Age: 31
Isabel Weller made her debut at the Bregenz Festival in 2024 as Nella in Gianni Schicchi under the baton of Brigitte Fassbaender. In January of that year, she was soloist at the Tonkünstler Orchestra’s New Year’s concerts under the direction of Alfred Eschwé, and performed at the Musikverein Vienna and Festspielhaus St. Pölten, among other venues. She has appeared as Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos at Theatre Koblenz, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte for the Nederlandse Reisopera, along with performances at the Wilhelma Theater Stuttgart and Stadttheater Freiburg.
A regular concert and oratorio soloist, Isabel Weller completed her master’s degree at the Freiburg University of Music, along with studies at the Karlsruhe University of Music. She also attended the Lied Academy of the Heidelberger Frühling International Music Festival, under the direction of Thomas Hampson.
Principal Teachers
- Christian Elsner
- Regina Kabis-Elsner
Major Competitions
- Prize Winner, International Singing Competition “Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg”, 2024
- 3rd prize, International Haydn Competition for Classical Lied and Aria, 2023
- 3rd prize, International Music Competition Cologne, 2022
PROGRAMME
FIRST ROUND: ARIA
UDO ZIMMERMANN Einmal noch einmal
(Weisse Rose)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Deh vieni, non tardar
(Le nozze di Figaro)
JOSEPH HAYDN Ragion nell’alma siede
(Il monde della luna)
FIRST ROUND: ART SONG
FRANZ SCHUBERT Suleika
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Nuit d’étoiles
RICHARD STRAUSS Das Rosenband
(Vier Lieder, op. 36)
HUGO WOLF Lied vom Winde
(Mörike-Lieder)
ART SONG PRIZE FINAL
RICHARD STRAUSS Kornblumen
(Mädchenblumen, op. 22)
LILI BOULANGER Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie
(Clairières dans le ciel)
RICHARD STRAUSS Wie erkenn’ ich mein Treulieb · Guten Morgen, ‘s ist Sankt Valentinstag
(Sechs Lieder, op. 67)
ROBERT SCHUMANN Herzeleid
(Sechs Gesänge, op. 107)
ROBERT SCHUMANN Liebeslied
(Lieder und Gesänge, vol. II, op. 51)
JOSEPH HAYDN Piercing Eyes
FRANZ SCHUBERT Die junge Nonne
SEMIFINAL
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Exsultate, jubilate
(Exsultate, jubilate)
GUSTAV MAHLER Liebst du um Schönheit
(Rückert-Lieder)
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Piangerò, la sorte mia
(Giulio Cesare)
FINAL
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Ach, ich fühl’s
(Die Zauberflöte)
GAETANO DONIZETTO Chacun le sait
(La fille du régiment)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN O wär ich schon mit dir vereint
(Fidelio)
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