Leandra Overmann

Education
Piano and singing (Belgrado, Detmold and Köln, Conservatory Santa Cecilia Rome)

Debut
Rosina/Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Belgrado)

Carrieer
Attached toopera houses in Detmold (1977-’82), Basel (1985-’97), Bonn (’97-2000)
Kostelnicka/Klytämnestra/Knusperhexe/Hänsel und Gretel (member of the ensemble of Staatsoper Stuttgart)
Professor in singing, Musical Academy of Würzburg, 2002-

Highlights
Erda/Fricka/Waltraute/Erste & Zweite Norn/Der Ring des Nibelungen (Bonn); Amneris/Aida, Azucena/Il Trovatore, Santuzza/Cavalleria Rusticana, Ulrica/Un Ballo in Maschera, Kostelnička/Jenůfa, Klytämnestra/Elektra, Cornelia/Giulio Cesare, The Mother/Al gran sole carico d’amore (member of the ensemble of Staatsoper Hannover), 2001-2006
Ljoebov/Mazeppa (Vlaamse Opera), 2009

Prizes
‘Singer of the Year’ in Opernwelt for Klytämnestra/Elektra, 2007
‘Singer of the Year’ in Opernwelt for Mescalina/Le Grand Macabre (staging: Calixto Bieito), 2010

Recent and future productions
Leokadja Begbick/Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Vlaamse Opera)