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Ida Aldrian © Christoph Ziegler
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Ida Aldrian

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BIOGRAPHY

Ida Aldrian was born in Bruck an der Mur (Austria). She attended the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and studied under Leopold Spitzer, Karlheinz Hanser and KS Marjana Lipovšek. She also took part in master classes under Ann Murray, Bernarda Fink, Reri Grist, Peter Kooij, Andrew Watts, Thomas Hampson, Wicus Slabbert, Alan Titus, and Brigitte Fassbaender.

After having appeared in various productions of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera, Ida Aldrian was subsequently part of the ensemble of the Staatstheater Nürnberg where she sang various roles including Penelope (Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in patria), Idamante (Idomeneo), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Isabella (L'italiana in Algeri), Adalgisa (Norma), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Mercédès (Carmen), Prinz Orlowsky (Die Fledermaus) and Maddalena (Rigoletto).

In addition, Ida Aldrian gave her house debut at the Berlin State Opera as Third Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. During the season 2018/2019 she took over the role of Dorabella at very short notice in Herbert Fritsch’s new production of Così fan tutte at the Hamburg State Opera, whose ensemble she has joined shortly after and where during the current season she will appear as Mercédès (Carmen), Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Meg Page (Falstaff), Suora Infermiera (Suor Angelica) and La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi). As Mozart’s Third Lady, Ida will also give her house debut with the Zürich Opera House.

A passionate artist also on the concert stage, Ida Aldrian has so far worked with several European ensembles and orchestras such as Concentus Musicus Wien, L’Orfeo Barockorchester, Orchester Wiener Akademie, the Haydn and Minetti Quartet, Bach Consort Wien, Capella Leopoldina, Neue Hofkapelle Graz, Barucco, the Norwegian ensemble Barokksolistene and the French Ensemble Pygmalion.

Important highlights of her concert activities so far have been a New Year's Eve matinee with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano and a concert tour of the Balthasar Neumann Choir & Ensemble led by Thomas Hengelbrock. Ida further performed Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under Simone Young in Hamburg and Mozart’s Requiem under Pablo Heras-Casado in Salzburg. She appeared at the Styriarte Festival with Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and sang in Telemann’s Miriways at the Brucknerfest Linz, being also a Singer in Residence at the Trigonale and Osterklang Festival.

Further engagements saw her appearing at the Wiener Konzerthaus with Schumann's Requiem for Mignon under Cornelius Meister, at the Vienna Musikverein in Bach's St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion, in Bach’s Mass in B minor led by Martin Haselböck as well as in Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's A Midsummer Night's Dream under Fabio Luisi and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. At the festival Internationale Barocktage Stift Melk she took part in Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt under the baton of Christopher Moulds, at the Attergauer Kultursommer, the Donaufestwochen in Strudengau and the Festival Musica Sacra in St. Pölten as appeared as soloist in Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's oratorio Elijah. Together with the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra under its principal conductor Simon Gaudenz, Ida made her debut as a soloist in Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony. As part of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen in historical performance practice, she took over the part of Wellgunde in Wagner’s Das Rheingold in two concert performances with Concerto Köln conducted by Kent Nagano.

Ida Aldrian dedicates herself with great passion also to the Lied genre, having so far appeared at the Vienna Musikverein and the Musikverein für Steiermark in Graz, at the Ocean Sun Festival and the Staatstheater Nurnberg along with Helmut Deutsch, with whom she gave further recitals at Antwerp’s deSingel, the Deutschlandsberger Klavierfrühling and the Lied festival “Der Zwerg” in Sindelfingen. In autumn 2019, she took part in a gala recital at Schloss Walpersdorf in Lower Austria together with Konstantin Krimmel and Helmut Deutsch, followed by an ensemble recital with the tenor Jan Petryka at Musikverein Regensburg.

At the Handel Festival Halle 2022 Ida Aldrian debuted in the title role of Handel’s Ariodante with the Lautten Compagney Berlin conducted by Wolfgang Katschner.

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DISCOGRAPHY

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Georg Philipp Telemann: Miriways
Ida Aldrian, Markus Volpert, Ulrike Hofbauer, Julie Martin du Theil, Gabriele Hierdeis, Stefan Zenkl, Susanne Drexl, Ilja Werger
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Conductor: Michi Gaigg
Label: CPO | 2014

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Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
DVD
Alexia Voulgaridou, Cristina Damian, Teodor Ilincai, Lauri Vasar, Ida Aldrian, Jürgen Sacher, Viktor Rud, Jongmin Park, Thomas Florio
Philharmoniker Hamburg | Chorus of the Staatsoper Hamburg
Conductor: Alexander Joel
Director: Vincent Boussard
Label: Arthaus Musik | 2014

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Joseph Haydn: Out of Hainburg
Works by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Joseph Haydn, Johann Joesp Fux, Michael Haydn, Johann Georg Reutter
Barbara Fink, Ida Aldrian, Daniel Johannsen, Klemens Sander
Dolce Risonanza
Conductor: Florian Wieninger
Label: Gramola | 2012

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VIDEOS

CALENDAR

Giacomo Puccini: Il trittico

Roberto Frontali, Michele / Gianni Schicchi
Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Luigi
Jürgen Sacher, Il Tinca
Tigran Martirossian, Il Talpa
Elena Guseva, Giorgetta / Suor Angelica
Katja Pieweck, La Frugola / La Zia Principessa / Zita
Florian Panzieri, Un Venditore di Canzonette
Narea Son, Due Amanti (Voce di Sopranino)
Oleksiy Palchykov, Due Amanti (Voce di Tenorino)
Renate Spingler, La Badessa
Hellen Kwon, La Suora Zelatrice
Priscila Olegário, La Maestra delle Novizie
Narea Son, Suor Genovieffa
Olivia Boen, Suor Osmina
Kady Evanyshyn, Suor Dolcina
Ida Aldrian, La Suora Infermiera
Chorsolist, Cercatrice 1
Chorsolist, Cercatrice 2
Chorsolist, Una Novizia
Narea Son, Lauretta
Oleksiy Palchykov, Rinuccío
Jürgen Sacher, Gherardo
David Minseok Kang, Betto di Signa
Tigran Martirossian, Simone
Alexey Bogdanchikov, Marco
Ida Aldrian, La Ciesca
Hellen Kwon, Nella
Han Kim, Maestro Spinelloccio
Mateusz Ługowski, Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Axel Ranisch, production
Giampaolo Bisanti, musical direction
Falko Herold, stage and video
Alfred Mayerhofer, costumes
Michael Bauer, lighting
Ralf Waldschmidt, dramaturgy
Eberhard Friedrich, choir
Luiz de Godoy, children's and youth choir

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

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Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion BWV 245

David Fischer, tenor (Evangelist)
Johann Kristinsson, bass ( Christus)
Katharina Konradi, soprano
Ida Aldrian, alto
Michael Connaire, tenor
Manuel Walser, bassbaritone

Chor St. Michaelis
Orchester St. Michaelis
Jörg Endebrock, musical direction

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS

Giacomo Puccini: Il trittico

Roberto Frontali, Michele / Gianni Schicchi
Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Luigi
Jürgen Sacher, Il Tinca
Tigran Martirossian, Il Talpa
Elena Guseva, Giorgetta / Suor Angelica
Katja Pieweck, La Frugola / La Zia Principessa / Zita
Florian Panzieri, Un Venditore di Canzonette
Narea Son, Due Amanti (Voce di Sopranino)
Oleksiy Palchykov, Due Amanti (Voce di Tenorino)
Renate Spingler, La Badessa
Hellen Kwon, La Suora Zelatrice
Priscila Olegário, La Maestra delle Novizie
Narea Son, Suor Genovieffa
Olivia Boen, Suor Osmina
Kady Evanyshyn, Suor Dolcina
Ida Aldrian, La Suora Infermiera
Chorsolist, Cercatrice 1
Chorsolist, Cercatrice 2
Chorsolist, Una Novizia
Narea Son, Lauretta
Oleksiy Palchykov, Rinuccío
Jürgen Sacher, Gherardo
David Minseok Kang, Betto di Signa
Tigran Martirossian, Simone
Alexey Bogdanchikov, Marco
Ida Aldrian, La Ciesca
Hellen Kwon, Nella
Han Kim, Maestro Spinelloccio
Mateusz Ługowski, Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Axel Ranisch, production
Giampaolo Bisanti, musical direction
Falko Herold, stage and video
Alfred Mayerhofer, costumes
Michael Bauer, lighting
Ralf Waldschmidt, dramaturgy
Eberhard Friedrich, choir
Luiz de Godoy, children's and youth choir

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS

Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff

Lucio Gallo, Falstaff
Sergey Kaydalov, Ford
Miles Mykkanen, Fenton
Jürgen Sacher, Dr. Cajus
Daniel Kluge, Bardolfo
Hubert Kowalczyk, Pistola
Tara Erraught, Alice Ford
Katharina Konradi, Nannetta
Nadezhda Karyazina, Mrs. Quickly
Ida Aldrian, Meg Page

Leo Hussain, musical direction
Calixto Bieito, director
Susanne Gschwender, set designer
Anja Rabes, costumes
Bettina Auer, dramaturgy
Michael Bauer, lighting designer

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS

Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff

Lucio Gallo, Falstaff
Sergey Kaydalov, Ford
Miles Mykkanen, Fenton
Jürgen Sacher, Dr. Cajus
Daniel Kluge, Bardolfo
Hubert Kowalczyk, Pistola
Tara Erraught, Alice Ford
Katharina Konradi, Nannetta
Nadezhda Karyazina, Mrs. Quickly
Ida Aldrian, Meg Page

Leo Hussain, musical direction
Calixto Bieito, director
Susanne Gschwender, set designer
Anja Rabes, costumes
Bettina Auer, dramaturgy
Michael Bauer, lighting designer

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS
 

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