Katrin Wundsam © Christian Huber
Katrin Wundsam © Christian Huber
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Katrin Wundsam

Representation: World

BIOGRAPHY

"Wundsam inspires with effortlessly achieved top notes, with moving intensity, with diabolic and erotic charisma."

Ingrid Freiberg | ioco - Kultur im Netz | 31 January 2023

Katrin Wundsam studied singing at the Anton Bruckner Private University and solo singing at the Mozarteum Salzburg, during which time she also took lessons in lied and oratorio and attended master classes with KS Robert Holl and Kurt Widmer.

As a permanent ensemble member of the Cologne Opera from 2009 to 2016, the Austrian mezzo-soprano took on a variety of roles such as Penelope (Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria), Sesto (La clemenza di Tito), Ascanio (Benvenuto Cellini), Nicklausse (Les contes d'Hoffmann), Preziosilla (La forza del destino), Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Concepcion (L'heure espagnole) and Martuccia (Die Gezeichneten). In a guest performance of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen in Shanghai, she appeared as Flosshilde (Das Rheingold), Grimgerde (Die Walküre) and Zweite Norn (Götterdämmerung). Other highlights included her Cologne debut as the title role in Bizet's Carmen and an acclaimed version of Georg Kreisler’s singspiel Heute Abend: Lola Blau.

Katrin Wundsam continues her collaboration with the Cologne Opera as a guest soloist, having recently appeared as the Pilgrim in Kaija Saariaho's L'Amour de loin and as Hänsel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel in two new productions, before making another important role debut in the dramatic repertoire as the Foreign Princess in Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka. With the latter role, she also made her house debut at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden in a new production under the direction of Daniela Kerck and Olesya Golovneva, while her role debut as Magdalene in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg under Marek Janowski took her to the Tokyo Spring Festival. Katrin Wundsam appeared for the first at the MusikTheater an der Wien as the Gymnasiast/Garderobiere in Alban Berg's Lulu, having previously performed Heute Abend: Lola Blau at the theatre’s Kammeroper in a scenic arrangement by Eicke Ecker and accompanied by the pianist Rainer Mühlbach. At the Dresden Music Festival she made her role debut as Fricka in Wagner's Das Rheingold with Concerto Köln under Kent Nagano.

After appearing at the Hamburg State Opera as Dorabella in Mozart's Così fan tutte and as Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, she gave her debut in the latter role at Dresden’s Semperoper, where she subsequently appeared as Hänsel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel. The same role she went on to perform in collaboration with the Berlin State Opera in a new production staged by Achim Freyer and conducted by Sebastian Weigle. At the Salzburg Easter Festival Katrin Wundsam could be heard as Grimgerde in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre under Christian Thielemann, a role she later sang in a concert performance under Jaap van Zweeden at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

Katrin has also enjoyed a successful and fruitful collaboration with the Bregenz Festival where she has so far appeared in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Verdi's Rigoletto, further to Ernst Křenek's Karl V, Igor Stravinsky's Le Rossignol, Simon Laks' L'hirondelle inattendue and in Arrigo Boito's Nerone. At the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, she was highly acclaimed in the role of Enea in Saverio Mercadante's rarely performed Didone abbandonata conducted by Alessandro De Marchi, a recording of which has been released with the label Naxos.

On the concert stage, Katrin Wundsam recently appeared with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra in Mozart's Requiem under Adam Fischer and in Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht under David Reiland, as well as with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern under Kazuki Yamada with Ravel's Shéhérazade and selected orchestral songs by Richard Strauss. At Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie, she performed Mark-Anthony Turnage's dramatic scene Twice Through the Heart together with the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg conducted by Markus Poschner. Other significant highlights to date include Stravinsky's Les Noces at the Vienna Musikverein, Luciano Berio's Folk Songs with the WDR Symphony Orchestra and Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Mozart's Vesperae solennes and his Coronation Mass with the Tonkünstler Orchestra Niederösterreich under Ivor Bolton, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada at the Rheingau Music Festival, the world premiere of Gerald Wirth's cantata Carmina Austriaca at the Grafenegg Festival, Mahler's Second Symphony at the International Brucknerfest Linz and his Eighth Symphony at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf under Adam Fischer.

Following her move into the more dramatic mezzo repertoire, Katrin Wundsam will make several notable Wagnerian role debuts in the current season at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, including Fricka in Die Walküre and Venus in Tannhäuser. She will also return to the MusikTheater an der Wien for a version of Oliver Knussen's Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen (Where the Wild Things Are) staged by Nikolaus Habjan.

2023 | 2024

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DISCOGRAPHY

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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Polina Pasztircsák, Manuela Uhl, Fatma Said, Katrin Wundsam, Katharina Magiera, Neal Cooper, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Peter Rose
Choir of the Städtischer Musikverein, Philharmonischer Chor Bonn, Kartäuserkantorei Köln, Youth Choir of the Clara-Schumann Musikschule
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Conductor: Adam Fischer
Label: Challenge Records | 2019 

More on www.challengerecords.com

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Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
DVD
Katrin Wundsam, Stephen Costello, Vladimir Stoyanov, Mélissa Petit, Miklós Sebestyén
Wiener Symphoniker | Prague Philharmonic Choir
Conductor: Enrique Mazzola
Director: Philipp Stölzl
Label: C Major | 2019

More on www.jpc.de

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Saverio Mercadante: Didone abbandonata
DVD
Viktorija Miškūnaitė, Katrin Wundsam, Carlo Vincenzo Allemano, Pietro di Bianco, Diego Godoy, Emilie Renard
Academia Montis Regalis | Coro Maghini
Conductor: Alessandro de Marchi
Director: Jürgen Flimm
Label: Naxos | 2019

More on www.naxos.de

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Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Katrin Wundsam, Alexandra Steiner, Ricarda Merbeth, Albert Dohmen, Christian Elsner, Annika Gerhards, Alexandra Hutto
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin | Kinderchor der Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Label: Pentatone Classics | 2017

More on www.pentatonemusic.com

VIDEOS

CALENDAR

Oliver Knussen: Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen (Where the Wild Things Are)

Jasmin Delfs, Max
Katrin Wundsam, Mama / Tzippie
Peter Kirk, Bart- und Ziegenkerl
Zoltan Nagy, Hornkerl
Matthias Hoffmann, Hahnkerl
Martin Summer, Bullenkerl
Angelo Konzett und Anderson Pinheiro da Silva, puppeteer

Stephan Zilias, conductor
Nikolaus Habjan, staging
Jakob Brossmann, stage
Denise Heschl, costume
Franz Tscheck, light
Christian Schröder dramaturgy
Manuela Linshalm, puppetry coach
Marlene Lübke-Ahrens, cooperation stage
Nicola Gördes, cooperation costumes

Wiener Symphoniker

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS

Oliver Knussen: Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen (Where the Wild Things Are)

Jasmin Delfs, Max
Katrin Wundsam, Mama / Tzippie
Peter Kirk, Bart- und Ziegenkerl
Zoltan Nagy, Hornkerl
Matthias Hoffmann, Hahnkerl
Martin Summer, Bullenkerl
Angelo Konzett und Anderson Pinheiro da Silva, puppeteer

Stephan Zilias, conductor
Nikolaus Habjan, staging
Jakob Brossmann, stage
Denise Heschl, costume
Franz Tscheck, light
Christian Schröder dramaturgy
Manuela Linshalm, puppetry coach
Marlene Lübke-Ahrens, cooperation stage
Nicola Gördes, cooperation costumes

Wiener Symphoniker

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS

Oliver Knussen: Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen (Where the Wild Things Are)

Jasmin Delfs, Max
Katrin Wundsam, Mama / Tzippie
Peter Kirk, Bart- und Ziegenkerl
Zoltan Nagy, Hornkerl
Matthias Hoffmann, Hahnkerl
Martin Summer, Bullenkerl
Angelo Konzett und Anderson Pinheiro da Silva, puppeteer

Stephan Zilias, conductor
Nikolaus Habjan, staging
Jakob Brossmann, stage
Denise Heschl, costume
Franz Tscheck, light
Christian Schröder dramaturgy
Manuela Linshalm, puppetry coach
Marlene Lübke-Ahrens, cooperation stage
Nicola Gördes, cooperation costumes

Wiener Symphoniker

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS

Oliver Knussen: Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen (Where the Wild Things Are)

Jasmin Delfs, Max
Katrin Wundsam, Mama / Tzippie
Peter Kirk, Bart- und Ziegenkerl
Zoltan Nagy, Hornkerl
Matthias Hoffmann, Hahnkerl
Martin Summer, Bullenkerl
Angelo Konzett und Anderson Pinheiro da Silva, puppeteer

Stephan Zilias, conductor
Nikolaus Habjan, staging
Jakob Brossmann, stage
Denise Heschl, costume
Franz Tscheck, light
Christian Schröder dramaturgy
Manuela Linshalm, puppetry coach
Marlene Lübke-Ahrens, cooperation stage
Nicola Gördes, cooperation costumes

Wiener Symphoniker

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS

Oliver Knussen: Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen (Where the Wild Things Are)

Jasmin Delfs, Max
Katrin Wundsam, Mama / Tzippie
Peter Kirk, Bart- und Ziegenkerl
Zoltan Nagy, Hornkerl
Matthias Hoffmann, Hahnkerl
Martin Summer, Bullenkerl
Angelo Konzett und Anderson Pinheiro da Silva, puppeteer

Stephan Zilias, conductor
Nikolaus Habjan, staging
Jakob Brossmann, stage
Denise Heschl, costume
Franz Tscheck, light
Christian Schröder dramaturgy
Manuela Linshalm, puppetry coach
Marlene Lübke-Ahrens, cooperation stage
Nicola Gördes, cooperation costumes

Wiener Symphoniker

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS
 

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KATRIN WUNDSAM makes her role debut of Fricka / Das Rheingold at the Dresden Music Festival

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KATRIN WUNDSAM makes her role debut as Ježibaba in Dvořák's "Rusalka"
21Jan2023
KATRIN WUNDSAM makes her role debut as Ježibaba in Dvořák's "Rusalka"

In a seldom practised role combination entrusting both Ježibaba and The Foreign Princess to a single singer, Austrian mezzo-soprano Katrin Wundsam will shortly appear in a new "Rusalka" production at Staatstheater Wiesbaden. 

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