven Sloane, Mario Venzago, Bruno Weil and Lothar Zagrosek.

Recent engagements include Iphigénie in Gluck’s »Iphigénie en Tauride« at the Opernhaus Zürich (alternating with Cecilia Bartoli), the title role in Beethoven’s »Leonore« in Berlin, Hamburg, Freiburg and Bucharest with the conductor René Jacobs, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under the baton of Teodor Currentzis, and Kirsten Flagstad in the new opera »Flagstad« by Ketil Bjørnstad.