Vita

Soprano Kristiane Kaiser studied at the Mozarteum Salzburg and at the Vienna University of Music with KS Margarita Lilova. After successful competitions in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Spain, she was awarded the “Eberhard Waechter Medal” in 2005.

Recent engagements include Rezia (OBERON), Elisabeth (TANNHÄUSER), Salome (SALOME), Marie/Marietta in Korngold’s DIE TOTE STADT, and Senta (DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER) at the Oper Köln; Isolde in the TRISTAN EXPERIMENT at Theater an der Wien; her debut as Elisabetta (DON CARLO) at the Oper Klosterneuburg; and Rosalinde (DIE FLEDERMAUS) at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt. Kristiane Kaiser also made her debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 2022 and with the MDR Symphony Orchestra in 2024.

From 2004 to 2022, Kristiane Kaiser was a member of the ensemble at the Vienna Volksoper, where she performed roles including Donna Anna (DON GIOVANNI), Contessa (LE NOZZE DI FIGARO), Fiordiligi (COSÌ FAN TUTTE), Micaela (CARMEN), Violetta (LA TRAVIATA), Marie (DIE VERKAUFTE BRAUT), Agathe (DER FREISCHÜTZ), Rusalka (RUSALKA), Giulietta (LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN), Wally (LA WALLY), Liu (TURANDOT), Mimi (LA BOHÈME), Nedda (PAGLIACCI), Leonora (IL TROVATORE), Senta (DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER), and Diemut (FEUERSNOT). In June 2022, Kristiane Kaiser was honored with the title of Austrian Kammersängerin.

Early in her career, she appeared as Konstanze (DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL) at opera houses in Dresden, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, and Frankfurt. She performed Pamina (DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE) at the Zurich Opera House and at the Cologne Opera, Cleopatra (GIULIO CESARE) at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Contessa (LE NOZZE DI FIGARO) at the Semperoper Dresden, and the title role in Richard Strauss’ ARABELLA in Tallinn. In the summer of 2016, she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival as Rovena in Nicolai’s IL TEMPLARIO.

In addition to her opera repertoire, Kristiane Kaiser frequently performs roles in the classical operetta repertoire, such as Rosalinde (DIE FLEDERMAUS), Gräfin Zedlau (WIENER BLUT), Lisa (DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS), and major roles in FRIEDERIKE, PAGANINI, and DIE ROSE VON STAMBUL.

In the concert field, Kristiane Kaiser has performed Brahms’ EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM, Mendelssohn’s LOBGESANG, Beethoven’s 9th SYMPHONY, and Mahler’s 4th SYMPHONY with the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, at Le Corum in Montpellier, and at the Vienna Musikverein.

2043-08-15

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