Rinat Shaham

Internationally recognized as one of today’s finest interpreters of Bizet’s Carmen, Rinat Shaham first performed the role at the 2004 Glyndebourne Festival and most recently jumped into a run at Barcelona’s Liceu She has since portrayed Carmen in over 45 productions worldwide including in Vienna, Rome, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Cologne, Baden Baden, Lisbon, Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Sydney, Moscow and throughout the USA and Asia. 2024/ 2025 highlights include a return to the Bayerische Staatsoper for Euryclée Pénélope, de Falla’s Three Cornered Hat with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler’s Das Lied von Erde with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Marin Allsop and a return to Bregenz Festspie