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Since 2019 Karis Tucker has been a member of the Ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Here, she can be seen as FLOSSHILDE in “Das Rheingold”, ROSSWEISSE in “Die Walküre”, 2. NORNE in “Götterdämmerung” in Stefan Herheim’s new RING,as well as ROSE in “Lakmé”, ADONELLA in “Francesca da Rimini”, MYRTALE in “Thais”, HERMIA in “A midsummer night's dream”, BARENE in “Jenufa”, MERCEDES in “Carmen”, SECOND DAME in “Die Zauberflöte”, FLORA in “La Traviata”, SUZUKI in “Madama Butterfly”, FENENA in “Nabucco”, HÄNSEL in “Hänsel und Gretel”, ORLOFSKY in “Die Fledermaus”.
Karis works with conductors like Donald Runnicles, John Fiore, Alexander Vedernikov, Ramon Tebár and stage directors like Stefan Herheim, Cristof Loy, David Aldon, Neil Barry Moss...
Last summer she made her debut at the Glyndebourne Festival as THIRZA in The Wreckers by Ethel Smyth, a role she already sang both at the BBC Proms and with the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
Recently she also sang the Verdi Requiem with the Berlin Radio Orchestra.
The American-Rumanian singer studied at the University of Southern Mississippi and at the University of Cincinnati / College-Conservatory of Music where she got her diploma in 2019.
She has joined young artists programs with the Des Moines Metro Opera in 2019, the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 2018 as well as with the CCM Opera Bootscamp in 2017.
Karis is Ohio District Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council.
In 2020 she received a scholarship from the Friends of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She is currently studying with Adina Nitescu.
While still studying at the Cincinnati College of Music she already sang first roles such as THE OLD LADY in “Candide”, LA ZIA PRINCIPESSA in “Suor Angelica”, MRS. GROSE in “The Turn of the Screw”.
Her first CARMEN she performed at the Southern Opera and Musical Theatre.
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| REVIEWS |
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| Deutsche Oper Belrin – Madama Butterfly - SUZUKI |
| Already the motherly warmth of her mezzo soprano voice make Karis Tucker an ideal Suzuki and turned the blossom duet into one of the musical highlights of the evening. |
Der Opernfreund
deropernfreund.de |
| Glyndebourne Festival – The Wreckers - THIRZA |
| Karis Tucker’s intense Thurza, fierce in her condemnation of the community from which she feels alienated, and admirably secure over the role’s implacably wide range. |
The Guardian
theguardian.com |
| His lover Thurza was a darkly-gleaming Karis Tucker, who showed remarkable dexterity and consistency across Smyth’s ambitious mezzo-soprano writing, with top notes that probably please most sopranos. |
OPERAWIRE
operawire.com |
| Deutsche Oper Berlin – Nabucco - FENENA |
| Karis Tucker is a good Fenena, who can easily assert herself next to her „sister“ Abigaille in the trio in the first act... |
Klassik begeistert
klassik-begeistert.de |
| ...Karis Tucker as Fenena showed more vocal presence then her rival. Later, the mezzo soprano equally attracted the attention with a very beautifully and strikingly sung prayer. |
Der Opernfreund
deropernfreund.de |
| Vasilisa Berzhanskaya and Karis Tucker made vocally first class Chiaroscuro accents... |
Concerti
concerti.de |
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| ON STAGE |
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| Glyndebourne Festival – The Wreckers - THIRZA |
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The Wreckers – Glyndebourne Festival -THIRZA
© Richard Huber Smith |
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University of Cincinnati / College-Conservatory of Music – Suor Angelica
© Marc Lyons |
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| University of Cincinnati / College-Conservatory of Music - Candide - The old lady |
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