Biography

Britta Glaser possesses one of those rare voices that can sing expansive dramatic repertoire and delicate coloratura alike. Her „pitch perfect soprano is equally in command of both lyrical tenderness and dramatic outbreak“ (FZ). The singer is known for her „strong stage presence“ (Foyer) and always pushes the boundaries with her authentic acting.

Upon completion of her Vocal/ Opera studies at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, the Royal Academy of Music London and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, she furthered her training as a private student in Florence and Rome.

Beginning her career as a mezzo-soprano, she is now at home in the lirico-spinto soprano fach. The main focus lies on German and Italian repertoire as well as 20th and 21st century music.

Britta made her debut at the Oper Leipzig and Landestheater Altenburg/Gera while still a student. Recent engagements include the Hamburger Staatsoper/Opera Stabile, Opernfestspiele Heidenheim, Theater Aachen, and the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. Amongst the orchestras she has worked with are the Gewandhausorchester, the MDR-Sinfonieorchester, and the Hamburger Symphoniker. With avantgarde ensembles such as the AOIDE.Ensemble and the Compagnia Nuova, she has performed numerous mezzo and soprano roles both at home and abroad.

Performing as oratorio soloist in renowned venues such as St. Michaelis Hamburg, Britta also gives frequent song recitals, for example in the Schumannhaus Leipzig, and the Komponistenquartier Hamburg. She has worked with many pianists including Professor Phillip Moll and Matthias Veit with whom her first album of songs by Mahler, Strauss, and Schoeck was published in 2017 in the series “Music from Zurich Central Library“. 

Thanks to the wide experience of her first teacher KS Professor Regina Werner-Dietrich, Britta is well-versed in the operetta repertoire and has performed at the Musikalische Komödie of the Oper Leipzig and the Altenburg Schlossfestspiele.

Masterclasses given by Klesie Kelly, Laura Sarti, Charlotte Lehmann, Alessandra Rossi, Bruno De Simone, Claudia Visca, Peter Berne and Gianni Bavaglio helped develop her skills further. She can also boast of prizes and scholarships that include the Czeslaw Marek Stiftung, the Ottilie-Selbach-Redslob-Stiftung, the Bundeswettbewerb Jugend Musiziert, the Max-Liebhaber-Werk, the Mentosa Netzwerk Sachsen, and the Richard Wagner Verband.

A passionate advocate for artistic versatility, Britta started her musical education a flautist and earned a degree in fine arts and English at the University of Leipzig. She runs her own art-studio in Berlin; her large-scale oil paintings have appeared in many exhibitions. Her free time is spent in the nature by hiking, skiing, and rowing.