Vergangene Auftritte 2006 – Gestern
Elijah, op. 70 (Elias), Mendelssohn
Staatsorchester Rheinische PhilharmonieAlt
Besetzung und Crew ansehen-
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The german mezzosoprano Heike Wessels studied at the Folkwang University of Arts Essen and the Conservatoire National de Strasbourg. She completed her studies by attending master classes with Brigitte Fassbaender, Thomas Hampson and Dame Gwyneth Jones. In 2006 she won the 5. International Competition for young Wagner voices in Venice. Following initial engagements at the Wuppertaler Bühnen and Staatstheater Braunschweig Heike Wessels joined in 2008 the ensemble of the Nationaltheater Mannheim singing signature roles of the dramatic mezzo fach such as Ulrica, Maddalena, Dalila, Eboli, Amneris, Brangäne, Fricka, Ortrud, Venus and Kundry . Guest contracts brought her to Oper Graz, Theater Dortmund, Volksoper Vienna, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf / Duisburg, Oper Frankfurt (Ortrud), Festsp