Tessan-Maria Lehmussaari is a Swedish-Finnish soprano from Stockholm. She studied at the Opera Studio in Härnösand and the University College of Opera in Stockholm, graduating in 2019.
That same year, she made her debut at the Royal Swedish Opera as Angelica in an adaptation of Handel’s Orlando. In 2024, she sang the leading role of Klara in Andrea Tarrodi’s Vilse (Lost), a role she returns to when the production is revived in autumn 2026.
Lehmussaari has also appeared as Dorine in Kirke Mechem’s Tartuffe at Norrlandsoperan, Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Miss Jessel in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at Folkoperan. At Folkoperan, she has also sung the role of Elsalill in Peter Nordahl’s Herr Arnes penningar. Her other roles include Adele in Die Fledermaus, Frasquita in Carmen and Zerlina in Don Giovanni.
In 2022, she was awarded the Jenny Lind Scholarship and toured Sweden, the United States and Canada with pianist Silja Levander. Lehmussaari is also active as a concert singer, with works by composers including Mendelssohn, Bach, Vivaldi and Lars-Erik Larsson in her repertoire.
Together with Silja Levander, she forms a duo performing concert programmes in Swedish and Finnish. They have also founded RopaOpera! – ShoutOpera!, a project introducing opera to children and young people through workshops and masterclasses.
