Biography
On the concert stage, the Austrian soprano has established herself particularly as a sought-after interpreter of the works of Bach, Handel, Haydn and Mozart, singing in many renowned concert halls and festivals throughout Europe. On the opera stage she prefers to keep her versatility, showing her great versatility and acting talent.
She made her debut at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden as Valencienne (The Merry Widow) in the 2022/23 season, as well as Angelica in Handel's Orlando at the Oper Frankfurt. As Piacere (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno) she could be heard in concert performances in Switzerland and Belgium in 2022 together with the Orchestra Les Passions de l'Âme.
„Die Koloraturen stiegen in siegessichere Höhen auf, glasklar und unglaublich gut. Eine Glanzbesetzung.“
— L’Incontro Improvviso I Donaufestwochen I OÖ Nachrichten
Other highlights on the opera stage in the past seasons include Elisa in Mozart's Il Re Pastore at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Rezia in Haydn's L'Incontro improvviso at the Donaufestwochen, Hyppolithe in Schürmann's Die getreue Alceste at Winter in Schwetzingen under Christina Pluhar, and in the summer of 2021 the role of Eurilla in Vivaldi's La Ninfa e il Pastore at the Festival Opera Barga under Federico Maria Sardelli.
She also appeared as Christel (Der Vogelhändler) at the Cologne Opera House, Donna Fulvia (La pietra di paragone by Rossini) at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Zemlinsky's Der Zwerg at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Papagena at the Teatro Regio di Torino under Asher Fish and at the Musiktheater Linz under Franz Welser-Möst.
In 2009, her first permanent engagement took the Elisabeth to the Landestheater in Linz, where she appeared until 2016 as Norina (Don Pasquale), Musetta (La Bohème), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Despina (Così fan tutte), Constance (Dialogues des Carmélites), Bellezza (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno), Anne Frank (Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank) or Adele (Die Fledermaus), among many other roles.
On the concert podium Elisabeth Breuer sang Brahms' German Requiem at the Vienna Musikverein, Mendelssohn's Paulus with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Haydn's Creation with the MDR Symphony Orchestra, the St Matthew Passion with Hansjörg Albrecht at the Munich Isarphilharmonie, solo cantatas by Bach with Reinhard Goebel, Handel's La Resurrezione with the La Folia Baroque Orchestra, Beethoven's Egmont with the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Orff's Carmina Burana at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Beethoven's Mass in C major with Emmanuel Tjeknavorian or Schubert's Mass in E-flat major at the Styriarte together with the Concentus Musicus, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
Elisabeth is also a very sought-after interpreter of Mozart's C minor Mass. The piece has so far taken her to the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra with Daniel Harding, the Norddeutsche Radiophilharmonie with Andrew Manze, the MDR Symphony Orchestra with Risto Joost or to Israel with Philippe Herreweghe.
„Elisabeth Breuer besticht mit belebend vorgetragenen Arien. Ihre Interpretation trifft den Zuhörer direkt ins Mark.“
— Johannespassion I Thomaskirche Leipzig I L-IZ.DE
Highlights of the past seasons include also numerous concerts with Ton Koopman. With him she performed Haydn's Seasons with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, as well as many performances with works by Bach, together with his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, at the Cologne Philharmonie, the MÜPA Budapest, the Leipzig Bach Festival, or the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.
The current 2023/24 season starts for Elisabeth at the Herbstgold Festival in Eisenstadt, where she can be heard in the role of Glauce in Haydn's opera Acide. The Mozart Requiem will take her to the Orchestre national de Capitole de Toulouse, the Requiem by Brahms to the Herkulessaal in Munich or Mahler's 8th Symphony to Milan. At the Wintermärchen concerts, the soprano is once again a guest at Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie.
This season Elisabeth Breuer also continues working closely with Reinhard Goebel. She will perform Bach's solo cantatas with him and the Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich and later at the Bach Festival Leipzig. She performs cantatas by Telemann with him and the Musikkollegium Winterthur and Pergolesi's Stabat mater at the Herrenchiemsee Festival.
The artist returns to the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra singing the St. John Passion and will also sing Bach under Hans-Christoph Rademann at the Dresden Musikpalast with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra and later with the Bachakademie Stuttgart. She appears at the Händelfestspiele Karlsruhe, Bruckner's Te Deum leads her to the Salzburg Philharmonic, and Haydn's Creation to the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic.
Elisabeth Breuer grew up in Haus im Ennstal, in Styria. Already as a child, her musicality was encouraged by her parents, and she attended the music branch of the Stiftsgymnasium in Admont for eight years. She then began studying music education at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, where she also studied voice with Elisabeth Batrice.
August 2023
Repertory
-
Frasquita | Carmen | Bizet
Norina | Don Pasquale | Donizetti
Anne | Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank | Frid
Sivene | Le cinesi | Gluck
Bellezza & Piacere | Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno | Händel
Angelica | Orlando | Händel
Rezia | L’Incontro improvviso | Haydn
Gretel | Hänsel und Gretel | Humperdinck
Elisa | Il Re Pastore | Mozart
Despina | Così fan tutte | Mozart
Pamina | Die Zauberflöte | Mozart
Papagena | Die Zauberflöte | Mozart
Cabri und Carmi | Betulia liberata | Mozart
Constance | Dialogues des Carmélites | Poulenc
Dido | Dido and Aeneas | Purcell
Musetta | La Bohème | Puccini
L’Amour und Clarine | Platée | Rameau
Donna Fulvia | La pietra del paragone | Rossini
Eurilla | La Ninfa e il pastore | Vivaldi
-
Lisa | Gräfin Mariza | Kálmán
Comtesse Stasi | Die Csárdásfürstin | Kálmán
Valencienne | Die lustige Witwe | Lehár
Gabrielle | Pariser Leben | Offenbach
Adele | Die Fledermaus | Strauss
Franziska Cagliari | Wiener Blut | Strauss
Christel | Der Vogelhändler | Zeller
-
All cantatas | Bach
Johannespassion | Bach
Matthäuspassion | Bach
Weihnachtsoratorium | Bach
Messe in H – Moll | Bach
Magnificat | Bach
Egmont | Beethoven
Messe in C-Dur | Beethoven
Deutsches Requiem | Brahms
Requiem | Fauré
Alexander’s Feast | Händel
La Resurrezione | Händel
Messiah | Händel
Die Schöpfung | Haydn
Die Jahreszeiten | Haydn
Die sieben letzten Worte | Haydn
Stabat mater | Haydn
Symphonie Nr. 4 | Mahler
Paulus | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
42. Psalm | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Messe in c-Moll | Mozart
Requiem | Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate | Mozart
Vesperae solennes de Confessore | Mozart
Vesperae solennes de Dominica | Mozart
Regina coeli | Mozart
Sämtliche Konzertarien | Mozart
Carmina burana | Orff
Stabat mater | Pergolesi
Petite Messe Solenelle | Rossini
Weihnachtsoratorium | Saint-Saens
Messe in Es-Dur | Schubert
Magnificat | Schubert
Der neue Orpheus | Weill
-
Marzelline | Fidelio | Beethoven
Amina | La Sonnambula | Bellini
Adina | L’elisir d’amore | Donizetti
Juliette | Roméo et Juliette | Gounod
Morgana | Alcina | Händel
Blonde | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | Mozart
Susanna | Le nozze di Figaro | Mozart
Zerlina | Don Giovanni | Mozart
Ismene | Mitridate | Mozart
Celia | Lucio Silla | Mozart
Lauretta | Gianni Schicchi | Puccini
Sophie | Der Rosenkavalier | Strauss
Oscar | Un ballo in maschera | Verdi
Ännchen | Der Freischütz | Weber
-
Strahlender Mond | Künneke
Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume | Sieczynski
Sämtliche Lieder | Stolz
Schwipslied | Strauss
Draußen in Sievering | Strauss
Frühlingsstimmen | Strauss
-
Brahms | Deutsche Volkslieder
Brahms | Liebeslieder-Walzer op.52 & op.65
Mussorgski | Kinderstube (dt.)
Schumann | Liederkreis op.39
Schumann | Frauenliebe und Leben op. 42
Schumann | Mignon-Lieder op. 98
Schubert | Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Sibelius | Lieder op. 37
Strauss | Lieder op. 10