URSULA HESSE VON DEN STEINEN, Mezzosoprano

German; Lyric and Dramatic Mezzosoprano

Studies: Hochschule der Künste in Berlin; Masterclasses with Brigitte Fassbaender and Aribert Reimann

Past/ Past and Future Engagements: Oper Bonn, Semperoper Dresden (member of the Ensemble 1999-2001), Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Vlaamse Opera, Oper Köln, Monnaie Brussels, Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, Teatro de la Maestranza Sevilla, Opera Bastille Paris, New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, Opera Lille, Volksoper Wien, Glyndebourne Festival, Oper Nürnberg, Opera Monte Carlo and Teatro Regio di Parma
Ursula Hesse von den Steinen collaborates regulary with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, James Levine, Michael Gielen, Sebastian Weigle, Jeffrey Tate, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly and Herbert Blomstedt

New Future Engagements: Opernhaus Halle, Gewandhaus Leipzig

Repertoire list: Komponist in "Ariadne auf Naxos", Marie in "Wozzeck", Geschwitz in "Lulu", Sesto in "La Clemanza di Tito", Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni", Charlotte in "Werther", Carmen in "Carmen", Orlowsky in "Die Fledermaus", Fricka in "Rheingold" and "Walküre", Brangäne in "Tristan und Isolde", Eboli in "Don Carlo" etc.

Recordings: RCA, Orfeo and others