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Biography

Moldova born and Berlin native mezzo-soprano Alexandra Ionis studied at the Berlin Universität der Künste and the Milan Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Verdi and was a member of the International Opera Studio of the Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia, where she was taught by Renata Scotto among others.

Already during her studies she took part in Aribert Reimann's opera Melusine/Pythia at the Berlin UdK under Errico Fresis and Frank Hilbrich.
Since then, her love of contemporary and modern music has been demonstrated numerous times, including in Widmann's Babylon and Reimann's Gespenstersonate/Mumie at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Britten's Death in Venice under Donald Runnicles and Graham Vick at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berg's Wozzeck/Margret at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia under James Gaffigan, in semi-staged performances of Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten/Stolzius' Mutter with the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and François-Xavier Roth (staging: Calixto Bieito) in Cologne, Hamburg and Paris, as well as the two world premieres Die Schneekönigin (Tischlerei der Deutschen Oper Berlin) and Subotnik (Neuköllner Oper) by the composer Samuel Penderbayne.
In addition, she sang in the world premiere of Péter Eötvös' opera Sleepless at Staatsoper Unter den Linden (with revivals in Geneva and Budapest) and the world premiere of the children’s opera Robin Hood/Nurse (M. dall’Ongaro) at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.

Further highlights in recent seasons include her debut at the Bayreuth Festival 2024 as 2nd Norn/Götterdämmerung, Siegrune/Die Walküre (both under Simone Young) and as Mary in the children’s opera Der fliegende Holländer, her Schwertleite/Walküre in the new RING production at Staatsoper Unter den Linden (staging: Dmitri Tcherniakov) under the baton of Christian Thielemann and Thomas Guggeis, the new production Elektra/3rd Magd (director: Philipp Stölzl) with the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko in Baden-Baden and Berlin, 3rd Magd/Elektra at Staatsoper Stuttgart, Roßweiße/Walküre under Stefan Reck at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari and under Juraj Valčuha at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Il viaggio a Reims/Maddalena and Il trovatore, both under Giacomo Sagripanti at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Maddalena at the Dresden Semperoper, Annina/Der Rosenkavalier at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin (Simone Young/André Heller), as well as Annina/Rosenkavalier, Ulrica/Un ballo in maschera and Marcellina/Le nozze di Figaro at the Chemnitz Opera House.

Her concert repertoire includes works by Pergolesi, Bach, Rossini, Verdi, Mahler, Schönberg, Shostakovich, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov.

As of season 2023/24, Ionis is a member of the ensemble at Theater Bielefeld, where she could already be experienced as Anaide in Leoncavallo's Zazà and Mrs Quickly in Verdi's Falstaff, among others.

Projects at her parent house in Bielefeld in the 2024/25 season include her debuts as Judith in Bartók‘s Bluebeard’s Castle, Giulietta&Voice of the Mother in the new production Les contes d’Hoffmann, Katerina (Magdalena) in the new staging of Martinů’s The Greek Passion, and as Queen of Hearts in the new staging of Pierangelo Valtinoni’s Alice in Wonderland.
In addition, she will make her debut as Fricka in Die Walküre in concert with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Simone Young and return to Deutsche Oper Berlin as Maddalena in Viaggio a Reims.
In the summer of 2025 she will be back at the Bayreuth Festival as 2nd Norn and Siegrune in the RING.

Alexandra Ionis is a scholarship holder of the Richard Wagner Society since 2018.

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Management

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Repertoire

Repertoire Concert

Bach, J.S.	Christmas Oratorio
Beethoven	Missa Solemnis
	Symphony no 9
Mahler	Symphony no 3 (alt solo)
Rossini	Petite messe sollenelle (alt solo)
Verdi	Messa da Requiem

Repertoire Opera

Bartók	Bluebeard's Castle	Judith
Bizet	Carmen	Carmen*
Britten	Death in Venice	Beggar / 4th alto
Dall'Ongaro	Robin Hood (UA)	Nutrice
Donizetti	La Favorite	Léonor de Guzman*
Leoncavallo	Zazà	Anaide
Martinu	The Greek Passion	Katerina
Mascagni	Cavalleria rusticana	Santuzza*
Mozart	Die Zauberflöte	3rd Lady
	La clemenza di Tito	Sesto
	Le nozze di Figaro	Marcellina
Offenbach	Les contes d'Hoffmann	Giulietta
		Voix de la tombe
Penderbayne	Die Schneekönigin	Räubertochter, Prinzessin, Lappin
Reimann	Gespenstersonate	Die Mumie
	Melusine	Pythia
Rossini	Il viaggio a Reims	Maddalena
Saint-Saens	Samson et Dalila	Dalila*
Strauss	Der Rosenkavalier	Annina
	Die Ägyptische Helena	Elfe
	Elektra	3rd Magd
Verdi	Aida	Amneris*
	Don Carlo	Eboli
	Falstaff	Ms. Quickly
	Il trovatore	Azucena*
		Inez
	Un ballo in maschera	Ulrica
Wagner	Der fliegende Holländer	Mary
	Die Walküre	Fricka
		Rossweisse
		Siegrune
		Schwertleite
	Götterdämmerung	2nd Norn
	Tannhäuser	Venus
Widmann	Babylon	Septette
Zimmermann	Die Soldaten	Stolzius‘ Mutter

*in Vorbereitung

Repertoire als PDF-Datei

Press

Die Walküre / Sydney Symphony Orchestra /
18.11.2024 / The Sydney Morning Herald

"Alexandra Ionis' Fricka, whose formidably firm contralto voice was leavened with an even velvety finish of burgundy richness"

Die Walküre / Sydney Symphony Orchestra /
18.11.2024 / Australian Book Review

"Alexandra Ionis was an incisive and authoritative Fricka"

Herzog Blaubarts Burg / Theater Bielefeld /
19.10.2024 / concerti.de

"Ionis agiert mit hochdramatischer Frischegarantie und gleißendem Stimmfeuer"

Falstaff / Theater Bielefeld /
Juli 2024 / Opernwelt

"Ein Ausbund an Komik und mit grabesdunkel grundiertem Mezzo"

Falstaff / Theater Bielefeld /
02.06.24 / Westfalen-Blatt

"Für besondere Erheiterung sorgt Alexandra Ionis, die ihrer Rolle als vollblutig flirtender Mrs. Quickly mit kraftvoll geführtem Mezzo Nachdruck verleiht."

Die Soldaten / Philharmonie de Paris /
28.01.24 / anaclase.com

"On retrouve le timbre moelleux et riche d'Alexandra Ionis en Mère de Stolzius à gosier fort souple"

Die Soldaten / Elbphilharmonie Hamburg / 24.01.2024 / ioco.de

"überzeugt mit schönem Mezzosopran und gab sich innerhalb des Ensembles darstellerisch spielfreudig"

Die Soldaten / Philharmonie de Paris / 19.01.2024 / classiquenews.com

"impressionnent par leurs graves profonds et leur présence scénique confondante"

Die Soldaten / Kölner Philharmonie / 19.01.2024 / die-deutsche-buehne.de

"großes Bühnentemperament"

Verdi Requiem / Oetkerhalle Bielefeld / 13.11.2023 / Neue Westfälische

"Herausragende Solistin des Abends ist Alexandra Ionis, sie zeigt mit großem Stimmumfang in dynamischer Spanne, was im Belcanto an vokalen Klangfarben möglich ist - das kann man sich nicht besser vorstellen, Chapeau!"

Zazà / Theater Bielefeld / Okt 2023 / operalounge.de

"Mit erdig-markantem Dunkelmezzo macht Alexandra Ionis viel aus der markanten Episodenrolle."

Wozzeck / Palau de les Arts / 30.05.2022 / operaactual.com

"la brillante Margret de Alexandra Ionis"

Wozzeck / Palau de les Arts / 29.05.2022 / operaworld.es

"Destacable también [...] fue la Margret de Alexandra Ionis, interpretada con soltura y atendiendo bien a los matices tanto sórdidos como ligeros que exige este personaje secundario."

Wozzeck / Palau de les Arts / 28.05.2022 / scherzo.es

"la grotescamente caracterizada y bien cantada Margret de Alexandra Ionis"

Wozzeck / Palau de les Arts / 28.05.2022 / tempsarts.cat

"Alexandra Ionis va encarnar una excellent Margret"

Wozzeck / Palau de les Arts / 27.05.2022 / elblogdeatticus.com

"la estupenda Margret de Alexandra Ionis, de fraseo muy expresivo, voz oscura y un sentido teatral bárbaro"

Wozzeck / Palau de les Arts / 27.05.2022 / levante-emv.com

"A tono con el sobresaliente nivel general [...] la vacilona y calentona Margret de Alexandra Ionis."

Die Schneekönigin / Deutsche Oper Berlin / 22.11.19 / morgenpost.de

"an seiner Seite die ebenfalls brillante Alexandra Ionis als Prinzessin, die wiederum kurz danach in einer virtuos lärmenden Räuberszene die einzige Räuberin mit Herz spielen wird"

Un ballo in maschera / Oper Chemnitz / 03.12.17 / mdr.de

"Überzeugend war auch Altistin Alexandra Ionis"

Un ballo in maschera / Oper Chemnitz / 03.12.17 / freiepresse.de

"sorgt für Gänsehautmomente"

Un ballo in maschera / Oper Chemnitz / 03.12.17 / theaterfoerderverein-chemnitz.de

"Wie leicht oder wie glänzend kommt rüber, was doch so schwer zu singen ist"

Un ballo in maschera / Oper Chemnitz / 02.12.17 / concerti.de

"das Profil eines sehr gut entwickelten Mezzosoprans"

Der Rosenkavalier / Oper Chemnitz / 08.10.17 / der-neue-merker.eu

"mit einem voluminösen Mezzo"

Gespenstersonate / Werkstatt der Staatsoper Berlin / 28.06.17 / badische-zeitung.de

"mit mächtigem Mezzo und enorm fokussiert"

Gespenstersonate / Werkstatt der Staatsoper Berlin / 27.06.17 / anaclase.com

"l'excellente Mumie d'Alexandra Ionis"

Gespenstersonate / Werkstatt der Staatsoper Berlin / 26.06.17 / tagesspiegel.de

"mit bemerkenswerter Stimmkraft und emotionaler Präsenz"

Mahler 3. Sinfonie / Kurhaus Bad Bevensen / 05.01.17 / barftgaans.de

"Makellos die Mezzosopranistin"

Die ägyptische Helena / Deutsche Oper Berlin / 09.04.16 / konzertkritikopernkritikberlin.wordpress.com

"fußflinke und schön singende Solistinnen"

News

Goddess Fricka down under!

It will be a multiple debut for Alexandra Ionis when she takes to the concert stage of the Sydney Opera House this coming weekend.
Not only will she be appearing in Australia for the first time, she will also be performing a new role - Fricka, goddess of marriage and wife of Wotan, in Wagner's Die Walküre. The opera will be performed in a concert version with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Simone Young, with whom Ionis already worked in the RING production at the Bayreuth Festival this summer.
In addition to Fricka, Ionis can also be heard as Rossweisse alongside renowned colleagues such as Anja Kampe, Stuart Skelton and Peter Rose.

Concert dates: 15 & 17 November 2024

For more information about the production:
www.sydneysymphony.com/...

Open doors in Bluebeard's castle!

Following her successful debut as Mrs Quickly in Verdi's Falstaff at Theater Bielefeld last summer, her next role at the theatre is now opening a new door for Alexandra Ionis!
On 18 October 2024, the young mezzo-soprano will sing Judith in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle for the first time. The dramatic opera will be performed in a semi-staged version of the Bielefeld ‘Lichtspieloper’ format, directed by Wolfang Nägele and conducted by GMD Alexander Kalajdzic. The title role will be sung by Joshua Bloom.

All performance dates: 18/20 October & 02/05 November 2024

In addition to other roles at Theater Bielefeld, this season Alexandra Ionis can also be seen and heard for the first time as Katerina (Magdalena) in Martinů's The Greek Passion.