Rebecca Teem

soprano

The American soprano is back to repeat her wonderful portrayal of Brünnhilde (which she sang here in 2013) in this revival of Oper Frankfurt's Ring. She made her debut in Germany, singing this role, at Theater Lübeck (whose Ring DVD won an Echo prize in 2012), which was followed by performances of Götterdämmerung at the Aalto Theater in Essen and Rein Gold, a stage essay by Elfriede Jelinek with music by Wagner at the Staatsoper in Berlin. Rebecca Teem began her career as a mezzo-soprano and enjoyed great success in competitions, including the Metropolitan Oper National Young Artists Auditions. She enjoyed great success with the roles of Azucena (Il trovatore) and Eboli (Don Carlos) before moving up into repertoire for dramatic sopranos, the first of which was Tosca at the New York Opera Forum, which was followed by Aida and Elektra. Other engagements in recent seasons have included Gerhilde at the Bayreuth Festival and Deutsche Oper Berlin, Isolde in Lübeck, Dortmund and Stuttgart and Gertrud (the mother) in Hänsel und Gretel in Weimar, Lübeck and Darmstadt. She sang her first Turandot in Lübeck, which she then sang at the Staatstheater in Braunschweig. She sings Elektra in Essen, a role with which she will make her debut at Stuttgart Opera next season, under Ulf Schirmer.