Biography
Fontana made her professional opera debut in 1980 as Pamina in ''The Magic Flute, Die Zauberflöte'' with Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt, Oper Frankfurt. She joined the Hamburg State Opera in 1982 where she sang Pamina, Konstanze in ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'', Sophie in ''Der Rosenkavalier'' and the role of Sophie Scholl in the world premiere of Udo Zimmermann's ''Weiße Rose (opera), Weisse Rose''; the latter of which she reprised and recorded two years later at the Vienna State Opera. Since then Fontana has been a regular presence at the world's best opera houses making appearances in Hannover, Amsterdam, Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Barcelona, Trieste, Geneva, Tokyo, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and New York. She has also been a regular performer at the Salzburg Festival and has made appearances at the Glyndebourne Festival, Vienna Festival, the Bregenzer Festspiele, the The Proms, London Proms, Carinthischer Sommer, Festival di Carpi, Prague Spring Festival, and at festivals in Berlin, Dresden, Israel, the USA and Japan.References
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* 1958 births Living people Austrian operatic sopranos Musicians from Innsbruck 20th-century Austrian women opera singers 21st-century Austrian women opera singers {{Austria-opera-singer-stub