VERONIKA WALDNER
opera- and concertsinger
dramatic mezzo-soprano

Barkhof 13
23558 Lübeck
Tel./Fax: 0451 8090552
E-Mail:
veronikawaldner@aol.com

 

born in Klagenfurt, Austria

after final of a pedagogic education (Germain/ Music), chant-study of the college for music in Graz by Prof. Josef Loibl, Ks. Ira Malaniuk and Prof. Christian Pöppelreiter (Opera)

1989 chant-study with award completed
1988/89 first guest-engagements (Opera Graz, Regional-theaters Salzburg and  Viennese State-opera)
1989 - 1991 solid engagement at the theaters in Ulm. Guest-engagement at the Nationaltheater in Mannheim 
1991 - 2001

ensemble-member of the theaters in Wuppertal. Here, a cooperation with Pina Bausch leds to opera-performances at the Garnieropera in Paris, at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genua,  at the Saitama Arts Theatre in Tokyo, at the Teatro dell`Opera in Rom und at the Teatro Regio in Turin. Further guest-engagements followed at the Opera in Leipzig, at the Aaltotheater in Essen and at the Theater in Dortmund.

2002/2003 guest-engagements at the theater in Wuppertal, the theater  in Münster und theater in Lübeck
since 2003 solid engagement at the theater in Lübeck
2004/05 guest engagement at the Stateopera Hanover (premiere-cast) as Brangäne in "Tristan und Isolde"  
2007 guest engagement at the festival in Eutin as Giulietta ("Hoffmanns Erzählungen")

Twice as a "singer of the year" for the yearbook of the "operaworld" nominates.

Designation as a best singer in the Rhineland in the critic-survey to the theater-season 1992/93. Neues Rheinland, Nr. 8, August 1993

Gaukler-price Wuppertal 1999 (audience-price, http://www.volksbuehne-wuppertal.de )

 

singing masters:

Prof. Josef Loibl, Graz/München
Friedel Becker-Brill, Wuppertal
Ks. Sena Jurinac, Augsburg
Friedhilde Filser, Düsseldorf
Ruth Grünhagen, Düsseldorf
Hanna Schwarz, Hamburg