Vita

In the 2026/27 season, German mezzo-soprano Annika Schlicht returns to the Royal Opera House, London, as Waltraute in Barry Kosky’s new production of GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano. At the Hamburg State Opera, she makes role debuts as Carmen (CARMEN), Ulrica (UN BALLO IN MASCHERA), Dämonia (DORNRÖSCHEN) and Hedwige (GUILLAUME TELL), and reprises Fricka (DIE WALKÜRE). Further engagements include Brangäne (TRISTAN UND ISOLDE) at Oper Leipzig and Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with the Staatskapelle Weimar under Ivan Repušić. She also performs Fricka and Waltraute in concert performances of Wagner’s DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN in Vienna and Paris with the Dresdner Festspielorchester and Concerto Köln under Kent Nagano.

Annika Schlicht has been a member of the Hamburg State Opera ensemble since the 2025/26 season. Her first season with the company included role debuts as Judith (BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE), the Composer (ARIADNE AUF NAXOS) and Pauline (THE QUEEN OF SPADES), alongside further performances as Brangäne. She also sang the alto solo in the season-opening new production of DAS PARADIES UND DIE PERI under the musical direction of Omer Meir Wellber. Previously, she was a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ensemble for ten years and continues to return regularly as a guest, including as Fricka and Waltraute in DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN and as the Wood Dove in Schoenberg’s GURRE-LIEDER under Sir Donald Runnicles.

Her international engagements have taken her to leading opera houses including the Royal Opera House, London, Opéra national de Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Deutsche Oper am Rhein. She made her US debut in Mahler’s DAS LIED VON DER ERDE and in recital at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, followed by appearances at San Francisco Opera as Brangäne and in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. At the Edinburgh International Festival, she performed Mahler’s DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Equally at home on the concert and recital platform, Annika Schlicht commands a wide-ranging repertoire extending from Bach and Beethoven to Mahler and Wagner, as well as music of the 20th and 21st centuries. She has collaborated with numerous internationally renowned conductors, orchestras and ensembles.

Born in Stuttgart, Annika Schlicht studied at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin with Prof. Renate Faltin.

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Selected Opera Houses & Festivals

Bayerische Staatsoper Munich | Bergen International Festival | Bergen National Opera | Deutsche Oper am Rhein | Deutsche Oper Berlin | Edinburgh International Festival | Hamburg State Opera | Opéra national de Paris | Royal Opera House London | Royal Opera House Muscat | San Francisco Opera | Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival | Semperoper Dresden | Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin

Selected Orchestras & Ensembles

Bremer Philharmoniker | Brussels Philharmonic | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | Dresdner Festspielorchester | Dresdner Philharmonie | Ensemble Modern | Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin | Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg | Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin | Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden | Staatskapelle Berlin | Staatskapelle Weimar | Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Selected Conductors

Daniel Barenboim | Bertrand de Billy | Karina Canellakis | Stéphane Denève | Asher Fisch | Edward Gardner | Axel Kober | Zubin Mehta | Ingo Metzmacher | Kent Nagano | Sir Antonio Pappano | Ivan Repušić | Sir Donald Runnicles | Sebastian Weigle

2026-08-31

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