Victoria Hansen

Principal Instructor in voice

Co-director of the Music Theater Workshop

Victoria Hansen, soprano, appears often as a recitalist and in theatrical works.  Opera audiences have heard her sing featured roles in Gianni Schicchi, La Traviata, Suor Angelica, The Ballad of Baby Doe, The Merry Widow, Hansel and Gretel, The Old Maid and the Thief, Boris Godunov, Semele, Dido and Aeneas, Noye’s Fludde,  and The Stoned Guest.   Music Theatre, her guilty pleasure, has given her the opportunity to perform leading roles in Phantom, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Ruddigore, Hello Dolly!,  and Three Penny Opera.  As a recitalist, Ms. Hansen frequently performs New Music compositions including those of her colleagues at Colorado College as well as composers showcased at C.C.’s annual New Music Symposium.   She has specialized in performing the compositions of Stephen Scott for The Bowed Piano Ensemble and has toured with the ensemble throughout the USA and Europe, including recent concerts in the Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center and at the Spoleto Festival USA.  Other festivals have included The Other Minds Festival (San Francisco), the New Music Santa Fe series, MaerzMuzik (Berlin), ppIANISSIMO FESTIVAL (Sofia) and the Festival Musica Visual (Lanzarote, Canary Islands).  She is featured on two of their CDs, Paisajes Audibles/Sounding Landscapes (Albany Records) and The Deep Spaces (New Albion). 

Ms. Hansen joined the faculty of Colorado College in 2000 as Principal Instructor of Voice.