ABOUT ME

„Allround talent is necessary in order to make a real career these days. Evmorfia Metaxaki is a convincing example of this“

Salzburger Festspiele

Greek soprano Evmorfia Metaxaki critically acclaimed for her performance as the title role in Strauss ´Salome, celebrates her success as an opera singer not only because of her powerful, silver sparkling voice, confident in all registers, but also for her versality with which she slips into every role. For her portrayal of Salome, she was named VOICE OF THE YEAR 2022 by Opernratgeber in Germany and BEST VOCAL PERFORMER by Der Opernfreund for having fulfilled Strauss ´demand for a 16-year-old princess with Isolde´s voice.

Her 2023/24 season begins with Tatyana in Tchaikovsky´s Eugene Onegin with the Theater Lübeck. She continues singing leading roles, including Marguerite in Gounod´s Faust, Contessa Almaviva in Mozart´s masterpiece Le nozze di Figaro and Mimi in Puccini ´s La Bohème. As a champion of an unusually wide range of repertoire, Evmorfia will perform songs by Edward Grieg with the Philharmonisches Orchester Lübeck under Hendrik Vestmann.

Ms. Metaxaki was presented to the public at the Salzburg Festival as a „Star of the new generation CON BRIO“. She has made her successful début as Mademoiselle Silberklang in Mozart ́s Der Schauspieldirektor, and sang the role of Bastienne in Mozart ́s Bastien und Bastienne (both available on DVD). A notable Governess, her most recent performances of The Turn of the Screw were acclaimed by critics and audiences. In 2014 she joined the ensemble of the Theater Lübeck, where she appeared a.o. as Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Ilia (Idomeneo), Ginevra (Ariodante), Seleuce (Tolomeo), Marzelline (Fidelio), Giulietta (Capuletti e Montecchi), Adina (L´elisir d´amore), Corinna (Il viaggio a Reims), Baronin Freimann (Der Wildschütz), Ghita (Der Zwerg), Xenia (Boris Godunov directed by Peter Konwitchny), Isabelle (Christophe Colomb), Dede (A Quiet Place), and Mrs.Coyle (Owen Wingrave).

She has made guest appearances at the Salzburg Festival, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Clorinda-La Cenerentola), the Salzburg State Theatre (Micaëla-Carmen), the Potsdamer Winteroper, the Greek National Opera (Musetta-La Bohème/collaboration with Graham Vick), the Staatstheater Mainz, the Staatstheater Braunschweig, the Staatstheater Cottbus, the Theater Dortmund, and the Theater of Erfurt. On the concert stage, she has performed Beethoven´s 9th Symphony and Mahler´s 2nd Symphony under the direction of Stefan Vladar. Her repertoire also includes Mozart´s Requiem, Verdi ´s Requiem and the Vier Letzte Lieder  by Richard Strauss.

She has been a frequent guest with the Lautten Compagney Berlin. In 2011, she sang Armida in Händel ́s Rinaldo, and she has toured in Germany and Switzerland under Wolfgang Katschner (co-production with the Händel Festival Halle). In 2012, she took the part of Almirena (Rinaldo), and thus extended her Händel repertoire. At the 19th Magdeburg Telemann Festival she sang Rodelinda in Telemann ́s Flavius Bertaridus. From 2004 – 2010, Evmorfia was engaged by the Theater Magdeburg and she was the recipient of the prestigious „Förderpreis für junge Künstler“ (SPECIAL PRIZE FOR YOUNG ARTIST). She appeared in roles such as Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Euridice (Orphée aux enfers), Despina (Così fan tutte), and Maria (West Side Story). She also worked with the renowned director Andreas Kriegenburg in his first opera productions, Mozart ́s Idomeneo and Gluck ́s Orpheus und Eurydike. The Gluck production was nominated for the esteemed German Theater Award DER FAUST 2006.

The Athens-born singer studied with Lilian Sukis at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg and attended master classes given by Barbara Bonney, Thomas Hampson, Stella Doufexis and Hartmut Höll. For her interpretation of Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), she received the prestigious „LILLY LEHMANN“-MEDAL, the highest award given by the International Mozart Foundation. During her studies, she received scholarships from the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, the Gianna-Szel-Foundation and the Lions Club Salzburg. In 2010 she was finalist at the International Singing Competition GRANDI VOCI in Salzburg.

FEMME FRAGILE, FEMME FATALE
„Evmorfia Metaxaki is a great title interpreter in Strauss‘ SALOME“

ORPHEUS, 01/2023

„…a creamy middle register, a voluminous top but with the facility to sing wonderful piano in the extreme heights…“

OPERNGLAS

„Evmorfia Metaxaki as Ilia is an exquisite Mozart singer, a clear-sparkling, impulsive soprano…“

DIE DEUTSCHE BÜHNE

„She is a glowing, blooming soprano, a magnificent voice that dominates every coloratura…“

DEUTSCHLANDFUNK

„…a creamy middle register, a voluminous top but with the facility to sing wonderful piano in the extreme heights…“

OPERNGLAS

„Evmorfia Metaxaki as Ilia is an exquisite Mozart singer, a clear-sparkling, impulsive soprano…“

DIE DEUTSCHE BÜHNE

„She is a glowing, blooming soprano, a magnificent voice that dominates every coloratura…“

DEUTSCHLANDFUNK

NEWS

 

„Voice of the year 2022“

For her portrayal of Salome, she was named VOICE OF THE YEAR by Opernratgeber in Germany.

Der Opernratgeber, 2023


BEST VOCAL PERFORMER

         S A L O M E

Beste Gesangsleistung

(Hauptpartie):

Evmorfia Metaxaki in SALOME von Richard Strauss in der Inszenierung von Christiane Lutz. Sie erfüllt Strauss’ Forderung nach einer „16-jährigen Prinzessin mit der Isoldenstimme“.

Der Opernfreund,  9.08.23

 

SEASON 2023 / 2024

H I G H L I G H T S

Evmorfia’s 2023/24 season begins with Tatyana in Tschaikovsky’s EUGEN ONEGIN. She continues singing leading roles including Marguerite in Gounod’s FAUST, Contessa Almaviva  in Mozart‘s LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and Mimi in Puccini‘s  LA BOHÈME.

As a champion of an unusually wide range of repertoire, Evmorfia will perform songs by EDWARD GRIEG with the Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck under Hendrik Vestmann.

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NEWS & REVIEWS

EUGEN ONEGIN  02.09.2023

„…Evmorfia Metaxaki hat sich mit der Rolle der Tatjana ein neues Juwel ihres weitgespannten Repertoires erarbeitet. Nach der Salome in der letzten Spielzeit erfordert die Darstellung der Tatjana ganz andere stimmliche und darstellerische Fähigkeiten, die die Sängerin bravourös meistert…“

Opera Online, 05.09.2023

„…Ihre Darstellung war atemberaubend. Wie die Sängerin die endlos lang anmutende Brief-Szene meisterte, war kaum glaublich. Sie wurde heftig bejubelt…“

LN – Jürgen Feldhoff, 05.09.2023

SCHEDULE

UPCOMING EVENTS  2023 / 2024


EUGENE ONEGIN (Tatyana) – P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY

Stefan Vladar, Conductor
Julia Burbach, Director
Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck

2023: September 2 & 16 / October 1 & 21

November 5 / December 22

2024: January 11 & 19

THEATER LÜBECK / Germany, Großes Haus

 

FAUST (Marguerite) – CHARLES GOUNOD

Takahiro Nagasaki, Conductor
Kasper Wilton, Director

Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck

2023: November 17 & 24 / December 14

2024: January 21 / February 16 & 24 /

March 10 / April 20 / May 9

THEATER LÜBECK / Germany, Großes Haus

 

LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Contessa Almaviva) – W.A.MOZART

Stefan Vladar, Conductor

Stephen Lawless, Director

Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck

2024:  March 24 / April 1 & 13

May 12 & 31

THEATER LÜBECK / Germany, Großes Haus

 

LA BOHÈME (Mimi) -GIACOMO PUCCINI

Stefan Vladar, Conductor

Angela Denoke, Director

Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck

2024: April 26 / May 3, 26 & 29

June 9 & 20

 

 

PAST HIGHLIGHTS 

 

SALZBURGER FESTSPIELE
Bastien und Bastienne  (Bastienne) – W.A.Mozart

Der Schauspieldirektor (Mlle.Silberklang) – W.A.Mozart

DVD Recording / Deutsche Grammophon

HÄNDEL FESTSPIELE HALLE

Rinaldo (Armida + Almirena) – G.F.Händel

Lautten Compagney Berlin / Wolfgang Katschner

DEUTSCHE OPER AM RHEIN – DÜSSELDORF

La Cenerentola (Clorinda) – G.Rossini

Düsseldorfer Symphoniker / Antonino Fogliani

KONZERTHAUS BERLIN
Recital with Berliner Virtuosen Ensemble

NATIONAL OPERA OF GREECE
La Bohème (Musetta) – G.Puccini

Graham Vick, Director

MARIA CALLAS – OPERA GALA 

Quintetto Florilegium / Valerio De Giorgi

Teatro Apollo, Lecce, Italy

STAATSTHEATER BRAUNSCHWEIG
The Crucible (Mary Warren) – R.Ward

Staatsorchester Braunschweig / Christopher Lichtenstein

SAMOS YOUNG ARTISTS FESTIVAL
Song recital especially dedicated to Stella Doufexis.

LAUTTEN COMPAGNEY BERLIN
New Year‘s Eve Concert „Love Songs“ – Henry Purcell

Gethsemanekirche, Berlin

MAGDEBURGER TELEMANN – FESTTAGE
Flavius Bertaridus (Rodelinda) – G.F.Händel

Opernhaus Magdeburg, Germany

FESTIVAL DE MÚSICA ANTIGA

Song recital „Amor Fati“ with Helena Raposo
Castelo Novo, Portugal

LÜBECKER LAUTEN LUST

Song recital „Amor Fati“ with Helena Raposo

Audienzsaal, Lübeck, Germany

RECORDINGS

 

MOZART 22:
THE COMPLETE OPERAS – SALZBURGER FESTSPIELE

BUY ONLINE

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
BASTIEN UND BASTIENNE / DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON

Alfred Kleinheinz | Radu Cojocariu | Bernhard Berchtold
Evmorfia Metaxaki | Aleksandra Zamojska

Salzburger Marionettentheater

Junge Philharmonie Salzburg
Elisabeth Fuchs

G.F. HÄNDEL, Rinaldo – „Furie terribili“ – Lautten Compagney Berlin

 

W.A. MOZART, Bastien und Bastienne – „Wenn mein Bastien einst im Scherze“ (live)

 

W.A. MOZART, Performing Mlle Silberklang and Bastienne at the Salzburg Festival (live)

 

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