Elsa Angervo

Elsa Angervo (b. 2002) is a French-Finnish mezzo-soprano. She conquered the Finnish audience by winning the Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition in Savonlinna in July 2025, being called an exceptional talent. The competition was only her second public appearance in Finland. In April 2025 she received the Génération Opéra prize at the international Clermont-Ferrand Singing Competition.

Elsa Angervo grew up in France in a musician family, but has spent much time in Finland especially in the summers. From her mother's side she belongs to the Finnish musician families Segerstam and Angervo.

Elsa Angervo began her vocal studies in 2018 at the Conservatoire of Montpellierunder Léa Pasquel. She continued deepening her knowledge of baroque singing at the Pôle des Arts Baroques of the Conservatoire of Toulouse, under the guidance of Salomé Haller and Jérôme Corréas, and graduated in June 2025. At the same time, she has since 2021 studied at the Académie Lyrique Toulouse Occitanie, where her teachers have included Léa Pasquel and Christophe Larrieu, répétiteurat the Opéra National de Toulouse.

Elsa Angervo has also participated in numerous masterclasses with, among others, Karine Deshayes, Jeanne Piland, Falk Struckmann, Emily Rawlins, François LeRoux, and Rainer Trost. In France Elsa Angervo has performed both as a soloist in baroque works and in opera productions, among them the roles of Dido (Purcell: Dido & Aeneas), La Messaggiera (Monteverdi: Orfeo) as well as La bergère, La chatte and L'écureuil (Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges).

”She is a virtuoso singer and an exceptionally prepared performer for her age. In Finland we haven't heard such fabulous Bartoli-like ornament singing in a long time.”

Ville Matvejeff, chairman of the board, Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition 2025

”One instantly noticed her sparkling mezzo-soprano being firmly strong and carrying well. - - The attitude in the glidingly dancing Habanera was that of a true Carmen: a cunning and at the same time scornful relation to love. Many star roles are within Angervo's reach.”

Hannu-Ilari Lampila, Helsingin Sanomat 18.7.2025 (concert at the Organ Night and Aria festival)

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Photos: Tuomas Tenkanen

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