{"id":524,"date":"2019-01-20T01:22:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T00:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanessa-waldhart.com\/?page_id=524"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:14:14","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vanessa-waldhart.com\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

VANESSA WALDHART<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n
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The Austrian coloratura soprano is particularly praised by the press for her range, coloratura and acting skills: “highly expressive coloratura” (S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung), “even the most difficult passages with apparent ease”\/”intense, excellent right up to the high notes” (Opernmagazin), “with beguiling coloratura” (concerti), “confident and stylistically assured”\/”comically excellent and vocally touching in the best sense of the word” (Opernwelt), “absolutely precise, savoured coloratura and ethereal intonation”\/”The discovery of the premiere evening” (operablog.org), “a luminous voice, adorned with elegant coloratura and an intensity of acting” (Kunst & K\u00fcnste), “vocal acrobatics that are not forced in the slightest, but come across as impressively natural” (MZ), “perfect coloratura, attack and melancholic blossoms” (Neue Musikzeitung), “Very expressive and technically perfect”\/”with playfully light and virtuoso high notes” (klassikbegeistert), “crystal-clear high notes” (Saarbr\u00fccker Zeitung), “with sparkling fluency”\/”great potential in terms of acting and vocals” (FAZ), “fearlessly achieves the most difficult coloraturas” (OperaNow), “her dreamlike soprano voice in all its nuances, silvery, sun-bright, precise” (WPR)…<\/strong>
She was EVA KLEINITZ AWARD-winner at the 9th Concorso Lirico Internazionale Portofino (president of the international jury: Dominque Meyer) and finalist at the 9th Int. Renata Tebaldi Competition in San Marino. In 2022 she was nominated as \u201cNewcomer of the Year\u201d in the Yearbook of \u201cOpernwelt\u201d for her singing and acting performance.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Her repertoire includes roles like Queen of the Night<\/strong> in Mozart’s \u00bbThe Magic Flute\u00ab at Edda Moser’s “Festival of the German Language” in Bad Lauchst\u00e4dt, at National Theater in Sarajevo, Schlosstheater Sch\u00f6nbrunn Vienna, Theater Chemnitz, Opera Halle and Mecklenburg State Theater Schwerin, Olympia <\/b>in Offenbach’s \u00bbContes d\u2019Hoffmann\u00ab, Adele<\/b> in Strau\u00df\u2018 \u00bbFledermaus\u00ab,\u00a0Rosina<\/b> in Rossini’s \u00bbBarbiere di Siviglia\u00ab, Musetta<\/b> in Puccini\u2019s \u00bbLa Boh\u00e8me\u00ab, Oscar<\/strong> in Verdi’s \u00bbUn ballo in maschera\u00ab,\u00a0Titania<\/strong> in Britten’s \u00bbMidsummer Night’s Dream\u00ab at Oper Halle, Fiakermilli<\/strong> in Strauss’ \u00bbArabella\u00ab at Aalto-Theater Essen, Konstanze<\/strong> in Mozarts \u00bbEntf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail\u00ab at Chamber Opera Schloss Rheinsberg,\u00a0Susanna<\/strong> in Mozart’s \u00bbThe Marriage of Figaro\u00ab and \u00c4nnchen\u00a0<\/strong>in Weber’s \u00bbDer Freisch\u00fctz\u00ab at Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchst\u00e4dt, as well as Vitellia<\/strong> in Gluck\u2019s \u00bbLa clemenza di Tito\u00ab at Markgr\u00e4fliches Opernhaus Bayreuth at the Gluck Festival and Drusilla <\/b>and Amore<\/b> in Monteverdi’s \u00bbIncoronazione di Poppea\u00ab at the Grange Festival in England.<\/p>\r\n

In 2019 Vanessa Waldhart made her critically acclaimed debut at the Int. Handel Festival Halle as Cleopatra<\/strong> (\u00bbJulius Caesar in \u00c4gypten\u00ab) directed by Peter Konwitschny. Since that she appeared at Int. Handel Festival Halle as Agilea<\/strong> in Martin G. Bergers production of \u00bbTeseo\u00ab, as Daughter Zion<\/b> in Walter Sutcliffe\u2019s scenic production of \u00bbBrockes Passion\u00ab, as Atalanta <\/b>in \u00bbSerse\u00ab under baton of Attilio Cremonesi, as Dorinda<\/b> in Walter Sutcliffe\u2019s production of \u00bbOrlando\u00ab and as\u00a0Poppea <\/b>in \u00bbAgrippina\u00ab under baton of Laurence Cummings.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In season 2025\/26 she gives her role debuts as Eurydike<\/strong> in Offenbach\u2019s \u00bbOrpheus in the Underworld\u00ab, Comtesse Stasi<\/strong> in K\u00e1lm\u00e1n\u2019s \u00bbCs\u00e1rd\u00e1sf\u00fcrstin\u00ab, as well as Armida<\/strong> in Handel’s \u00bbRinaldo\u00ab at Int. Handel Festival Halle 2026. Furthermore she guests at the Ekhof-Festival 2025 as Polyxena<\/strong> in Schweitzer\u2019s same-titled monodrama, sings the Soprano solo<\/strong> in Beethoven\u2018s 9. Symphony at Gotha and Eisenach under baton of Michael Hofstetter, the Soprano solo <\/strong>in Handel\u2019s \u00bbBrockes Passion\u00ab at Marktkirche Halle, as well as in Orff\u2019s \u00bbCarmina Burana\u00ab at Congress Innsbruck and appears as Amor<\/strong> in a concert version of Gluck\u2019s \u00bbParide ed Elena\u00ab at Gluck Festival 2026 at the Markgr\u00e4fliche Opernhaus Bayreuth, Stadttheater F\u00fcrth and the Mozartfest Augsburg with the Akademie f\u00fcr Alte Musik Berlin.<\/p>\r\n

She has worked with conductors such as Rene\u0301 Jacobs, Attilio Cremonesi, Laurence Cummings, Ariane Matiakh, Michael Hofstetter, Christian Curnyn, Toma\u0301s\u030c Netopil, David Bates, Philippe Bach, Michael Francis, Werner Erhardt, Alessandro Bonato, Matthias Foremny, Fabrice Bollon, Andreas Wolf, Michael Wendeberg, Proinnsias O\u2019Duinn, Nicola Valentini, Guido Mancusi, Peter Marschik, Christoph-Mathias Mueller, Peter Christian Feigel and Jose\u0301 Miguel Esandi as well as with directors like Tobias Kratzer, Anthony Pilavachi, Peter Konwitschny, Isabel Ostermann, Martin G. Berger, Leonard Prinsloo, Beverly Blankenship, Igor Folwill, Patric Seibert-Wolf, Georg Quander, Walter Sutcliffe, Katharina Kastening and Louisa Proske.<\/p>\r\n

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In addition to opera she also sings recitals and concerts: With Carl Orff’s \u00bb<\/span>Carmina Burana<\/strong>\u00bb\u00a0she made her debut in the Golden Hall of the Wiener Musikverein, at the Grachtenfestival Amsterdam and in Innsbruck (Tyrol). She gave a recital in the Wiener Konzerthaus and sang the soprano solo in Pergolesi’s \u00ab<\/span>Stabat mater<\/b>\u00bb, Handels \u00ab<\/span>Messiah<\/b>\u00bb, \u00ab<\/span>Il delirio amoroso<\/b>\u00bb and \u00ab<\/span>Apollo e Dafne<\/b>\u00bb, Bach’s \u00ab<\/span>Magnificat in D-Dur<\/b>\u00bb, \u00ab<\/span>Johannespassion<\/b>\u00bb and \u00ab<\/span>Weihnachtsoratorium<\/b>\u00bb, Eva in Haydn’s \u00ab<\/span>Creation<\/strong>\u00bb, Mozart’s \u00ab<\/span>Exsultate Jubilate<\/b>\u00bb, \u00ab<\/span>Coronation Mass<\/b>\u00bb\u00a0and \u00ab<\/span>Requiem<\/b>\u00bb, Saint-Sa\u00ebns \u00ab<\/span>Oratorio de No\u00ebl<\/strong>\u00bb,\u00a0<\/span>Mahler’s 4th symphony<\/strong>\u00a0in Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Among others Vanessa Waldhart won first prize (2nd section) at the 21. INTERNATIONAL FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI \u2013 singing competition and received the \u201eDame Joan Sutherland\u201c-Prize as best Soprano of the whole competition. She is First Prize Winner at \u201eMUSICA JUVENTUTIS\u201c, at the singing competition of “Schlossoper Haldenstein” 2017, won the Gold Prize of “Manhattan Int. Music Competition, Voice” 2018, was finalist of “Online Vocal Competition” 2021 (Opera Tools) and is prizewinner at the “Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg” 2022. Beside that she is a scholarship winner of FOHN-Foundation Vienna 2015 and FEILING-Foundation 2016 and got the SYLFF-Fellowship of the Tokyo-Foundation for her distinguished accomplishments.<\/p>\r\n

Vanessa Waldhart came in touch with music quiet early (singing, piano, piano trio, ballet). While attending classes in high school she started studying Singing at the Tyrolean Conservatory and graduated her Bachelor and Master degrees with Prof. Gabriele Lechner at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with distinction. Master classes with Christa Ludwig, Krassimira Stoyaniva, Brigitte Fassbaender, Magreet Honig and Edita Gruberov\u00e1 complete her studies. She also worked with Romelia Lichtenstein and is currently working with Nelly Miricioiu.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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