photograph of soprano Ellie Dehn

   

Ellie Dehn, soprano

American soprano Ellie Dehn has been praised by critics as “a revelation” (Chicago Sun-Times), acclaimed for her “great stage presence and a voice combining metallic clarity and sensual richness” (Wall Street Journal). In the 2024-2025 season, Ms. Dehn returns to Dallas Symphony for performances as Freia in Das Rheingold, and continues her longstanding relationship with the Metropolitan Opera, covering the title role in Salome, Antonia and Stella in The Tales of Hoffmann, and Musetta in La bohème. 

In the 2023/24 season, Ellie Dehn returned to Opera Colorado as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, debuted the role of Freia in Das Rheingold with the Dallas Symphony, and covered Musetta in La bohème and Magda in La Rondine at the Metropolitan Opera.

Ellie Dehn’s recent seasons have included Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Detroit Opera, Mimi in La bohème with Arizona Opera and Boston Youth Symphony, Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Colorado, and Lady Billows in Albert Herring with Minnesota Opera. As a cover at the Metropolitan Opera, Dehn has covered Musetta in La bohème, Alice Ford in Falstaff, and the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro. A busy concert artist, highlights of recent seasons have included Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the St. Louis Symphony and Stéphane Denève, Handel’s Messiah with the New Jersey and North Carolina Symphony’s, Mozart’s Requiem with the San Antonio Symphony, Britten’s Spring Symphony with the Grant Park Music Festival, Mendelssohn's Elijah with the Florida Orchestra, and Mozart’s Davide Penitente with Mainly Mozart San Diego.

Other successes include her role debut in the title role of Dvořák’s Rusalka with Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Alice Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff with San Diego Opera; Donna Anna with the Ravinia Festival, the Bayerische Staatsoper, Opera Colorado, and San Diego Opera; Donna Elvira with the Spoleto Festival USA and at Teatro Massimo in Palermo; Fiordiligi with the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari; and her debut in the title role of Weber’s Euryanthe at the Bard SummerScape Festival with the American Symphony Orchestra.