Andrea Baker

Hailed as a „stupendous and heartrending“ talent (Bild Zeitung), Scottish-American mezzo soprano Andrea Baker is internationally renowned for her „enchantingly powerful“ performances (Das Orchester). An operatic trailblazer, she was the first African American to take the role of Carmen in Australia, at Sydney Opera House, the first to take the roles of Fricka, Erda, and Waltraute in Wagner’s Ring in China at the Beijing Festival, and Ortrud in Lohengrin in the South Korean premier of the opera for the Daegu Festival. „A beautiful, talented mezzo with a sublime voice“ (Sydney Morning Herald), Ms Baker has collaborated with many of the world’s leading conductors, including Sir Simon Rattle, Zubin Mehta, Sir Donald Runnicles, Richard Hickox, and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Her acclaimed interpr