Meet WNO

Hanna Hipp

Hanna Hipp has made key role debuts in recent seasons including Dorabella (Così fan tutte) for Seattle Opera and widely Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) for Garsington Opera. In the 2022/2023 season, Hanna took on the lead role of Offred in Poul Ruders’s A Handmaid’s Tale (Royal Danish Theatre). A former member of the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Programme, recent highlights on the mainstage include Magdalene (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) and Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) under Sir Antonio Pappano, and her role debut as Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel. Further international debuts include at Teatro Real Madrid as Frances, Countess of Essex (Gloriana) and both Isolier (Le Comte Ory) and Beatrice (Beatrice and Benedict) for Seattle Opera.