This year's winner of the Friends of Opera Trøndelag Talent Award 2022 is announced! 

The Friends of Opera Trøndelag have decided to award this year's Talent Award to a classical singer who has excelled at a high level as a performer and producer, and who has been active in several of Opera Trøndelag's own productions.

The committee's recommendation is that åthis year's talent award winner is Therese- Angelle Khachik

Concert and award ceremony

The Friends of Opera Trøndelag's (OTV) talent award has become a regular event in November for OTV and Opera Trøndelag. Along with the talent award ceremony, Opera Trøndelag's major investment and main production in 2023 is also announced. 15. November at 18.00 in Vektersalen, Kimen Culture Centre. There will be beautiful music combined with an award ceremony and ticket release. Torodd Wigum will lead the audience through the evening.

Artists: Therese- Angelle Khachik (soprano), Kjetil Støa (tenor), Nina Sætherhaug (mezzo-soprano) and Knut Erik Jensen, piano.

Tickets can be booked and purchased via Kimen Cultural Centre.

About Therese and the committee's reasoning:

• Therese-Angelle was a pupil at the Opera School at Opera Trøndelag, and distinguished herself early on with her voice and stage talent.
• In 2016, Therese-Angelle completed her bachelor's degree at Barratt Due Music Institute, and in 2020 she graduated with a master's degree from the National Academy of Opera.
• Therese-Angelle Khachik co-founded Norway's first queer opera company «Queer Voices» in 2019.
• The award-winning lyric soprano has already sung roles such as Papagena and Pamina In The Magic Flute (2010/2018), Fiordiligi i Cosi fan Tutte (2018), Sandman i Hansel and Gretel (DNOB, 2019), Gran Sacerdotessa i Aida (2019), Alice Ford i Falstaff (KHiO/DNOB 2020), and was a guest artist at the Ultima festival in 2020. In May 2022, Therese -Angelle made her starring debut in the world premiere of the new electronic arrangement of Ethel Smyth's The Boatswain's Mate - 2nd generation premiered in Oslo and toured Sweden. The award winner also made her debut in the role of Mrs Fluth i Otto Nicolais Merry Wives of Windsor by Rosendal Theatre.
• In 2021, Therese-Angelle was a guest at Operafestdagene in Kristiansund, made her debut with a solo recital at Roseslottet and was a soloist with Opera Trøndelag on several occasions.
• Therese-Angelle can be seen regularly at Rosendal Theatre's Opera Cafés and at Opera for the People's concerts.

The nomination committee has recognised that the award winner is a courageous and independent performer. As a recent graduate in the midst of a pandemic, she has worked hard to carve out a place for herself in a demanding industry. The award winner has always been interested in the role of art in society, and particularly stands out through her work with the opera company Skeive stemmer. The committee also emphasises Therese's efforts in important productions for Opera Trøndelag, including in Viva la Musica , Olav Engelbrektsson, and most recently in Tryllefløyten at Kimen in 2018.

The committee consists of: Nina Sætherhaug, opera singer and board member of Friends of Opera Trøndelag. Anne Spets, Opera Trøndelag and Bjørn Ove Slind, Gjensidige Stjørdal.