Clara Kunzke

Birthplace:
Berlin

Studies:
Master of Music (Voice/Opera) at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media with Prof. Gudrun Pelker - graduating in February 2022 with top grades; Bachelor of Music (Voice) at the Rostock University of Music and Drama and at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media

Master classes:
With Hedwig Fassbender, René Massis, Fausto Nardi, Enrico Maria Cacciari (Excellence Lab Opera 2021) as well as with Michelle Breedt, Peter Berne, Claudia Barainsky, et al.

Relation to the State Opera:
Clara Elise Kunzke sings 2nd alto in the chorus of the Hamburg State Opera since the 2022/23 season

Stations:
Opera choir member in the 2nd alto at the Lower Saxony State Opera Hanover (02/2018-07/2022), member of the Festival Choir of the Bayreuth Festival in the summer of 2023

Solo roles in:
Saint Charles (Dialogues of the Carmelites) and A Passant (Sweeney Todd) at the Lower Saxony State Opera Hanover, Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), Old Lady (Juliette), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Third Lady (The Magic Flute), The Cook (The Ghost Sonata)