{"id":99021,"date":"2022-06-20T10:31:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T08:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agentur-seifert.de\/our-artists\/susanne-elmark\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T12:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:46:25","slug":"susanne-elmark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agentur-seifert.de\/en\/our-artists\/susanne-elmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Susanne Elmark (Soprano)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Susanne Elmark<\/h2>\n

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The Danish\/German soprano Susanne Elmark has been in great demand in opera and concert houses worldwide for many years.<\/p>\n

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She has performed at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berliner Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Teatro Real Madrid, Opernhaus Z\u00fcrich, Teatro Col\u00f3n Buenos Aires, Oslo, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, K\u00f6ln and Wiener Volksoper in such roles as ZERBINETTA (Ariadne auf Naxos), QUEEN OF THE NIGHT (Zauberfl\u00f6te), KONSTANZE (Entf\u00fchrung), LULU (Lulu), FIAKERMILLI (Arabella), MARIE (Die Soldaten), CLAUDIA (Stilles Meer), CORDELIA (Lear) and INANNA (Babylon).<\/p>\n

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In addition to her classical opera and concert repertoire, Susanne Elmark has always dedicated herself to contemporary music, with several pieces written specifically for her with numerous world premieres, including CLAUDIA in Toshio Hosokawa\u2019s opera Stilles Meer at Hamburgische Staatsoper under conductor Kent Nagano. She has performed Hanspeter Kyburz\u2019s Still and Again in collaborations with Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Intercontemporain at festivals in Frankfurt, Gen\u00e8ve, Strassbourg and at the Lucerne Festival. Other performances include the demanding solo piece NOT I by Heinz Holliger at the Lucerne Festival, Morton Feldmann\u00b4s one woman opera Neither in Philharmonie Luxembourg, AGNES in Written on Skin in Suntory Hall Tokyo with conductor Kazushi Ono and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and ISHMAELA in Olga Neuwirth\u2019s opera The Outcast at Wiener Konzerthaus and in Philharmonie de Paris.<\/p>\n

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She is the soprano that has sung the most performances worldwide of MARIE in Zimmermann\u00b4s Die Soldaten in the opera houses of Zurich, Berlin, Madrid (director Calixto Bieito), Buenos Aires (director Pablo Maritano) and N\u00fcrnberg (director Peter Konwitschny).<\/p>\n

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Recent engagements include WIFE in Schnittke\u2019s opera Life with an Idiot at Opernhaus Z\u00fcrich (2024), CORDELIA in Reimann\u2019s Lear at Teatro Real in Madrid (2024) and LADY MACBETH in Verdi\u2019s Macbeth at Opera Lucerne (2022).<\/p>\n

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She has sung with conductors such as Christian Thielemann, Philippe Jordan, Gustavo Dudamel, Kent Nagano, Kazushi Ono, Carlo Rizzi, Gary Bertini, Michael Boder, Sir Colin Davis, Eliahu Inbal, Marek Janowski, Michael Sch\u00f8nwandt and Marcello Viotti. In concert Susanne Elmark has performed Beethoven\u2019s 9th Symphony under Gustavo Dudamel in Barcelona and Madrid, the solo parts in Mozart\u2019s C-Dur Messe, Exsultate Jubilate, Berg\u2019s Lulu Suite and Sieben fr\u00fche Lieder, Bach\u2019s Johannespassion, Pergulesi\u2019s Stabat Mater, Orff\u2019s Carmina Burana, Hosokawa\u2019s Nach dem Sturm (written for her) at venues like the Berliner Philharmonie, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the St. Petersburg Philharmonie, Philharmonie Luxembourg and Oslo Philharmonie.<\/p>\n

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She has made several CD recordings, including as CELIA in Mozart\u2019s Lucio Silla (conductor \u00c1d\u00e1m Fischer) and a solo album, Ch\u2019il bel Sogno, featuring arias by Verdi, Puccini and Mozart, released in 2016 on Naxos.<\/p>\n

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Susanne Elmark is teaching masterclasses and coaching opera singers all over the world, has among other places given two masterclasses at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg, Institute of Music, Theatre and Dance in St. Petersburg, the Conservatory of San Sebasti\u00e1n, Spain, all over Denmark and for four years at the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg in Berlin. She gives lectures and has written the essay \u201cYou are not alone\u201d about how to perform one\u2019s best under pressure. She has also written a guide for auditioning, and in October 2016 her book \u201cDet var med Vilje\u201d (\u201cIt was intentional\u201d) was published in Denmark, detailing her 25 years on stage and her journey to an international career combined with raising three children.<\/p>\n

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Bernstein<\/strong><\/td>\nCANDIDE<\/td>\nCunegonde<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donizetti<\/strong><\/td>\nL’ELISIR D’AMORE<\/td>\nAdina<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feldman<\/strong><\/td>\nNEITHER<\/td>\nSopran<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fr\u00f6lich<\/strong><\/td>\nF\u00d6HN<\/td>\nF\u00f6hnfrau<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glass<\/strong><\/td>\nORPH\u00c9E<\/td>\nEurydice<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gluck<\/strong><\/td>\nORFEO ED EURIDICE<\/td>\nEuridice<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holten<\/strong><\/td>\nGESUALDO<\/td>\nDonna Maria<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosokawa <\/strong><\/td>\nSTILLES MEER<\/td>\nClaudia<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leh\u00e1r<\/strong><\/td>\nDIE LUSTIGE WITWE<\/td>\nValencienne<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ligeti<\/strong><\/td>\nLE GRAND MACABRE<\/td>\nVenus, Gepopo<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martinsen<\/strong><\/td>\nMAESTRO<\/td>\nThe nurse<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mozart<\/strong><\/td>\nCOS\u00cc FAN TUTTE<\/td>\nDespina<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nDER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR<\/td>\nMadame Herz<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nDIE ENTF\u00dcHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL<\/td>\nKonstanze<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nDIE ZAUBERFL\u00d6TE<\/td>\nK\u00f6nigin der Nacht<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0<\/td>\nLUCIO SILLA<\/td>\nCelia<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neuwirth<\/strong><\/td>\nTHE OUTCAST<\/td>\nIshmaela<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Offenbach<\/strong><\/td>\nBARKOUF OU UN CHIEN AU POUVOIR<\/td>\nMa\u00efma<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Reimann<\/strong><\/td>\nLEAR<\/td>\nCordelia<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0<\/td>\nIL VIAGGIO A RHEIMS<\/td>\nContessa di Folleville<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schnittke<\/strong><\/td>\nLEBEN MIT EINEM IDIOTEN<\/td>\nMeine Frau<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strauss<\/strong><\/td>\nARABELLA<\/td>\nFiakermilli<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Strau\u00df<\/strong><\/td>\nDIE FLEDERMAUS<\/td>\nRosalinde, Adele<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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LEBEN MIT EINEM IDIOTEN (PREMIERE) \u2013 OPERNHAUS Z\u00dcRICH (REVIEWS)<\/a><\/h3>
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Premiere on November 3, 2024 Here are the most relevant quotes from reviews in the German and international press.This selection does not claim to be complete. ConcertoNet by Claudio Poloni Vivre avec ses idiots int\u00e9rieurs \u2026Les chanteurs ont beaucoup de m\u00e9rite car les voix ne...<\/div>
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MACBETH (PREMIERE) – LUZERNER THEATER (REVIEWS)<\/a><\/h3>
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BARKOUF OU UN CHIEN AU POUVOIR (ODER EIN HUND AN DER MACHT) (PREMIERE) – OPER K\u00d6LN (REVIEWS)<\/a><\/h3>
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Premiere on October 12, 2019 Here are the most relevant quotes from reviews in the German and international press.This selection does not claim to be complete.<\/div>
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BABYLON (PREMIERE) \u2013 STAATSOPER UNTER DEN LINDEN (REVIEWS)<\/a><\/h3>
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Performances on March 9 (premiere) 11, 20, 22 & 24, 2019. Here are the most relevant quotes from reviews in the German and international press.This selection does not claim to be complete.<\/div>
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