Despite her young age, Swedish soprano Åsa Jäger is already being hailed as one of today’s leading Brünnhildes, following in the tradition of legends like Birgit Nilsson and Nina Stemme (Der Opernfreund, 2025).
Born in Holmsund in northern Sweden and now based in Vadstena, Åsa graduated with honors from the University College of Opera in Stockholm in 2015. Her international breakthrough came with her role debut as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre at Landestheater Coburg in 2022, followed by Siegfried in 2023. In 2024, she made her Swedish Wagner debut as Senta in The Flying Dutchman at Gothenburg Opera—earning the Opera Award from Tidskriften Opera.
She has since toured Europe with Kent Nagano, Concerto Köln and Dresdner Festspielorchester, performing Die Walküre in major venues such as the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, and Lucerne Festival. In May 2025, she appeared in concert with Pablo Heras-Casado singing the Immolation scene from Götterdämmerung to great acclaim.
Upcoming engagements include her debut as Isolde in Tristan und Isolde at Norrlandsoperan in fall 2025, as well as continued performances in Nagano’s Ring Cycle, singing Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung on tour in Europe—visiting among other places Cologne, Dresden, Lucerne, and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie.
Åsa has worked with conductors such as Kent Nagano, Pablo Heras-Casado, Alevtina Ioffe, Daniel Carter, Anja Bihlmaier and Patrik Ringborg and has performed with orchestras including the NDR, the Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra and the Dresdner Festspielorchester. She is also active in contemporary music, having premiered several new operas, including Om människan at Folkoperan in Stockholm.
Her many honors include the Anders Wall Giresta scholarship, Bayreuth scholarships from both the Swedish and Danish Wagner societies, and five consecutive national scholarships from the Royal Academy of Music.
