Anna-Lena Elbert

Munich soprano Anna-Lena Elbert maintains a vibrant international career spanning repertoire from the Renaissance to today. She has appeared with the Munich Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Budapest Festival Orchestra, and others. A passionate advocate for new music, she collaborates closely with Gordon Kampe, Jan Müller-Wieland, and Konstantia Gourzi, creating leading roles at the Bavarian State Opera and Salzburg Festival. Highlights include Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos) with Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, and Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre at major European festivals. Also devoted to early music, she is a frequent interpreter of Bach and Handel, performing at Leipzig and Schaffhausen Bachfests, and records Johann Ludwig Bach cantatas with Johanna Soller. In 2025/26 she debuts as Osira in J. C. Bach’s Zanaida and in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with Jonathan Cohen.