Biography
Born in Bad Pyrmont, soprano Julia Borchert studied at the Folkwang University of Arts in Essen and in Freiburg im Breisgau.Since her brilliant role debut as Brünnhilde in Magdeburg, directed by Jakob Peters Messer, she has secured a permanent place in the ranks of dramatic sopranos, which she further consolidated with her engagement as Isolde at the Theater Hildesheim where she delighted audiences and critics alike.
Her beginnings took her trough the Nationaltheater Mannheim to the Niedersächsische Staatsoper Hannover, from where she continued her career at important opera houses in Germany and abroad.
The change to dramatic roles led her via Leipzig, Kassel and Linz to the Bayreuther Festspiele. She made her debut as Voce dal cielo/ Don Carlo under Daniele Gatti at La Scala di Milano and in Tokyo. She sang Ortlinde at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo under Piettari Inkinen and later at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia under Zubin Mehta. Several concert tours have taken her throughout Europe, Russia and Australia.
As Woglinde she can be heard in a live concert recording with the Rundfunk-Symphonieorchester Berlin conducted by Marek Janowski, she works regularly with the WDR-Sinfonieorchester Köln, with whom she has performed Schubert's Stabat Mater and Wagner's Wesendoncklieder under the musical direction of Michael sang Sanderling.
Julia Borchert has worked with well-known conductors such as Heinz Holliger, Philippe Jordan, Adam Fischer, Pierre Boulez, Axel Kober, Christian Thielemann, Tomáš Netopil and Daniel Harding as well as with directors such as Stefan Herheim, Christine Mielitz, Graham Vick, Dietrich Hilsdorf, Calixto Bieto and Anthony Pilavachi and Peter Konwitschny.
More recently she has celebrated success with Gurre-Lieder/Tove in Essen, song recitals featuring works of Wagner, Mahler and Strauss, as well as Rosalinde in J. Strauss' Die Fledermaus. Future projects include Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem and Redemption of César Franck.
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Beethoven | Fidelio | Leonore |
Bizet | Carmen | Micaëla |
Denisov, E. | L'écume des jours | Chloé |
Donizetti | Lucia du Lammermoor | Lucia |
Dove, J. | Flight | Controller |
Glanert | Der Spiegel des großen Kaisers | Franz. Prinz |
Giordano | Andrea Chénier | Maddalena di Coigny |
Gluck | Iphigénie en Aulide | Iphigénie |
Hersant, Ph. | Der schwarze Mönch | Tanja |
Mozart | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | Konstanze |
Offenbach | Les contes d'Hoffmann | Antonia |
Puccini | La bohème | Mimi |
Verdi | La traviata | Violetta |
Wagner | Das Rheingold | Freia |
Woglinde | ||
Die Walküre | Brünnhilde | |
Gerhilde | ||
Götterdämmerung | Woglinde | |
Tristan und Isolde | Isolde | |
Weber | Der Freischütz | Agathe |
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Ecstasy of Opera: Isolde debut in a new production
Following her last season’s brilliant debut as Brünnhilde, Julia Borchert is looking forward to another great highly dramatic Wagner-role. From November 16, she will take on the role of Isolde in the new production of Tristan und Isolde (staged by Tobias Heyder) under the baton of Chief Conductor Florian Ziemen at Theater Hildesheim. This is a special production for the house, as it will be performed for the first time on the occasion of its reopening.Performance dates: November 16/24; December 7/22; February 9; April 12/18; May 9.
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Trailer: "Die Walküre" at Theater Magdeburg with Julia Borchert as Brünnhilde
Press
Tristan und Isolde / Stadttheater Hildesheim / "Das Orchester" 02/2020
"stimmlich klar und bis in alle Nuancen ausdrucksvoll. Auch darstellerisch beherrscht sie die Bühne, sang und spielte alle in den Schatten."
Tristan und Isolde / Stadttheater Hildesheim / 18.11.19 / ioco.de
"Besessen vom Rachegedanken [...] gestaltete Julia Borchert überzeugend des äußerst schwierigen Part der Isolde"
Tristan und Isolde / Stadttheater Hildesheim / 17.11.19 / onlinemerker.com
"Mit ihrem lyrischen, aber tragfähigen Sopran mit klarem Kern sang sie die Partie mit bemerkenswerter Leichtigkeit, ohne Anstrengung und Druck"
Tristan und Isolde / Stadttheater Hildesheim / 17.11.19 / deropernfreund.de
"Erneut imponierte ihr durchgehend intonationsreines und textverständliches Singen"
Tristan und Isolde / Stadttheater Hildesheim / 16.11.19 / omm.de
"Allen voran Julia Borchert, die [...] ihr Rollendebüt gibt und eine Isolde spielt und singt, wie man sie selten erlebt."
Die Walküre / Theater Magdeburg / 12.09.18 /
nmz.de
"gelingt es als Brünnhilde, sehr schlanke Anläufe glaubhaft in ihre Hojotoho-Ausbrüche zu integrieren."
Die Walküre / Theater Magdeburg / 10.09.18 /
concerti.de
"am meisten beeindruckende Leistung des Abends ist Julia Borcherts Brünnhilde"
Die Walküre / Theater Magdeburg / 08.09.18 / deropernfreund.de
"verfügt über einen gut geführten, ausdrucksstarken Sopran bei bester Diktion."
Andrea Chénier / Staatstheater Kassel / 01.10.17 /
Das Opernglas (11/2017)
"Ihre [...] Leidensgeschichte 'La mamma morta' geriet zum bewegenden Zentrum des Abends"