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Biography

The young Berliner, Alexandra Ionis, currently lives in her home city and since October 2014 receives training by Kammersängerin Deborah Polaski. Her singing studies also led her to the Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Verdi in Milan where she was trained by Daniela Uccello. In Rome, where Alexandra Ionis became a member of the International Opera Studio at the Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia, she received further important influence from Renata Scotto and worked with the pianist Fabio Centanni, among others.

In 2014, her collaboration with renowned Italian pianist Sergio Lattes began; a collaboration dedicated primarily to the interpretation of the Kunstlied. The first Liederabend, containing works by Shostakovich and Ravel, brought her to the philharmonic hall of Messina and was followed by a Lied-cycle with works by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff in Milan.
In 2016, Alexandra Ionis debuted next to Ricarda Merbeth and Laura Aikin in R. Strauss‘ Die ägyptische Helena at the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the baton of Andrew Litton (Stage Direction: Marco Arturo Marelli). The performance was followed by another important opera project in the form of Aribert Reimann’s Melusine/Pythia under Errico Fresis and Frank Hilbrich at the Universität der Künste Berlin.

In addition to a vast opera repertoire, her concert repertoire includes works such as Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, and Mahler’s Symphony no. 3, which she recently performed in Hannover.

Opera engagements of past seasons include Roßweiße in Die Walküre under the baton of Stefan Reck at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari and under Juraj Valčuha at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Death in Venice under Donald Runnicles and Graham Vick as well as Il viaggio a Reims/Maddalena and Il trovatore, both under Giacomo Sagripanti, at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Widmann’s Babylon and Reimann’s Gespenstersonate/Mumie at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Maddalena at Dresden’s Semperoper, Annina/Der Rosenkavalier, Ulrica/Un ballo in maschera and Marcellina/Le nozze di Figaro at Opera Chemnitz, as well as several roles in the production Die Schneekönigin at Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Tischlerei stage.

In the season 2021/22 Alexandra Ionis sings Annina/Der Rosenkavalier at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin (Simone Young/André Heller), Margret/Wozzeck at Palau de les Arts in Valencia (under James Gaffigan) and can be seen and heard in the revivals of Viaggio a Reims/Maddalena and of Schneekönigin (Tischlerei) at Deutsche Oper Berlin, as well as in the world premiere of Péter Eötvös’ opera Sleepless at Staatsoper Unter den Linden. The latter takes her to Geneva and Budapest for further performances.
In addition she can be heard in a semi-staged performance (Calixto Bieito) of Zimmermann's "Die Soldaten"/Stolzius' Mutter with the Gürzenich-Orchester with concerts in Cologne and in Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie.

In the coming season she will sing Schwertleite in the new Ring production at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin (staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov) under the musical direction of Daniel Barenboim and will be back on stage in the revival of Die Schneekönigin at Deutsche Oper Berlin's Tischlerei.

As of 2018, Alexandra Ionis is a scholarship holder of the Richard-Wagner-Verband.

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Management

Artist Manager

Ingunn Sighvatsdóttir
Artist Manager
ingunn@orlob.net
Mobil: +49-173-2 067 821

Repertoire

Repertoire Concert

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

Repertoire Opera

Bizet	Carmen	Carmen*
Britten	Death in Venice	Beggar / 4th alto
Donizetti	La Favorite	Léonor de Guzman*
Mascagni	Cavalleria rusticana	Santuzza*
Mozart	Die Zauberflöte	3rd Lady
	La clemenza di Tito	Sesto
	Le nozze di Figaro	Marcellina
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
Verdi	Aida	Amneris*
	Il trovatore	Azucena*
		Inez
	Un ballo in maschera	Ulrica
Wagner	Die Walküre	Fricka*
		Rossweisse
		Schwertleite
	Tannhäuser	Venus
Widmann	Babylon	Septette
Zimmermann	Die Soldaten	Stolzius‘ Mutter

*in preparation

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Press

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 / Opernhaus 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

Always on the road... Wozzeck in Valencia

After enthusing the audience as Annina /Der Rosenkavalier at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin (Simone Young/André Heller) and in the scenic Bernd Alois Zimmermann/Calixto Bieito project in Cologne and Hamburg, the journey continues for Alexandra Ionis.

It will be her Spanish debut when, for the first time, Alexandra is on stage as Margret in Alban Berg's WOZZECK at Valencia's Palau de les Arts.
The staging by Andreas Kriegenburg is conducted by James Gaffigan and will celebrate its Valencia premiere on May 26th, 2022.

Further performances on: May 29/31 and June 03/05

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Sleepless in Budapest

After highly successful performance series at Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden as well as Geneva's Grand Théâtre the new opera by Péter Eötvös, "Sleepless", can now be experienced one last time, this time in the homeland of the composer.

The concert performance will take place at Müpa Budapest on April 12 with Péter Eötvös himself at the conductor's stand and our three participating singers: Tómas Tómasson, Arttu Kataja and Alexandra Ionis.