Julia Kamenik – lirico spinto soprano

Already during her education, Viennese soprano Julia Kamenik began appearing within Vienna’s independent opera scene in productions such as “Stallerhof” by Gerd Kühr and Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” in which she sang the Countess. Her professional operetta debut was in the title role of “Madame Pompadour” at the Stadttheater Gießen, followed by a Robert Stolz operetta gala at the Wiener Kammeroper. She was then engaged by the Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg under the auspices of the “Jeunes Voix du Rhin” for the season of 2001-02, where she interpreted a broad range of repertoire. Julia Kamenik won several prizes at international vocal competitions, such as the  Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna and the Singing Competition Ferruccio Tagliavini in Deutschlandsberg.

Since the 2002-03 season, Julia Kamenik has appeared regularly with the Oper Bonn, where she has been celebrated as Pamina, Antonia, Mary Lloyd (“Die Herzogin von Chicago” by E. Kálmán), Iphis (“Jephta”), Euridice, Rosalinde, Helena (“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”), Donna Elvira, Mimì, Marguerite, Konstanze (“Die Entführung aus dem Serail”), Fulvia (“Ezio”), Liù, Micaëla, Baronin Freimann (“Der Wildschütz”) and the title role in Jánácek’s “Katja Kábánova”. Additionally, she has appeared in guest engagements at the Staatstheater Braunschweig, the Staatsoper Hannover, the Staatstheater Nürnberg, the Theater Dortmund, the Staatstheater Oldenburg, the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, where she sang Pamina, Rosalinde, Marguerite (under Maestro Marc Piollet) and Donna Elvira, and the Komische Oper Berlin, where she interpreted the role of Julia de Weert in Künneke’s operetta “Der Vetter aus Dingsda” for three consecutive seasons.

Julia Kamenik opens her 2011-12 season with her debuts at the Musikfestival Bern (Grigori Frid’s mono opera “Das Tagebuch der Anne Franck”) and at the Brucknerfest Linz with the Bruckner Orchester (Donna Elvira) . At the Oper Bonn she will appear as Arminda in Mozart’s “La finta giardiniera“, Frau Fluth in Nicolai’s “Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor” and again as Liù.

Alongside her opera engagements, the artist frequently appears in concert and recital. She sang at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (“Die Schönheit der Schatten“, hommage by Werner Schroeter), the Concertgebouw Amsterdam (Donna Elvira), the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, the Barocksaal Wien and the Austrian Cultural Forum Berlin. Her US debut was at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, where she gave an acclaimed recital with Austrian and American art songs. Tour performances have also brought her to France, Italy, Slovenia, Japan and Lebanon. CD recordings include a live performance of the “Requiem” by Antonio Salieri (recorded by the Austrian Radio in the Vienna Minoritenkirche) and the “Petite Messe solenelle” by Gioacchino Rossini.