Alexandra Ahnger

Alexandra Ahnger (15 May 1859 — 9 September 1940) was a Finnish opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and pedagogue, notable as a leading teacher of voice in her time in Finland.

[2][1] She followed this with further studies in Europe, first in Dresden (1885—1888) under Eugen and Anna Hildach, who subsequently also visited Finland to give a joint concert together with Ahnger, and later in Paris where she on occasions between 1890 and 1906 received instruction from Désirée Artôt and Eugénie Vergin (aka.

[1][2] Ahnger's operatic repertoire especially comprised Finnish contemporary opera, including the roles of Louhi in Merikanto's Maiden of the North, Taina in Melartin's Aino, and Katri in Daniel Hjort [fi] by Selim Palmgren.

[4] Ahnger performed as soloist in many oratorios and choral works, especially ones conducted by Robert Kajanus; these included most notably Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Missa solemnis, Schumann's Paradise and the Peri, and Liszt's Christus.

[1] She also sang in concerts by Armas Järnefelt and others, and notably premiered Sibelius's Lied Demanten på marssnö in February 1901, accompanied on the piano by Oskar Merikanto.