Sandra Trattnigg

Sandra Trattnigg (born 14 November 1976, Klagenfurt) is an Austrian opera and concert soprano.
Life.
Trattnigg was born in Klagenfurt in South Carinthia in 1976 and has been living in Zürich since 2005. She received her musical training at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna at Helena Lazarska (vocal coach) as well as Edith Mathis (Song and Oratorio). In 2001, she won the „Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg“ competition (Berlin). In 2002, she was the laureate of the „Musica Juventutis“ competition of the Konzerthaus Vienna and received a sponsorship award from the Mozart University of Salzburg in 2003.
Sandra Trattnigg made her opera debut at the Schlosstheater Schönbrunn, singing Euridice in Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice". She then continued to sing Cleopatra in Handel's "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" in Vienna, Donna Elvira in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the chamber opera at Schloss Rheinsberg, Pamina in his "Die Zauberflöte", Mařenka in Smetana's "The Bartered Bride" and Antonia in Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann" at the opera Klosterneuburg as well as Micaëla in Bizet's "Carmen" at the municipal theatre of Klagenfurt.
She was then engaged at the Zurich Opera by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, where she has performed in roles such as Pamina, First Lady, Drusilla, Celia, Anna Geppone, First Flower Girl, The Duchess of Parma, Solveig, Marzelline, Micaëla, Vitellia, Rosalinde, Elisabeth und Gutrune. She sang in the Palau de les Arts in Valencia as Marzelline ("Fidelio") conducted by Zubin Mehta and performed brilliantly as the main part in the premiere of Anno Schreier's "Die Stadt der Blinden" as well as Regina in Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler" in Zurich. In Summer 2012, she sang in "The Magic Flute" at the Salzburg Festival and performed as Freia in "Rheingold" in Leipzig.
Sandra Trattnigg is also a concert singer. Appearances in all important European musical centers reflect her broad repertoire, her frequent engagements as well as her musical versatility: The Salzburg Festival, the Carinthian Summer, Konzerthaus and Musikverein Vienna, Tonhalle Zurich or the Gewandhaus in Leipzig being only some of her various stations in Europe. 2011 she sang the St. Luke passion of Krzysztof Penderecki along with the Dresden Philharmonic. Conducted by Ingo Metzmacher, Trattnigg also sung Martha in a rendition of Schubert's "Lazarus" with the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Up to now, Sandra Trattnigg has worked with conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Zubin Mehta, Franz Welser-Möst, Fabio Luisi, Bernard Haitink, Nello Santi, Christian Thielemann, Marc Minkowski, Thomas Rösner, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Ivor Bolton, Christoph von Dohnányi, Philippe Jordan, Ingo Metzmacher, Daniele Gatti, Ulf Schirmer, Plácido Domingo and Krzysztof Penderecki.
Awards.
2005 Women's Culture Award for Music in Carinthia ("Frauenkulturpreis für Musik des Landes Kärnten (Austria)" in German)