Mojca Erdmann (born 29 December 1975) is a German soprano who is particularly associated with the Mozart operas. She created the role of Ariadne in Rihm's ''

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'' at the

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Career

Born in

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, Erdmann sang in the children's chorus of the Hamburg State Opera together with her brother. As a teenager she began studying singing seriously with soprano

Evelyn Herlitzius Evelyn Herlitzius (born 27 April 1963) is a German opera singer, a dramatic soprano. She is known for performing major roles in works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, such as Brünnhilde, Isolde and Elektra, at the Semperoper, the Bayreut ...

before entering the

Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln The Cologne University of Music ( is a music college in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1850, it is Europe's largest academy of music. History The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as ''Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln''. In 1895 Ger ...

where she was a pupil of Hans Sotin and studied with soprano Ingrid Figur. In 2002 she won first prize and the Special Prize for Contemporary Music at the

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(Federal Singing Competition), and in August 2005 she was awarded the Luitpold Prize at the festival and the Norddeutscher Rundfunk Music Prize at the

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. She appeared as Sempronia in the premiere of the critical edition of Jacques Offenbach's '' Apothicaire et perruquier'' at the Kurtheater

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on 1 June 2007, with the

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, directed by . In July 2010, she created the role of Ariadne in the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's ''

'' at the

, repeated at the

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in 2012. In January 2011, she gave a lauded portrayal of Despina in Mozart's '' Così fan tutte'' at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. In October 2011, she made her debut at the

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as Zerlina in the company's new staging of Mozart's '' Don Giovanni''. On 14 February 2013, Erdmann attempted to represent Germany in the

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with singing a revised version of

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. She finished 10th place in the national final.

Discography

*''Mostly Mozart'' (2011,

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) with La Cetra and conductor

Andrea Marcon Andrea Marcon (born 6 February 1963 in Treviso, Italy) is an Italian conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and scholar. In 1997, he founded the Venice Baroque Orchestra.Kozinn, Alla"Young Italians Stand at Attention, Which Their Ensemble Attracts" ...

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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