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Martina Welschenbach received her musical education in her hometown at the University of Music in Stuttgart, the Guildhall School of Music in London, and the Royal College of Music in London. During her studies, she regularly performed at the Stateopera Stuttgart and the National Theatre Zagreb. In 2005, she became a member of the International Opera Studio at the Zurich Opera House and was soon incorporated into the permanent ensemble. Starting from the 2008/09 season, Martina Welschenbach changed to the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Here, she performed roles such as Musetta in "La Bohème," Gretel in "Hansel and Gretel," Oscar in "Un ballo in maschera," Ännchen in "Der Freischütz," Echo in "Ariadne auf Naxos," as well as Clorinda in "La Cenerentola," Susanna in "Le nozze di Figaro," Zerlina in "Don Giovanni," Micaëla in "Carmen," Pamina in "Die Zauberflöte," Woglinde in "Das Rheingold" and "Götterdämmerung," Karolka in "Jenufa," Solveig in "Peer Gynt," Liu in "Turandot," and Füchslein Schlaukopf in "Schlaues Füchslein."

Throughout her career, Martina Welschenbach collaborated with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Fedosejev, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Cornelius Meister, Ingo Metzmacher, Carlo Rizzi, Sir Donald Runnicles, Nello Santi, Peter Schneider, Franz Welser-Möst, Jonathan Nott, Sir Simon Rattle, as well as distinguished stage directors including Claus Michael Gruber, Jens-Daniel Herzog, Martin Kuschej, Carlo Lievi, Christof Loy, Giancarlo del Monaco, and David Pountney.

In the 2012/13 season she opened her way into the German fach with her highly successful debuts as Freia in Wagner's "Das Rheingold" and Eva in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg".

Guest performances took her to such places as Vienna, Paris, Lucerne, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Eutin and Leipzig. Highlights included her celebrated debut at the Opéra National de Paris as Regina in "Mathis der Maler" under Christoph Eschenbach, the role of Thekla in "Wallenstein" with Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under Cornelius Meister at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Fiordiligi in a concert performance of "Così fan tutte" under Marcus Bosch, Tatjana in multiple concert performances of "Eugene Onegin" with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, and her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker performing Claude Debussy's "La Damoiselle élue" under the musical direction of Sir Donald Runnicles.

Since the 2015/16 season, Martina Welschenbach has been working as a freelance artist. She continues to be a very welcome guest at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, performing roles such as Irene in Wagner's "Rienzi" and Senta in "Der fliegende Holländer".  Significant recent role debuts and guest performances included the title role of "Lulu" at the Wuppertaler Bühnen, Marschallin in "Der Rosenkavalier," and Leonore in "Fidelio" at the Theater Bonn. She once again performed Senta in "Der fliegende Holländer" at the opera houses in Nantes, Angers, and Rennes, and participated in the premiere of Jan Dvořák and Philipp Stölzl's musical theater revue "Phantome der Oper" (a staged gala of arias from the genre) at the Nationaltheater Mannheim. Following that, she debuted as Sieglinde in "Die Walküre" under the baton of Nicholas Milton and the direction of Aron Stiehl at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt. In the fall of 2022, she sang her first Elsa in "Lohengrin" at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna under the direction of Asher Fisch. In 2023, at the Oper Leipzig, she appears as Ellen Orford in the premiere cast of "Peter Grimes" conducted by Christoph Gedschold and directed by Kay Link. At the Staatstheater Braunschweig, she performs the role of Sieglinde in a concert performance of "Die Walküre" conducted by Srba Dinić.  Active in the concertflield, she portrays Peri in Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri" with the Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie Chemnitz and the MDR Radio Choir under Guillermo García Calvo.

Prior to her performance in the revival of Peter Grimes in Leipzig in the 23/24 season, Martina Welschenbach will appear at the International Festival "Anima Mundi" in Pisa with R. Strauss Vier Letzte Lieder and the pianist James Baillieu. Her return to the Leipzig Opera in 24/25 with Senta in The Flying Dutchman has already been confirmed, and in concert she can be heard in Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony under the direction of Stefan Blunier and the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música.

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Martina Welschenbach redeems the Dutchman in Leipzig

Martina Welschenbach returns to Oper Leipzig after her successful debut as Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, this time with her signature role of Senta in Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer. The musical director of the revival is Christoph Gedschold, other roles include Ulrike Schneider as Mary and Yorck Felix Speer as Daland

Performance dates and further information can be found here: 
www.oper-leipzig.de

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