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From Russian repertoire and operetta to contemporary music theatre and Wagner, Marlene Gaßner’s 2026/27 season at Theater Erfurt spans a striking stylistic range. She sings Olga in Tchaikovsky’s EUGEN ONEGIN, Prince Orlofsky in Johann Strauss’ DIE FLEDERMAUS and Angela Rose in Missy Mazzoli’s THE LISTENERS. She is also scheduled to appear as Brangäne in Wagner’s TRISTAN UND ISOLDE. In addition, she returns as Hänsel in HÄNSEL UND GRETEL and takes part in Verdi’s LA TRAVIATA at the DomStufen Festival.

Gaßner is also active on the concert stage in Erfurt this season. In the Philharmonic Orchestra Erfurt’s fifth symphony concert, she appears in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under the direction of Hermes Helfricht. In summer 2026, she was also heard as the King Penguin in André Kassel’s DER BÄRBEISS as part of DOMINO, the DomStufen festival programme for young audiences.

Marlene Gaßner has been a member of the ensemble at Theater Erfurt since the 2024/25 season. During her first seasons with the company, she made her role debut as Hänsel and appeared as Eliza Doolittle in MY FAIR LADY, Aouda in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, Lureen in Charles Wuorinen’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, Marylou in MÄRCHEN IM GRAND-HOTEL and the Mayor in DAS KLEINE GESPENST. In concert, she performed Mahler’s KINDERTOTENLIEDER and the alto part in Mendelssohn’s ELIAS and also appeared as a soloist in the theatre’s traditional New Year’s concert.

From 2020 to 2024, Marlene Gaßner was a member of the ensemble at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar. There, she made her role debut in the title role of CARMEN and appeared as Caesonia in Detlev Glanert’s CALIGULA, Amelfa in THE GOLDEN COCKEREL, Mary in DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, Tisbe in LA CENERENTOLA and Eliza Doolittle in MY FAIR LADY.

Guest engagements have taken her to the NDR Klassik Open Air as the Page in RIGOLETTO, to Deutsche Oper Berlin as the Robber Girl, Flower and Princess in Samuel Penderbayne’s THE SNOW QUEEN, to the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar as the Dryad in a new production of ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, and to Theater Dortmund as Flosshilde in Peter Konwitschny’s production of DAS RHEINGOLD, where she appeared both in the 2023/24 premiere series and in the 2024/25 revival.

Her discography includes the 2022 world-premiere recording of Richard Flury’s opera DER SCHLIMM-HEILIGE VITALIS, in which she appears as Jucunda with the Nürnberger Symphoniker under Paul Mann.

Marlene Gaßner studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover. She was a scholarship holder of Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now and the Richard Wagner Association Hannover. She made her stage debut in 2016 as Rebecca Nurse in THE CRUCIBLE at Staatstheater Braunschweig. Further engagements followed at the Junge Oper Hannover and, until summer 2019, as a member of the ensemble at Hannover State Opera, where her roles included Soeur Mathilde in DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES, Flora and Annina in LA TRAVIATA, the Sandman in HÄNSEL UND GRETEL and Curra in LA FORZA DEL DESTINO.

2026-08-31

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