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 versatility 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.
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 debut as Mademoiselle Silberklang in Mozart ́s Der Schauspieldirektor, and sang the role of Bastienne in Mozart ́s Bastien und Bastienne (both of which are available on DVD from Deutsche Grammophon).
Highlights of recent seasons have included her debut as the Marschallin in Strauss ´ Der Rosenkavalier, her debut as Mimi in Puccini ´s La Bohème, as well as her interpretations of Tatyana in Tchaikovsky´s Eugene Onegin, Marguerite in Gounod´s Faust, the Countess in Mozart´s Le nozze di Figaro, Micaëla in Bizet´s Carmen and Hanna Glawari in Lehár´s The Merry Widow. Her future repertoire includes two more role debuts: the title role in Puccini´s Tosca and Elettra in Mozart´s Idomeneo. As a champion of an unusually wide range of repertoire, Evmorfia has performed the role of Iseut in Frank Martin´s Oratorio Le vin herbé in 2025.
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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, the Salzburg State Theatre, 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 Brigitte Fassbaender, 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.
