Heidi Elisabeth Meier

With the ensemble 2012/13
Voice type: Soprano

Heidi Elisabeth Meier studied concert and opera singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich and graduated with a masterclass degree. She won the Anneliese Rothenberger Singing Competition in 2003, was awarded the Bavarian Art Promotion Prize in 2009, and was voted Opera Singer of the Year by Deutschlandradio in 2010. Before joining the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, she was engaged at the Theater Freiburg and the Staatstheater Nürnberg. Her repertoire as a lyric coloratura soprano includes Mozart roles such as Donna Anna and Pamina, as well as bel canto roles such as Lucia di Lammermoor, Verdi's Gilda, and Strauss' Sophie.
Guest engagements have taken her to numerous German opera houses, Hong Kong, and the USA. She also regularly performs as a concert singer with renowned conductors and orchestras, singing works ranging from Bach to contemporary music.

In the 2025/26 season, she will interpret Luigia in Donizetti's “Prima la Mamma!”, Gretel in Humperdinck's “Hänsel and Gretel”, Pamina in “Die Zauberflöte”, the 5th Maid in "Elektra" by Richard Strauss and Ortlinde in Wagner's “Die Walküre” at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

(as of 07/2025)