Staatsoper Hamburg - Stück-Besetzung: Richard Wagner

Musikalische Leitung

Patrick Hahn

Amfortas

Christoph Pohl

Baritone

Christoph Pohl

Birthplace:
Hanover, Germany

Studies:
Opera singing studies at University of Music and Drama Hanover in Hanover at Prof. Carol Richardson-Smith, member of International Opera Studio of Staatsoper Hamburg (2003–2005)

Master class:
Prof. Klesy Kelly (Cologne), Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Piotr Beczala, Neal Shicoff

Prizes:
prizewinner of Bundeswettbewerb Gesang, prizewinner of Deutscher Musikrat-Wettbewerb, Schumann-Liedwettbewerbs (2008), Christel-Goltz-Preis der Semperoperstiftung (2008)

Important parts:
Papageno (The Magic Flute), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Marcello (La Bohème), Dandini (La Cenerentola), Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Olivier and Count (Capriccio), Harlequin and Music Teacher (Ariadne auf Naxos), Frank/Fritz (Die tote Stadt ), Ottokar (Der Freischütz), Danilo (Die lustige Witwe), Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), Valentin (Faust), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Sevillia), Belcore (L'elisir d'amore), Schwanda (Svanda dudak), Heerrufer (Lohengrin), Lescaut (Manon Lescaut), Sharpless (Butterfly), Germont (La Traviata), Posa (Don Carlo), Guillaume Tell (Guillaume Tell), Spielmann (Königskinder), Eugen Onegin (Eugen Onegin), Amfortas (Parsifal), Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Johannes (Morgen und Abend), Alfonso (Die Jüdin von Toledo)

Stages:
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Oper Leipzig, Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, Oper Frankfurt, Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Wigmore Hall London, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro La Fenice Venice, Bregenz Festival, Theater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, Vlaamse Opera Antwerpen, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Johannes Erath, Klaus Guth, Peter Konwitschny, Stefan Herheim, Robert Carsen, Graham Vick, Andreas Homoki, Hans Neuenfels, Calixto Bieito, Damiano Michieletto, Jetzke Mijnssen, Lydia Steyer, Torsten Fischer, Elisabeth Stöppler, Axel Köhler, Markus Bothe

Cooperation with conductors:
Peter Schneider, Christian Thielemann, Donald Runnicles, Michael Boder, Axel Kober, Ivor Bolton, Nicola Luisotti, Giorgio Morandi, Cornelius Meister, Omer Meier Wellber, Sebastian Weigle

Find further information about Christoph Pohl here.

Performances

Titurel

Han Kim

Gurnemanz

Kwangchul Youn

Parsifal

Benjamin Bruns

Tenor

Benjamin Bruns

Birthplace:
Hanover, Germany

Studies:
University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg

Prizes:
Winner of the International Singing Competition of the Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera (2002), 2nd prize in the German National Singing Competition (2002), Kurt Hübner Prize of the Bremen Theater (2008), Young Talent Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (2009)

Important parts:
Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serial), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Tito (La Clemenza di Tito), Max (Der Freischütz), Alwa (Lulu), Loge (Das Rheingold), Erik (Der fliegende Holländer), Lohengrin (Lohengrin), Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos), Narraboth (Salome), Matteo (Arabella), Kaiser (Frau ohne Schatten), Herodes (Salome), Parsifal (Parsifal), Siegmund (Walküre)

Stages:
Vienna State Opera, State Opera Unter den Linden, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Teatro Real Madrid, Bayreuth Festival, Cologne Opera, Saxon State Opera Dresden, Bavarian State Opera, Zurich Opera House, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Colón, Opéra national du Rhin, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Salzburg Easter Festival, Gran Teatre del Liceu, et al.

Cooperations with directors:
Robert Wilson, Hellmuth Matiasek, Rosamund Gilmore, Jan Philipp Gloger, Barrie Kosky, Andrea Moses, Christof Loy, Katharina Thoma, David McVicar, Philipp Himmelmann, Mariame Clément, Michael Sturminger, Josef Ernst Köpplinger, Roland Schwab, Adrian Noble, La Fura dels Baus, et al.

Cooperations with conductors:
Christian Thielemann, Kirill Petrenko, Sir Simon Rattle, Simone Young, Gerd Albrecht, Christoph Eschenbach, Karen Kamensek, Adam Fischer, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Yannick Nezét-Séguin, Franz Welser-Möst, Ivor Bolton, Marc Minkowski, Daniel Harding, Laurence Équilbey, Pablo Heras-Casado, Cornelius Meister, Masaaki Suzuki, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Manfred Honneck, Alain Altinoglu, Andris Nelsons, Julia Jones, et al.

Cooperations with orchestras:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, MDR Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian State Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Kammerorchester Basel, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Bach Collegium Japan, et al.

Find further information about Benjamin Bruns here.

Performances

photo: Sara Schöngen

Klingsor

Mark Stone

Kundry

Iréne Theorin

1. Gralsritter

Jürgen Sacher

Tenor

Jürgen Sacher

Birthplace:
Augsburg, Germany

Studies:
Church music and music education at the Leopold-Mozart Konservatorium in Augsburg, vocal studies with Leonore Kirschstein

Prizes:
Scholarship of the Richard Wagner Verband, Promotion Prize of the Hamburgische Staatsoper, appointment as Hamburger Kammersänger (2017)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Staatsoper Hamburg since 1991/92

Important parts:
Mime (Siegfried), Mime/Loge (Das Rheingold), Herodes (Salome), Knusperhexe (Hänsel und Gretel), Hauptmann/Andres (Wozzeck), Monostatos/1. Geharnischter (Die Zauberflöte), Maler/Prinz/Marquis/Kammerdiener (Lulu), Dr. Cajus (Falstaff), Tichon (Katja Kabanova), Truffaldino (Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen), Valzacchi (Der Rosenkavalier), David (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Junger Mann (Moses und Aron), Steuermann (Der fliegende Holländer), Peter Iwanow (Zar und Zimmermann), Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser), Goro (Madame Butterfly), Graf Elemer (Arabella), Raoul de St. Brioche (Die lustige Witwe), Novagerio (Palestrina), Orontes (Flavius Bertaridus), Asasello (Der Meister und Margarita), Tanzmeister (Ariadne auf Naxos), Graf von Kent (Lear), Reverend Adams (Peter Grimes), L´Aumonier (Dialogues des Carmélites), Aegisth (Elektra), Fedotik (Tri Sestri), Sylvester von Schaumburg (Mathis der Maler), et al.

Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, La Monnaie, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Königliche Oper von Kopenhagen, Teatro alla Scala, Salzburger Festspiele, Theater an der Wien, Budapester Staatsoper, Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Wagner Festival Budapest, Theater Dortmund, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatsoper Budapest, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Harry Kupfer, Willy Decker, Claus Guth, Mario Martone, Achim Freyer, Géza M. Tóth, Livia Sabag, Roger Vontobel, Stefan Herheim, Karoline Gruber, Vincent Boussard, Jochen Biganzoli, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Adam Fischer, Bertrand de Billy, Claudio Abbado, Kent Nagano, Semyon Bychkov, Horst Stein, Christian Thielemann, Ingo Metzmacher, Michael Boder, Kirill Petrenko, Simone Young, Daniel Barenboim, et al.

Performances

photo: Martina Cyman

2. Gralsritter

Hubert Kowalczyk

Bass

Hubert Kowalczyk

Birthplace:
Radom, Poland

Studies:
Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin with Prof. Martin Bruns and Prof. Dr. Michail Lanskoi; Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali "Pietro Mascagni" in Livorno with Prof. Graziano Polidori; Young Talents Development Program - Opera Academy in Warsaw

Master class:
Lioba Braun, Helmut Deutsch, Brigitte Fassbaender, Tomasz Konieczny, Bogdan Makal, Olga Pasiecznik, Eytan Pessen, Rudolf Piernay, Matthias Rexroth, Harald Stamm, et al.

Important parts:
Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), Collatinus (The Rape of Lucretia), Colline (La Bohème), Crespel (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Haly (L'italiana in Algeri), Nourabad (Les Pêcheurs de perles), Oroveso (Norma), Pistola (Falstaff), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Zuniga (Carmen), et al.

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since the 2021/22 season
Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera from 2019/20 to 2021/22

Stages:
Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Zurich Opera House, Bregenz Festival, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa, Opera Rara Festival in Krakow, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Calixto Bieito, David Bösch, Frank Castorf, Petra Deidda, Brigitte Fassbaender, Herbert Fritsch, Alexander Riemenschneider, Dmitri Tcherniakov, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Matteo Beltrami, Bertrand de Billy, Giampaolo Bisanti, Jonathan Brandani, Daniele Callegari, Paolo Carignani, Nicholas Carter, Vladimir Conta, Axel Kober, Volker Krafft, Carlo Montanaro, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Kent Nagano, Ivan Repušić, Sébastien Rouland, Robin Ticciati, Keri-Lynn Wilson, Lidiya Yankovskaya, et al.

Find further information about Hubert Kowalczyk here.

Performances

photo: Martina Cyman

1. Knappe

Marie Maidowski

Soprano

Marie Maidowski

Birthplace:
Berlin, Germany

Studies:
Bachelor in singing and music theater with KS Prof. Julie Kaufmann at the Berlin University of the Arts Master in concert singing with KS Prof. Christiane Iven at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich

Master class:
19th Lotte Lehmann Week in Perleberg (2016)
Masterclass with Prof. Marga Schiml in Switzerland (2019)
Masterclass with Prof. Gabriele Lechner in Baden near Vienna (2020)

Prizes:
Scholarship from the Young Musicians Foundation in Mühlheim (2018) Scholarship from the Cusanuswerk study grant (since 2020) Finalist at the German National Singing Competition in the Junior Competition category (2020) Scholarship from the German Stage Association (2023) Staetshuys Fund Prize and Van Amelsvoort Prize for the best interpretation of a work by a female composer at the International Vocal Competition 2023 in `s Hertogenbosch with Lied Duo partner YoungSeob Jeon
Audience and jury prize at the HIDALGO Song Prize 2023 with Lied Duo partner YoungSeob Jeon

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera from the 2024/25 season

Important parts:
Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro), Nurse (Alzheim), Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro), Silvia (L'isola disabitata), Lovis (Der Baumgeist), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Daphne Colgate (Georgia Bottoms), et al.

Stages:
Staatstheater Cottbus, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Cuvilliéstheater Munich, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Frank Hilbrich, Bernarda Horres, Tomo Sugao, Maximilian Berling, Isabel Hindersin, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Errico Fresis, Johannes Zurl, Johanna Soller, Aris Blettenberg, Henri Bonamy, Gad Kadosh, et al.

Find further information about Marie Maidowski here.

Performances

photo: Jörn Kipping

2. Knappe

Aebh Kelly

3. Knappe

Ziad Nehme

Tenor

Ziad Nehme

Birthplace:
Tripoli, Libanon

Studies:
Diploma in Singing at the Lebanese National Conservatory in Beirut, Master in Opera at the University Mozarteum Salzburg

Master classes:
with Siegfried Jerusalem, Kurt Moll, Barbara Bonney, Andrew Watts, Marjana Lipovsek

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera from 2008/09 to 2009/10

Important parts:
Conte Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Arbace (Arbace), Basilio (Le Nozze di Figaro), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Camille de Rosillon (Die lustige Witwe), Boni (Die Csárdásfürstin), Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), Schwan (Carmina Burana), Nerone (Agrippina), Oronte (Alcina), Truffaldino (Die Liebe zu drei Orangen), Marquis (Spieler), 1. Jude (Salome), et al.; zeitgenössisches Repertoire: Uraufführungen Esame di mezzanotte (Lucia Ronchetti), L’ombre de Venceslao (Martin Matalon), Anoia (Gordon Kampe) sowie Werke von Brett Dean, Giacinto Scelsi, Georges Aperghis

Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Staatstheater Kassel, Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Theater Kiel, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Staatstheater Mainz, Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Opéra de Marseille, Opéra de Montpellier, Opéra de Rennes, Opéra de Marseilles, Opéra de Reims, Göteborg Konserthuset, Teatro Real Madrid, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Philharmonie de Paris, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Berliner Philharmonie, et al.

Cooperations with directors:
Hans Neuenfels, Tatjana Gürbaca, Achim Freyer, Lydia Steier, Harry Kupfer, Tilman Knabe, Sasha Waltz, Markus Bothe, et al.

Cooperations with conductors:
Daniel Barenboim, Valery Gergiev, Simone Young, Dan Ettinger, Kent Nagano, Alessandro De Marchi, Lorenzo Viotti, Alexander Soddy, Stefan Soltesz, Barbara Hannigan, et al.

Find further information about Ziad Nehme here.

Performances

photo: Kartal Karagedik

4. Knappe

Mziwamadoda Sipho Nodlayiya

Blumenmädchen I, 1

Yeonjoo Katharina Jang

Blumenmädchen 1,2

Hongping Ruan

Blumenmädchen I. 3

Ida Aldrian

mezzo-soprano

Ida Aldrian

Birthplace:
Bruck an der Mur, Austria

Studies:
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Leopold Spitzer and Karlheinz Hanser; studies for Stage Performance (Opera and Musical Drama), Art Song and Oratorio with KS Marjana Lipovšek with honors; member of International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera (2012/13–2013/14)

Master class:
With Ann Murray, Bernarda Fink, Reri Grist, Peter Kooij, Andrew Watts, Thomas Hampson, Wicus Slabbert, Alan Titus, Brigitte Fassbaender, et al.

Prizes:
Dr.-Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Preis of Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (2014), prize winner of the jury ranking at international singing competition „Stella Maris“ (2014)

Relation to the State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since the season 2019/20

Important parts:
Wellgunde (Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung), Siegrune and Rossweiße (Die Walküre), Blumenmädchen and Stimme aus der Höhe (Parsifal ), 2. Maid (Daphne), Feodor (Boris Godunov), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Isabella (L'Italiana in Algeri), Adalgisa (Norma), Idamante (Idomeneo), Third Lady (The Magic Flute), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Penelope (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), Mercedes (Carmen), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Laura (Luisa Miller), Flora and Annina (La Traviata), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Meg Page (Falstaff), Dryade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Orlofski (Die Fledermaus), et al.

Stages:
Elbphilharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Kölner Philharmonie, Wiener Konzerthaus, Musikverein Wien, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Grafenegg Festival, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Barocktage Melk, Styriarte, International Brucknerfest Linz, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Andreas Homoki, Georg Schmiedleitner, Laura Scozzi, Mariame Clément, Verena Stoiber, Peter Konwitschny, Stéphane Braunschweig, David Bösch, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Simone Young, Kent Nagano, Martin Haselböck, Marcus Bosch, Yutaka Sado, Pablo Heras-Casado, Christopher Moulds, Cornelius Meister, Fabio Luisi, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Simon Gaudenz, et al.

Find further information about Ida Aldrian here.

Performances

photo: Christoph Ziegler

Blumenmädchen II. 1

Na'ama Shulman

Soprano

Na'ama Shulman

Birthplace:
Israel

Studies:
Bachelor (with honors) and Master of Music in Classical Singing at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

Prizes:
Second Prize at the International Opera Competition in Jerusalem (2018), First Prize at the Charles Schneider Competition (2017), First Prize at the Tavor-Fintz Memorial Competition (2016)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera from 2018/19 till 2019/20

Important parts:
Adina (L'elisir d'amore), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Musetta (La bohème), Clorinda (La Cenerentola), Despina (Così fan tutte), Servilia (La clemena di Tito), Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Juliette (Die tote Stadt), Berta (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Diana (Orpheus in der Unterwelt), Bacchis (La belle Hélène), 2. Niece (Peter Grimes), Lidochka (Moscow, Tscherjomuschki), et al.

Stages:
Staatsoper Hamburg, Theater Magdeburg, Staatstheater Mainz, The Jerusalem Opera, Piccolo Opera Festival Friuli Venezia Giulia, Jerusalem Theatre, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Kirill Serebrennikov, Vera Nemirova, Olivia Fuchs, Stephen Lawless, Karen Stone, Igor Pison, Mirella Weingarten, Ulrich Wiggers, Shirit Lee Weiss, Anna Bernreitner, Eva Buchmann, Monica Waitzfelder, Ari Teperberg, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Kent Nagano, Paolo Carignani, Nathan Brock, Ricardo Minasi, Roland Kluttig, Christoph Gedschold, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Matteo Beltrami, Anna Skryleva, Svetoslav Borisov, Sebastiano Rolli, Pablo Mielgo, Paolo Spadaro, et al.

Cooperation with orchestras:
Magdeburgische Philharmonie, Ramat Gan Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Simfònica De Les Illes Balears, Ashdod Symphony Orchestra, Israel NK Orchestra, Concerto Hamburg, et al.

Find further information about Na'ama Shulman here.

Performances

Blumenmädchen II. 2

Gabriele Rossmanith

Soprano

Gabriele Rossmanith

Birthplace:
Stuttgart, Germany

Studies:
Violin studies at the Musikhochschule Trossingen, vocal studies with Sylvia Geszty at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart; Ks. Brigitte Eisenfeld (Studium)

Prizes:
1st Prize Mozartfestwettbewerb (1985), honored by the Hamburg Senate with the title of “Hamburger Kammersängerin” (2011)

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera from 1988 to 2022 and Artistic Director of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera since season 2020/21

Important parts:
Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Blanche (Dialogues des Carmélites), Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande), Despina (Così fan tutte), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Micaëla (Carmen), Morgana (Alcina), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Nedda (I Pagliacci), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Anne Truelove (The Rake’s Progress), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Musetta (La Bohème), Sophie/Marianne Leitmetzerin (Der Rosenkavalier), Woglinde/Wellgunde (Das Rheingold), Ortlinde (Die Walküre), Hanna Glawari (Die lustige Witwe), Clorinda (La Cenerentola), Echo (Ariadne auf Naxos), Blumenmädchen (Parsifal), Fortuna/Giunone (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), Vierte Magd (Elektra), szenischer Liederabend (Schumann und Schönberg), et al.

Stages:
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (1985-88), guest engagements in Munich, Antwerp, Brussels, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Glyndebourne Festival, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Willy Decker, Christof Loy, Guy Joosten, Harry Kupfer, Bob Wilson, Marco Arturo Marelli, Peter Konwitschny, Renaud Doucet, Achim Freyer, Calixto Bieito, John Dew, Vera Nemirova, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Horst Stein, Christian Thielemann, Donald Runnicles, Michel Plasson, Sir Antonio Pappano, Robin Ticciatti, Silvio Varviso, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ivor Bolton, Kirill Petrenko, Gerd Albrecht, Ingo Metzmacher, Simone Young, Kent Nagano, et al.

Find further information about Gabriele Rossmanith here.

Performances

photo: Jörn Kipping

Blumenmädchen II. 3

Marta Świderska

Mezzo-Soprano

Marta Świderska

Origin:
Poland

Studies:
Bachelor’s degree in Singing at the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice in Poland with Dr. Pawel Sobierajski, Master’s degree in Singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main with Professor Thomas Heyer

Master class:
with B. Fassbender, C. Lehmann, U. Finazzi, I. Bogacheva, P. Esswood, Ingrid Kremling, Wieslaw Ochman, et al.

Prizes:
Second prize in the Jan Kiepura Singing Competition in Sosnowiec in Poland, first prize and the Grand Prix in Vocal Competition „Impressio Art“ “ in Sopot in Poland, participation with honors in the Third Singing Competition „J.E.J.Reszków“ in Czestochowa in Poland, second prize and special prize for the best mezzosoprano in the Second International Giulio Perotti Singing Competition in Ückermunde in Germany, et al.

Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera (2015/16-2016/17)

Important parts:
Erda (Siegfried), Baba the Turk (The Rake’s progress), Dora S. (Benjamin), Marthe (Faust), Filipiewna and Olga (Eugene Onegin), 3. Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Brigitta (Die tote Stadt), Eine Theatergarderobiere (Lulu), et al.

Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Baltic Opera, Oper Leipzig, Komische Oper Berlin, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Michael Thalheimer, Jette Steckel, Katharina Thalbach, Christoph Marthaler, Yona Kim, Paul Esterhazy, Linus Fellbom, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Kent Nagano, George Jackson, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Renato Palumbo, Anthony Bramall, Riccardo Minasi, Gregor Bühl, Volker Krafft, Josep Caballé Domenech, Christoph Gedschold, Alexander Joel, Philipp Pointner, Péter Halász, Alexander Vedernikov, Roberto Rizzi-Brignoli, Tadeusz Kozlowski, Peter Ruzicka, et al.

Performances

photo: Cyrus Allear

Stimme aus der Höhe

Ida Aldrian

mezzo-soprano

Ida Aldrian

Birthplace:
Bruck an der Mur, Austria

Studies:
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Leopold Spitzer and Karlheinz Hanser; studies for Stage Performance (Opera and Musical Drama), Art Song and Oratorio with KS Marjana Lipovšek with honors; member of International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera (2012/13–2013/14)

Master class:
With Ann Murray, Bernarda Fink, Reri Grist, Peter Kooij, Andrew Watts, Thomas Hampson, Wicus Slabbert, Alan Titus, Brigitte Fassbaender, et al.

Prizes:
Dr.-Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Preis of Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (2014), prize winner of the jury ranking at international singing competition „Stella Maris“ (2014)

Relation to the State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since the season 2019/20

Important parts:
Wellgunde (Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung), Siegrune and Rossweiße (Die Walküre), Blumenmädchen and Stimme aus der Höhe (Parsifal ), 2. Maid (Daphne), Feodor (Boris Godunov), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Isabella (L'Italiana in Algeri), Adalgisa (Norma), Idamante (Idomeneo), Third Lady (The Magic Flute), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Penelope (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), Mercedes (Carmen), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Laura (Luisa Miller), Flora and Annina (La Traviata), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Meg Page (Falstaff), Dryade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Orlofski (Die Fledermaus), et al.

Stages:
Elbphilharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Kölner Philharmonie, Wiener Konzerthaus, Musikverein Wien, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Grafenegg Festival, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Barocktage Melk, Styriarte, International Brucknerfest Linz, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, et al.

Cooperation with directors:
Andreas Homoki, Georg Schmiedleitner, Laura Scozzi, Mariame Clément, Verena Stoiber, Peter Konwitschny, Stéphane Braunschweig, David Bösch, et al.

Cooperation with conductors:
Simone Young, Kent Nagano, Martin Haselböck, Marcus Bosch, Yutaka Sado, Pablo Heras-Casado, Christopher Moulds, Cornelius Meister, Fabio Luisi, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Simon Gaudenz, et al.

Find further information about Ida Aldrian here.

Performances

photo: Christoph Ziegler

Orchester

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Chor

Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper