ANGELIKA KIRCHSCHLAGER
Mezzo-soprano
Austrian mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager enjoys an international career dividing her time between recitals and opera
in Europe, North America and the Far East. She is internationally recognized as one of the foremost interpreters of Richard
Strauss and Mozart. In title roles of operas such as Debussy Pelleas et Melisande, Maw Sophie’s Choice and Britten The rape
of Lucretia she shows the vast variety of her voice. As a celebrated recitalist and concert performer her repertoire ranges
from Bach, Berlioz, Brahms, Debussy, Dvorak, Korngold, Mahler, Mendelssohn and Ravel to Rossini, Schubert, Schumann,
Weill and Wolf.
In 2007 the Austrian government awarded Angelika the title of Kammersängerin for her outstanding contributions to the
Vienna State Opera