BERNARDA BOBRO, Soprano

Slovanian; Lyric/ Coloratura Soprano

Studies: University of Music in Graz, finished her studies there with distinction; Private Studies with Prof. Gregory Lamar (New York, Berlin)

Past/ Past and Future Enagagements: Festival "Steirischer Herbst", Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Volksoper Wien (member of the Ensemble for 5 years), Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Semperoper Dresden, Bregenzer Festspiele, Salzburg Festival, Estonian National Opera Tallinn, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Salzburg Festival etc. Collaborates with conductors like Robin Ticciati, Stefan Soltesz, Thomas Hengelbrock and Christian Thielemann

New Future Engagements: Opera Lille, Glyndebourne Festival, Opera North/ Leeds, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Monnaie Brussels

Repertoire list: Pamina in "Die Zauberflöte", Despina in "Così fan tutte", Zerlina in "Don Giovanni", Susanna in "Le Nozze di Figaro", Fortuna in "Il Sogno di Scipione", Ännchen in "Der Freischütz", Sophie in "Der Rosenkavalier", Adina in "L'elisir d'amore", Norina in "Don Pasquale", Giulietta in "I Capuleti e i Montecchi", Elvira in "I Puritani", Nanetta in "Falstaff", Gilda in "Rigoletto", Adele in "Die Fledermaus", Valencienne in "Die lustige Witwe", Juliette in "Romeo et Juliette"

Recordings: for Deutsche Grammophon

HELEN DONATH, Soprano

American; Lyric/ Spinto Soprano, married with the famous pianist and conductor Klaus Donath

Studies: Corpus Christi College/ Texas; Private Studies with Paolo Nivikova in New York (the famous singing teacher whose students include outstanding singers like Nicolai Gedda)

Engagements: Helen Donath is one of the most famous operasingers of the 20th century and is still in brillant shape in the 21st century. She celebrated 40 years anniversary of her incredible career in 2001. She is well known as one of the best Mozart- and Liedersingers ever. Her discography includes more than 100 immortal recordings. She performed with conductors like Klemperer, Böhm, Karajan, Barbirolli, Beccham, Solti, Bernstein, Maazel, Abbado, Levine, Barenboim, Sawallisch and Carlos Kleiber.
She appeared in leading parts in more or less all the most important operhouses and festivals such as Teatro alla Scala Milano, Metropolitan Opera New York, Royal Opera House Covent garden, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera (honored with the title "Bayerische Kammersängerin"), Salzburg Festival etc.

Repertoire list: Her favorite roles include Pamina in "Die Zauberflöte", Zerlina in "Don Giovanni, Contessa in "Le Nozze di Figaro", Despina in "Così fan tutte", Desdemona in "Otello", Marschallin in "Der Rosenkavalier", Elisabeth in "Tannhäuser", Hanna Glawari in "Die lustige Witwe", Hexe in "Hänsel und Gretel" and many others.
Her concert repertory includes almost every soprano part of the classical concert repertory.

Recordings: for BMG, Acanta, Decca and others

LOUISE FRIBO, Soprano

Danish; High Coloratura Soprano

Studies: Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen (teatcher: Susanna Eken); Private Studies with, Ingrid Bjoner, Prof.Gregory Lamar and others

Past/ Past and Future Engagements: Royal Danish Opera, Royal Danish Philharmonic (under the baton of Adam Fischer)Theater Lübeck, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Oper Bonn, Salzburg Festival, Teatro alla Scala Milano etc.

New Future Engagements: Opera Lyon, Volksoper Wien, Staatsoper Hamburg

Repertoire list: Zerbinetta in "Ariadne auf Naxos", Costanza in "Il Sogno di Scipione", Queen of the Night in "Die Zauberflöte", Cunegonde in "Candide", Olympia in "Les Contes d'Hoffmann", Adele in "Die Fledermaus, Fiakermilli in "Arabella" and Waldvogel in "Siegfried"

Recordings: for EMI and Deutsche Grammophon

IRMGARD VILSMAIER, Soprano

German; High Dramatic Soprano

Studies: University of Nürnberg, Private Studies with Prof. Astrid Varnay, Prof. Josef Loibl, Prof. Gregory Lamar and Ada Zaperi

Past/ Past and Future Engagements: Bavarian State Opera, Landestheater Innsbruck, Theater Weimar, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Staatsoper Hamburg, Semperoper Dresden, Opera Bastille Paris, Volksoper Wien, Staatsoper Wien, Bayreuth Festival, Salzburg Festival, Festival San Sebastian, Teatro Real Madrid, Canadian Opera Company Toronto, Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, Estonian National Opera, Vlaamse Opera etc.
Collaborates with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Seiji Ozawa, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Sir Colin Davis, Fabio Luisi, Christian Thielemann, Peter Schneider, Semyon Bychov, Lorin Maazel, Hartmut Haenchen, Marcello Viotti, Kazushi Ono, Richard Bradshaw and Hans Wallat

New Future Engagements: Theater Trier, Seattle Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, Royal Operahouse Covent Garden, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Monnaie Brussels

Repertoire list: Sieglinde and Brünnhilde in "Die Walküre", 3. Norn and Gutrune in "Götterdämmerung", Venus in "Tannhäuser", Ortrud in "Lohengrin", Isolde in "Tristan and Isolde, Chrysothemis in "Elektra, Ariadne in "Ariadne auf Naxos", Leitmetzerin and Marschallin in "Der Rosenkavalier", Mutter and Hexe in "Hänsel und Gretel", Eglantine in "Euryanthe" and Santuzza in "Cavalleria rusticana"

Recordings: for Hybrid, Arte TV, Etcetera and others

MARA ZAMPIERI, Soprano

Italian; Spinto/ Dramatic Soprano

Studies: Music Conservatory in Padova

Engagements: Mara Zampieri is one of the greatest Operadivas of her generation.
She appeared in leading parts in operahouses such as Teatro alla Scala, Vienna State Opera (honored with the title "Österreichische Kammersängerin and honorable member of the Vienna State Opera), Metropolitan Opera, Royal Oper House Covent Garden, Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera Roma, Opernhaus Zürich, San Francisco Opera, Bregenzer Festspiele and many others.
She performed around the world with conductors like Seiji Ozawa, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Claudio Abbado, Giuseppe Patanè, Lorin Maazel etc. and with her favorite tenors such as Placido Domingo, Josè Carreras, Luis Lima, Luciano Pavarotti, Carlo Cossutta and Giacomo Aragall.

Repertoire list: Favorite roles within her big repertory include Tosca in "Tosca", Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth", Minnie in "La fanciulla del West", Amelia in "Un ballo in maschera", Salome in "Salome", Hexe in "Hänsel und Gretel", Manon in "Manon Lescaut" and many others

Recordings: Philips, Opus Arte, Myto and others