Amira Elmadfa’s debut as CLORINDE in Lucia Rochetti’s world premiere of ‘Rivals’ on the occasion of the reopening of the Berlin State Opera in autumn 2017 was internationally noticed. She also played this very role at the Braunschweig State Theatre, followed by an equally successful debut as DIDO in ‘Dido and Aeneas’ at the National Theatre Weimar.

In the season 16/17 she enjoyed great success as CHERUBINO at the Vienna Volksoper and at the Dresden State Operetta.

Since 2015 the young soprano regularly sings FLORA in ‘La Traviata’ at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Patrizia Ciofi, Saimir Pirgu and Thomas Hampson a.m.o... .

From 2015 until 2017 the young mezzosoprano could be seen as ROSINA in ‘Il barbiere di Siviglia’, HÄNSEL in ‘Hänsel und Gretel’, the FOX in ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’, MERCEDES in ‘Carmen’ , GIUNONE in ‘La Calisto’ and DORABELLA in ‘Cosi fan tutte’ at the Darmstadt State Theatre.

Previously, the young mezzosoprano made her successful debut as OCTAVIAN in “Der Rosenkavalier” at the Altenburg Theatre in Gera.

‚Amira Elmadfa’s appearance is the ideal of a 17-year-old young man of a respectable family with a soft, smooth mezzo voice.’ Opernwelt

From 2009 to 2013 Amira Elmadfa was a member of the Theatre Kiel ensemble and could be seen here in such roles as ROSINA in ‘Il barbiere di Siviglia’, NICLAUSSE /MUSE in ‘Les Contes d‘Hoffmann’, PAGE in ‘Salome’, HÄNSEL in ‘Hänsel und Gretel’, 2nd DAME in ‘Die Zauberflöte’, DORABELLA in ‘Cosi fan tutte’, GOFFREDO in ‘Rinaldo’, SIEBEL in ‘Faust’, ZERLINA in ‘Don Giovanni’, FLORA in ‘La Traviata’, OTTILIE in ‘Im Weissen Rössl’, ROSETTE in ‘Manon’ and ZENOBIA in ‘Radamisto’.

Amira started her musical education at the University of Vienna, where she studied Music and Theatre Sciences. In parallel, she obtained singing lessons with KS Hilde Zadek. In 2003, she started her singing studies at the Karlsruhe Conservatory of Music, which she completed with diploma in 2009. Amira Elmadfa attended master classes with KS Brigitte Fassbaender, KS Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and KS Julia Varady.While still studying at the Karlsruhe Conservatory, the singer could be seen in such roles as Händel’s LUCREZIA, L’ENFANT in ‘L’enfant et les Sortileges’, and PAULINE in ‘Pique Dame’.

Amira Elmadfa wan the 1st Prize in DAS LIED, the International Song Competition in Berlin, the Lied Special Prize at the Bergheim Singer Prize and the Advancement Award at the Competition of the Freiburg Academy.

Concert engagements brought the attractive artist to the Music Days Franken, the Thüringen Bach Weeks, the Händel Festival in Karlsruhe, to the Darmstadtium, to the Vienna Concert House and the Basle Concert House. She sang Lieder evenings at the Lucerne Festival, at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, the Arnold Schönberg Center, the Kiel Theatre and on the MS Europa.
In 2016 she sang Bach’s Passion of St. John in Darmstadt and the Mass in B minor in Zurich. In summer 2017 she performed Beethoven’s mass in C major with Thomas Hengelbrock and the Balthasar-Neumann- ensemble in Spain.

In 2018 she is CHERUBINO in ‘Figaro’ and HENRI in a new production of Heuberger’s ‘The Opera Ball’ at the Vienna Volksoper.
She sings CHERUBINO and HÄNSEL at the Dresden State Operetta. In the season 2018/2019 she will be seen a.o. as SERSE at the Nuremburg State Opera.