Mojca Erdmann (born 29 December 1975) is a German

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

who is particularly associated with the

Mozart operas Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's operas comprise 22 musical dramas in a variety of genres. They range from the small-scale, derivative works of his youth to the full-fledged operas of his maturity. Three of the works were abandoned before completion an ...

. She created the role of Ariadne in Rihm's '' Dionysos'' at the Salzburg Festival.

Career

Born in Hamburg, Erdmann sang in the children's chorus of the

Hamburg State Opera The Hamburg State Opera (in German: Staatsoper Hamburg) is a German opera company based in Hamburg. Its theatre is near the square of Gänsemarkt. Since 2015, the current ''Intendant'' of the company is Georges Delnon, and the current ''General ...

together with her brother. As a teenager she began studying singing seriously with soprano Evelyn Herlitzius before entering the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln where she was a pupil of

Hans Sotin Hans Sotin (born 10 September 1939) is a German operatic bass. He was born in Dortmund and studied at the Dortmund Hochschule für Musik. He made his operatic debut in 1962 in Essen as the Police Commissioner in Strauss's ''Der Rosenkavalier'' ...

and studied with soprano

Ingrid Figur Ingrid Figur (born 1934) is a German soprano and singing teacher. Career Born in Berlin, Figur studied in her hometown, first German studies, then music at school to become a teacher, finally followed by her singing studies. She then began a ca ...

. In 2002 she won first prize and the Special Prize for Contemporary Music at the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin (Federal Singing Competition), and in August 2005 she was awarded the Luitpold Prize at the festival and the

Norddeutscher Rundfunk Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; ''Northern German Broadcasting'') is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, M ...

Music Prize at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. She appeared as Sempronia in the premiere of the critical edition of Jacques Offenbach's '' Apothicaire et perruquier'' at the Kurtheater Bad Ems on 1 June 2007, with the WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, directed by . In July 2010, she created the role of Ariadne in the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's '' Dionysos'' at the Salzburg Festival, repeated at the Berlin State Opera in 2012. In January 2011, she gave a lauded portrayal of Despina in Mozart's ''

Così fan tutte (''All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers''), K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte w ...

'' at the

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is Germany’s largest opera and concert house, with a 2,500 seat capacity. The building was originally built in 1904 as Baden-Baden central railway station. This building replaced the original railway station wh ...

. In October 2011, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Zerlina in the company's new staging of Mozart's ''

Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...

''. On 14 February 2013, Erdmann attempted to represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with singing a revised version of Ave Maris Stella. She finished 10th place in the national final.

Discography

*''Mostly Mozart'' (2011, Deutsche Grammophon) with La Cetra and conductor Andrea Marcon

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Erdmann, Mojca 1975 births Living people Musicians from Hamburg German operatic sopranos Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln alumni 21st-century German women opera singers