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"But the greatest discovery of the evening was Katja Starke. She mastered the highly dramatic role with sweeping passion." Westfalen-Blatt
the magazine, Westfalen-Blatt, wrote on Katja Starke’s debut as EBOLI in Don Carlo at the Bielefeld Theatre at the beginning of the season 16/17. Since then, she regularly performs here. She was ZIA PRINCIPESSA in “Suor Angelica”, AMNERIS in “Aida”, ERDA in “Das Rheingold“, the 3rd DAME in “Die Zauberflöte” and the WITCH in “Hänsel und Gretel”.
Katja Starke studied singing at the Würzburg Conservatory of Music with prof. H. Günter, in Zurich, with E. Coelho in Vienna, with H. Raymond in Geneva and with Nicola Martinucci. Sie was a scholarshipholder of the Richard-Wagner-Association and of the Opera Zurich. Master classes took her to Brigitte Fassbaender, Thomas Hampson, Elisabeth Schwarzopf, Charlotte Lehmann and Laszlo Polgar.
Until 2013 Katja Starke was a member of the St. Gallen Theatre ensemble. Here, she sang a broad range of roles ,including ADALGISA in Bellini‘s “Norma”, DONNA ELVIRA in Mozart‘s “Don Giovanni”, DORABELLA, in “Cosi fan tutte”, the 3rd DAME in “Die Zauberflöte”, Frau REICH in “Die Lustige Weiber von Windsor”, the COMPOSER in “Ariadne auf Naxos”, HÄNSEL in “Hänsel und Gretel”, LOLA in “Cavalleria Rusticana”, OLGA in “Eugen Onegin”, ORLOVSKY in “Die Fledermaus”, POLLINA in “Pique Dame”, SONJETKA in “Lady Macbeth of Mzensk”, ULRICA in “Un ballo in maschera” and CARMEN in George Bizet‘s opera.
In 2007 she sang TISBE in Rossini‘s La Cenerantola together with Cecilia Bartoli in a New Year‘s gala Concert at the Zurich Opera House. In 2005 Katja made a concert tour through Italy with the Orchestra Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini under the musical direction of Yuri Temirkanov, singing the part for mezzo soprano in Mozart‘s Requiem.
Lately, guest engagements brought her once again to the Zurich Opera House as SUZUKI in “Madama Butterfly”, as the COMPOSER in “Ariadne auf Naxos” to the St. Gallen Theatre, as ERDA in “Das Rheingold” and “Siegfried” and as KABANICHA in “Katja Kabanova” to the Opera de Dijon and to the Hannover State Opera as ULRICA in “Un ballo in maschera”.
Lately, Katja Starke also had guest performances as KABANICHA in “Katja Kabanova” and as MADAME DE CROISSY in “Les Dialoges des Carmelites” at the Aachen Theatre and as EBOLI in “Don Carlo” at the Munster Theatre. In 2017 she sang the alto part in Mahler‘s 2nd SYMPHONY with the Aachen Symphony Orchestra.
At the Bielefeld Theatre she was awarded the ‘Bielefelder Operntaler’ Prize.
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