Lyric mezzo-soprano Valentina Stadler is much sought-after on the international opera and concert
scene.

She has guested at opera houses and festivals, including Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Ópera de Tenerife (Cherubino/Le Nozze di Figaro), Teatro Regio di Parma (Fidalma/Il matrimonio segreto), the Audi Summer Concerts (Stéphano/Roméo et Juliette), the Göttingen International Handel Festival, Innsbruck Festival (Gismonda in Handel’s Ottone), and the Semper Opera in Dresden (Modestina/Il Viaggio di Reims), collaborating with conductors such as Elias Grandy, Yi-Chen Lin, Zubin Mehta, Jonathan Nott, and Keri-Lynn Wilson.

In the course of the 2023-2025 opera seasons, Valentina Stadler made her role début as the Rhine Maiden Wellgunde and as one of the Valkyries (Siegrune) in a full production of Wagner`s Ring Cycle at Basel Municipal Theatre. She also made her role debut as Prince Orlofsky in a new production of J.Strauss` operetta Die Fledermaus at Theatre Lucerne to great acclaim and was asked to take over the role of Maddalena in Verdi`s Rigoletto at Bühnen Bern. In 24/25 she also made her debut as Leda in Richard Strauss` Opera Die Liebe der Danae under the baton of Michael Zlabinger at Teatro C.F.di Genova.

Further future engagements will also see her return to Theatre Lucerne and making her debut with the Orquestra Nacional de Espana in Madrid under the baton of Fabio Luisi.

In concert appearances, Valentina Stadler has worked regularly with conductor Jérémie Rhorer. In the last season, she made her Flora debut under Rhorer in Verdi`s La Traviata at the Philharmonie de Paris and returned to the Philharmonie in Cologne singing the Alto part in Beethoven`s Missa Solemnis. Under Rhorer`s direction, she also sang the part of the Angel in Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri at the Audi Summer Concerts (Ingolstadt), at the Beethovenfest in Bonn, and at the Cologne Philharmonie. Last season, she sang in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with Rhorer conducting, at the Essen Philharmonie and the Festival de Beaune (France).

Further engagements have led her to sing in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI (Ion Marin), in Haydn’s Paukenmesse at Salzburg Festival (Riccardo Minasi), in Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs at the Ruhrtriennale (with Ensemble Modern), in Mozart arias at Berlin Staatsoper (Giuseppe Mentuccia), and in Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Mozarteum Orchestra (Leopold Hager) in Barcelona and Oviedo. With the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini Orchestra in Parma, she sang songs from Gustav Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn under the baton of Johannes Debus and was invited to return to Parma in 2024 to perform in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Enrico Onofri conducting.

At the Klangvokal Music Festival in Dortmund, Valentina Stadler sang the title role in Massenet’s dramatic oratorio La Vierge to widespread acclaim. Her repertoire includes the major orchestra song cycles of Mahler, Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder, Elgar’s Sea Pictures, Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été, Ravel’s Shéhérazade, and Britten’s cantata Phaedra. She is also particularly fond of the oratorios of Bach and Mendelssohn.

Born and raised in Karlsruhe, Valentina Stadler studied voice in Berlin (with Julia Várady and Wolfram Rieger) and in New York City. While still a student, she gave her Salzburg Festival début within the framework of the Young Singers Project in the role of Myrtale (Thaïs) with Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Patrick Fournillier. For several seasons she was a member of the soloist ensemble of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, where she covered the roles of Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Zweite Dame (Zauberflöte), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Concepción (L’heure espagnole), and Maddalena (Rigoletto). Masterclasses with Thomas Hampson, Graham
Johnson, Malcolm Martineau, Christa Ludwig, and Christine Schäfer have provided further experience and inspiration.

Valentina Stadler is a prizewinner of the Richard Strauss Competition and of Michael Schade’s Stella Maris International Vocal Competition. Renowned acting coach Susan Batson awarded her a scholarship to study at the Susan Batson Studio in New York City. Singing has always been an essential means of expression for Valentina, ever since childhood. Her
love for music was kindled by her grandmother, who introduced her to the symphonies of Beethoven and Mozart when she was a young child. As E. T. A. Hoffmann once wrote about Beethoven’s 5th Symphony: “Music unlocks for mankind an unknown realm – a world with nothing in common with the surrounding outer world of the senses. Here we abandon definite feelings and surrender to an inexpressible longing.”

Apart from singing, Valentina’s further interests lie in the domains of fashion, psychology, natural healing, interior design, jewelry design, and vintage cars.