Anne-Lise Berntsen (28 August 1943 – 3 November 2012) was a Norwegian soprano.
The daughter of Harald Berntsen (1901–1974) and Arnhild Rossetnes (1916–1991),[1] she was born in Drammen,[2] and grew up in Eggedal.
[3] She studied at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, and undertook further music education in Aarhus, The Hague and London.
Hans Gefors composed the role of Lollo in his opera Vargen kommer with Berntsen in mind.
[3] She had a long-standing artistic collaboration and personal relationship with Nils Henrik Asheim, where their work together included the "Engleskyts" project, which produced two albums (Engleskyts and Kom Regn) that included Norwegian folk hymns and organ improvisations.