On July 31 and August 20, Gabriela Scherer returns to the Bayreuth Festival as Gutrune in Götterdämmerung, reprising her acclaimed portrayal in Valentin Schwarz’s production, conducted by Simone Young. Her 2024 debut in the role was met with widespread acclaim, with numerous laudatory reviews, including one from Das Opernglas, which remarked: “With visibly great joy and elegance in her acting, Gabriela Scherer makes her Bayreuth debut as the lady of the Gibichung hall. Seldom has one heard such a well-balanced Gutrune—free of shrillness or strain, and with such clarity of diction.”
Before Götterdämmerung, the Swiss soprano will appear in two open-air concerts at the Bayreuth Festival on July 24 and 28. Under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado, she will perform Lady Macbeth’s Sleepwalking Scene, “Einsam in trüben Tagen” from Lohengrin, and the climactic final section of Salome’s Schlussgesang.

More information about Gabriela Scherer and the Production ‘Götterdämmerung’:

https://www.operabase.com/gabriela-scherer-a5893/de

https://gabrielascherer.com/de/

https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/programm/auffuehrungen/goetterdaemmerung/

About Gabriela Scherer:

Gabriela Scherer is originally from Zurich and completed her vocal studies in 2006 at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Professor Horiana Brănișteanu. The soprano, who has received multiple awards, further refined her training at the Zurich Opera Studio and in various masterclasses with, among others, Angelika Kirchschlager, Francisco Araiza, and Barbara Fink. Before becoming a member of the Bavarian State Opera ensemble from 2009 to 2011, she was part of the Leipzig Opera ensemble for one season until 2008. Since her successful transition to the youthful-dramatic repertoire in 2011, Gabriela Scherer has performed a wide range of major roles: the title roles in R. Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos and Arabella, Tosca (Puccini), Iphigenie auf Tauris (Gluck), as well as Contessa di Almaviva (Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro), Agathe (Weber’s Der Freischütz), and Elisabetta (Verdi’s Don Carlos). Furthermore, she has appeared in Wagner roles such as Freia (Das Rheingold), Gerhilde (Die Walküre), Eva (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), and Senta (Der fliegende Holländer). In the 2020/21 season, she made role debuts as Elsa (Wagner’s Lohengrin) at Leipzig Opera and Lady Macbeth (Verdi’s Macbeth) at the Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden. In 2023, she performed Maddalena di Coigny (Giordano’s Andrea Chénier) at the Theater St. Gallen. Her engagements have taken her to the Opéra National de Paris, Hamburg State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lucerne Theatre, Dortmund Theatre, and the Heidenheim Opera Festival. In 2024, she will make her role debut as Chrysothemis (R. Strauss’s Elektra) at the Semperoper Dresden and also appear as Leonore in Beethoven’s Fidelio at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, as Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Bavarian State Opera, and as Gutrune in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung at the Bayreuth Festival.

Gabriela Scherer appeared as Arabella at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in 2018. In the 2023/24 season, she will return to Düsseldorf as Senta.

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