Eva Lind

Eva Lind (born 14 June 1966) is an Austrian soprano singer and TV presenter. Since her international breakthrough in 1985, she specialises in coloratura soprano roles in operas and operettas, besides maintaining an active career in concerts and recitals.
Lind is famous for her television appearances, both as performer and presenter. She has hosted several music programms, most notably ARD's "Straße der Lieder" from 2003 to 2008, alongside Gotthilf Fischer.
Andrew Lamb in "Gramophone" described her voice as "sheer delight, fresh, crisp, clear, beautifully agile and with superb trills."
Life and career.
Education.
Lind was born in Innsbruck. She began her vocal training at the Tyrol State Conservatory in her native city, and won the Austrian competition Jugend musiziert in 1983. In the same year, she debuted as Flowermaiden in Wagner's "Parsifal" at the Tyrolean State Theatre. While studying philosophy, journalism and theatre studies at the University of Vienna she continued her professional training as a singer. Her teachers were Marta Lantieri, Ruthilde Boesch and Wilma Lipp.
Singing career.
In 1985, at the age of 19, Lind appeared as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's "The Magic Flute" at the Vienna State Opera, where she was engaged as a ensemble member in the following years, singing roles such as Lucia in "Lucia di Lammermoor", Sophie in "Der Rosenkavalier", Adele in "Die Fledermaus", and Sophie in Massenet's "Werther".
She made her international breakthrough when she starred in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" in the 1985/86 season at the Theater Basel. In 1986, she debuted at the Salzburg Festival as Italian Singer in "Capriccio". She also made house debuts in Monte-Carlo ("Lucia di Lammermoor"), Stuttgart ("Die Fledermaus"), Zürich, Berlin, Munich ("The Magic Flute"). In 1987, she debuted at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's new production of "The Magic Flute" conducted by Daniel Barenboim. In 1988, she appeared for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall and the Glyndebourne Festival as Nannetta in Verdi's "Falstaff" conducted by Bernard Haitink. In 1991, she debuted in the role of Gilda ("Rigoletto") alongside Alfredo Kraus at the Teatro de la Maestranza, and in 1996, in Violetta ("La traviata") at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. In 1997, she performed the Woodbird in Wagner's "Siegfried" at La Scala in Milan, and in 1998, Oscar in "Un ballo in maschera" at the Arena di Verona Festival.
In 2002, she sang the lead role in the premiere of Mascagni's operetta "Sì" at the Vienna Volksoper.
She went on a concert tour through Japan with members of the Vienna Philharmonic in January 2010 and has given a solo recital at Milan's Teatro Dal Verme on 5 May 2010. In July 2010, she sang Gilda in "Rigoletto" (with Leo Nucci as Rigoletto) at the Opera Festival in Solothurn.
Lind sang her first Nedda in Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" in July 2012 at the Schlossfestspiele Schwerin.
Lind made regular opera and concert appearances in China. In 2003, she sang Konstanze in "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" with the Staatstheater Stuttgart in Hong Kong. In 2005, she debuted in the role of Rosina in "The Barber of Seville" in a guest performance of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma at the Shanghai Opera House. From 27 December 2010, until 6 January 2011, she toured Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Dalian, Hangzhou, Changsha, Meizhou in New Year concerts together with the Berliner Symphoniker.
In March/April 2014 she went on a solo recital tour to Shanghai, Chongqing, Dalian, Xuzhou, Nanning and Nanchang together with Chinese pianist Xin Sui.
She also made guest appearances at major venues in Berlin (Berlin State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmonie), Munich (Bavarian State Opera, Philharmonie am Gasteig, Herkulessaal, Cuvilliés Theatre), London (Royal Festival Hall), Madrid (Teatro de la Zarzuela), Zurich (Tonhalle, Zürich Opera House), Amsterdam (Opera House), Stockholm (Royal Swedish Opera), Buenos Aires (Teatro Colón), Mexico City, Tokyo (Suntory Hall, Tokyo Opera City), Osaka (Symphony Hall).
Television career.
Eva Lind became known to the general public through her television appearances. She made her first TV appearance in 1983 on the ORF talent show "Die große Chance". Under the direction of Claudio Abbado she was seen in 1985 alongside Montserrat Caballé and Marilyn Horne in the TV production "Rossini at Versailles". In 2002, she presented the "Stars von morgen" series on Arte. In 2003 and 2004 she hosted and sang in ZDF's program "Adventliche Klänge aus Dresden" at the Dresden Frauenkirche.
In 2003, she joined Gotthilf Fischer as a host in "Straße der Lieder", Saturday evening Volkslieder program on ARD, till the program's end in 2008.
In 2009 she hosted the Semperopernball on MDR Fernsehen with Gunther Emmerlich.
Academy of Music Tyrol.
Lind founded the Academy of Music Tyrol ("Musicakademie Tirol") in 2015, which offers masterclasses for classical singing and instruments.
Discography.
Recitals and collaborations
Complete opera recordings
Symphonic works, oratorios
DVDs