Taxiarchoula Kanati

Greek mezzo-soprano, she made her debut as Dido (Dido and Aeneas), followed by the roles of Baba (The Medium), Carmen, Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte), Alcina (Orlando paladino), Charlotte (Werther) and Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos). Last season, she performed the mezzo part in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, as well as the Ninth Symphony at the Liederhalle, Stuttgart. In the field of contemporary music, she was invited by the composer Jochen Neurath to give the world premiere of his dramatic song-cycle Tears, in a concert with Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder at the Richard-Wagner-Association in Bamberg. She also made further concert appearances in Germany, France, Denmark, Norway, Estonia, Russia and Greece. She was finalist of the National Competition 2016 in Berlin, awarded at the UNESCO Youth International Song – Orchestra Contest in the category of Classical Song and as a finalist of the 28th International Competition Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg 2018 she was awarded a role in the world premiere of a new Faust opera there.