Gabriela Scherer adds another Verdi role to her repertoire with Alice Ford in Falstaff at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, in a production by Mario Martone conducted by Giuseppe Mentuccia. She appears alongside a distinguished cast that includes Michael Volle in the title role, Andrè Schuen as Ford, Rosalia Cid as Nannetta, Jonah Hoskins as Fenton, Anna Kissjudit as Mrs. Quickly, Jürgen Sacher as Dr. Cajus, Karl-Michael Ebner as Bardolfo, Friedrich Hamel as Pistola, and Rebecka Wallroth as Meg Page. Performances run from November 20 to December 7.
The Zurich-born returns to Falstaff after having sung Meg Page early in her career at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, when she was still performing as a mezzo-soprano. This marks her fifth role at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, following acclaimed appearances in the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos, as Elisabetta in Don Carlo, as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, and, most recently, as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte.

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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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