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Carla Thelen Hanson serves as Instructor in Music within Luther College's Music Department, specializing in Voice instruction. An active professional opera singer, she balances academic responsibilities with a performance career spanning major U.S. opera companies and symphony orchestras.
Her educational foundation includes:
- Master of Music (M.M.) from Northern Arizona University
- Bachelor of Music (B.M.) from Northern Arizona University
Hanson's artistic focus centers on dramatic soprano repertoire, with particular expertise in Puccini and Verdi heroines. Her performance approach emphasizes emotional authenticity and vocal resilience, demonstrated through roles requiring both power (Fidelio's Leonore) and delicacy (Butterfly's Cio-Cio San). Concert work extends her range to art song cycles like Harbison's Mirabai Songs and Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder.
Current creative initiatives include a Midwest recital tour of German Lieder and the Chanson d'amour recording project exploring global love songs. Her teaching integrates stagecraft from recent productions like Die Fledermaus with technical vocal pedagogy, preparing students for diverse performance contexts from opera workshops to oratorio.
