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Named “Emerging Opera Singer of the Year” by “Opernwelt” magazine and first-prize winner at the renowned NEUE STIMMEN Competition in 2019, Anna El-Khashem was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and completed her musical studies at the State Conservatory in her native city. She made her international debut at the Bregenz Festival in 2016 as Bastienne in Mozart’s “Bastien und Bastienne” and Soprano Solo in C. M. v. Weber´s “Jubelmesse”.
El-Khashem was subsequently invited to join the Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and in 2017 she became a member of the company. She appeared in many new productions in Munich, singing, among other roles, Barbarina in “Le Nozze di Figaro”, the Mermaid in “Oberon”, Esmeralda in “Die Verkaufte Braut”, Inès in “La Favorite”, Ksenia in “Boris Godunov”, Suor Genovieffa in “Suor Angelica“ and Coryphée in “Alceste”.
She sang under the baton of many of today’s leading conductors, including Kirill Petrenko, Gustavo Dudamel, Constantinos Carydis, Ivor Bolton, Giacomo Sagripanti, Bertrand de Billy, Simone Young, Philippe Jordan and Riccardo Minasi.
In August 2019, Anna El-Khashem sang her first Susanna in “Le Nozze di Figaro” at the New Generation Festival in Florence. She then joined the ensemble of the State Theater in Wiesbaden, where her roles included Pamina in “Die Zauberflöte”, Gretel in “Hänsel und Gretel”, 1st niece in “Peter Grimes”, the soprano in a staged version of “St. Matthew Passion”, Susanna in “Le Nozze di Figaro” and Woglinde in “Das Rheingold” and “Götterdämmerung”. In the season 2021/2022 she sang, among other roles, Sophie in a new production of Massenet’s “Werther”.
Anna El-Khashem made her house and role debut at Opéra de Paris (Opéra Garnier) in June 2021 as Servilia in Mozart‘s opera “La Clemenza di Tito”, returning to Paris as Susanna in a new production of “Le Nozze di Figaro” in January 2022 and made her role debut as Zerlina in “Don Giovanni” on stage of Opéra Bastille in February 2022.
In July 2022 she performed for the first time at the Verbier Festival singing Zerlina in W. A. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” and presenting a solo recital alongside Semion Skigin (piano).
Anna successfully debuted at the Zurich Opera House in a concert under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Minasi in April 2022. In the following season 2022/23 she returned to Zurich and made her role debut as Flavia Gemmira in a new production of Cavalli’s “Eliogabalo” directed by C. Bieito.
In March 2023 she gave her debut with the Vienna State Opera during their guest performance at Opéra de Monte-Carlo singing Susanna in W. A. Mozart‘s “Le Nozze di Figaro” under the baton of Maestro Philippe Jordan. She also performed for the first time at the Tonhalle Zürich with G. F. Händel‘s oratorio “Alexander‘s Feast” (conductor-Riccardo Minasi) and sang at Philharmonie de Paris and Festival de Pâques d‘Aix-en-Provence performing J. S. Bach‘s “Matthäus-Passion” together with Les Talens Lyriques under the baton of Maestro Christophe Rousset.
In the current season 2023/24, among other projects, the soprano is set to return to the Zurich Opera House making her role debut as Clarine/Thalie in a new production of J.-P. Rameau‘s “Platée”, to perform for the first time at the Dutch National Opera as Marzelline in L. van Beethoven‘s “Fidelio” and to give her debut at the Salzburg Festival as Zerlina in W. A. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”.
In addition to her first-prize award at Neue Stimmen in 2019, Anna El-Khashem won the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in February of 2018 and received a special prize for the best interpretation of a work by Mozart. In the same year she was awarded the Trude Eipperle-Rieger-Preis. She was also the first-prize winner at the Elena Obraztsova International Competition and the first-prize winner at the Zara Dolukhanova International Art Song Competition in Kaliningrad.
Petra Radulović is a member of the opera studio of the Hanover State Opera, where she has performed the roles of Barbarina, Frasquita, Johanna (Sweeney Todd), Janthe (Vampyr) and Taumännchen (Hänsel und Gretel). Next season she performs Flora (Turn of the Screw), Oberto (Alcina), Madeline (The Fall of the House of Usher) and Elf (Rusalka). Since 2018, Petra has studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, first with Regine Köbler, and then with Rainer Trost. A prizewinner in several competitions, she has also performed in prestigious concert halls including the Schönbrunn Palace Theater and Vienna’s Altes Rathaus. She also performed three tours as Serpina in Giovanni Paisiello’s opera La serva padrona, produced by the Opera Festival Operosa. In masterclasses, Petra has worked with Peter Berne, Barbara Frittoli, Lilia Ilieva, John Norris, Neil Schicoff, Claudia Visca and Edith Wiens.
In 2020, Theresa Pilsl was awarded the prestigious Emmerich Smola Prize of the Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and also received the prize of the orchestra. She was also a prizewinner at the International Singing Competiton for Baroque Opera ‘Pietro Antonio Cesti’ in 2018 and the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang (Berlin) the same year. Her great passion lies in lieder singing. As a fellow of the Liedakademie, she is very connected to the Heidelberger Frühling. Theresa has performed recitals at the Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin, the Konzerthaus Vienna and sang Haydn’s Creation with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. She completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the UdK (Berlin University of the Arts) and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. Theresa is also a graduate of the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie 2019. Parallel to singing, she studied medicine at the Charité and is a scholarship holder of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation.
Born in Japan and raised in Canada, soprano Henna Mun is a Second year Master’s student at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London. She studies with Sarah Tynan and Caroline Dowdle. At RCM, Henna has performed the roles of Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld, La Principessa in La bella dormente nel bosco, and Adina in Opera Scenes’ production of L’elisir d’amore. She has also covered the roles of Papagena (Die Zauberflöte) and the Dew Fairy (Hänsel und Gretel) and was soprano soloist for Ein Deutsches Requiem, Gloria, Messiah, Mass in C minor, and Dixit Dominus. Currently, Henna has a full scholarship and is a Basil Coleman Opera Award holder, supported by the Midori Nishiura Scholarship. She is also supported by the Josephine Baker Trust and the Drake Calleja Trust.
Korean Soprano Celine Mun is a graduate of Yonsei University and the mdw (University of Music and performing Arts Vienna), where she made her debut as Musetta in La Bohème, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro,and Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos. She pursued her master’s degree in vocal studies with Krassmira Stoyanova and Daniela Fally. Celine has had success in a number of competitions, including Third Prize at the Lyrical Competition Salvatore Licitra (Miilan) and the International Singing Competition IMMLING (Germany). She also trained at the Hannover Staatsoper, where she performed in several opera gala concerts.
Sofie Lund has already taken part in many big productions such as Amadeus, directed by Kasper Holten, and Monteverdi’s Orfeo, both at the Royal Danish Opera. She has a preference for the contemporary repertoire, and has performed music by Hans Werner Henze, Thomas Adès and the Danish composer Ib Nørholm. In 2021, she made her debut at Den Ny Opera (Esbjerg), performing the role of Nanetta in Falstaff. In 2022, she performs Waldvogel in Siegfried at Den Ny Opera, and Death in the world premiere of the Manual composed by Louise Alenius, at The Royal Danish Opera. Sofie received her Artist Diploma from the Opera programme of the Royal College of Music (London).
After having been a member of the Opera Studio of the Opéra de Lyon, where she sang, among others, the Fire, the Princess and the Nightingale in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, and of the Académie Jaroussky, Margot Genet is now part of the Opernstudio NRW (cooperation of the opera houses of Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen and Wuppertal). Originally from Limoges, she started playing the cello before studying opera at the Haute école de musique in Geneva and then at the UdK (Berlin University of the Arts) in Berlin. She has taken part in masterclasses with Hedwig Fassbender, Elène Golgevit and Ludovic Tézier. Margot is a laureate of the Royaumont Foundation, where she will appear in Handel’s Agrippina (Poppea) in 2021. She sang Poussette in Manon in concert at the Opéra de Lyon and the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, and was awarded the ‘Malvina and Denise Menda’ grant by the Opéra Comique. Since 2016, the duo she forms with pianist Justine Eckhaut has been performing throughout Europe.
Katrine Deleuran holds a Master of Performance from the Royal College of Music (London). She is currently studying with Rosa Mannion and Caroline Dowdle. Katrine also has two Bachelor degrees, one from The Royal Danish Academy of Music and one from the University of Copenhagen in Musicology and Gender Studies. She sang her Danish debut last year at Soeholm Opera in the role of Nedda (Pagliacci). Together with her duo partner Aleksandra Myslek, Katrine is a Leeds Lieder 2022 Young Artist. After participating in the Verbier Festival Academy’s Atelier Lyrique this summer, she will travel to Germany to sing the role of Gertrud (Hänsel und Gretel) for the third time in 2022 and to study the part of Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) at Berlin Opera Festival as a Young Artist.
Michèle Bréant has been a soloist at the Théâtre du Châtelet (The Sound of Music, Sweeney Todd, Mozart l’Egyptien, Street Scene with Emilio Sagi), Théâtre des Champs Elysées (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), and the Monnaie de Bruxelles (Amour in Orphée et Eurydice). In 2015 she was soloist in Mahler’s Das klagende Lied at the Philharmonie de Paris with Jaap van Zweden. She is studying at the Felix Mendelssohn College Leipzig in the class of Carola Guber and with Regina Werner. Last summer, she sang the lead role in Hasse’s opera La serva Scaltra, in a production by La petite Bande Academy. Michèle has taken part in the Trossingen Lied Academy, and was a finalist of the 2020 Bundeswettbewerb (Oper Berlin), and the Concours Opéra Grand Avignon (2021).
Mira Alkhovik, a Saint Petersburg-born soprano, studied vocal performance at the St Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory and earned a Master of Arts with honors from the Bern Academy of the Arts in 2024. She received the Eva Kleinitz Scholarship and support from Vontobel-Stiftung, Rahn Kulturfonds, and Stiftung Lyra. She has performed Amour (Orphée et Euridice) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) at the Biel Solothurn Opera Theatre. In 2024, she debuted as Mimì in La Bohème at Teatro Solís in Montevideo and joined the Volksoper Wien Opernstudio, where in the 2025/26 season she will perform Micaëla (Carmen), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), and Bubikopf (Der Kaiser von Atlantis). Mira won Third Prize and Best Contemporary Art Song Prize at the 2024 ARD International Music Competition and Second Prize and Oratorio-Lied Prize at the 61st Tenor Viñas Contest in Barcelona. She is also a former participant of the Verbier Festival Academy (2022) and Heidelberger Frühling Liedakademie (2022).