Wiebke Lehmkuhl

Contralto from Germany
1983 in Oldenburg, Germany -

Wiebke Lehmkuhl (born 1983 in Oldenburg) is a German contralto, active in opera, oratorio and concert. She first studied the flute before turning to singing, taking lessons with Ulla Groenewold in Hamburg and then studying with Hanna Schwarz at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, from which she graduated with distinction. While still a student she joined the ensemble of the Opernhaus Zürich in the 2008/09 season, after guest appearances in Kiel, Hamburg and Hanover. Her international breakthrough came at the 2012 Salzburg Festival, where she sang Annina in Der Rosenkavalier. She has since sung Erda in Wagner's Ring at the Opéra Bastille in Paris and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (2018/19), and made her Bayreuth Festival debut in 2016, returning as Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg from 2017 to 2019. In concert, her repertoire ranges from Monteverdi, Handel and Bach to the Romantic oratorio and Mahler; she was the alto soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the opening of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg in 2017, and made her Berlin Philharmonic debut in 2013 under Daniel Harding. Her recordings include Bach's Christmas Oratorio with Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester, and C. P. E. Bach's Magnificat with the RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. She received the Mozart Prize of Hamburg in 2006 and the Walter und Charlotte Hamel Foundation prize in 2011. Source: Rondo DB

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Title Subname Catalogue Key Year Type

Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

2026-10-22

Deutsche Grammophon (DG)