SEASON 2025/26
Ensemble Theater Bremen
* PREMIERE & DEBUT
G. Puccini < Madama Butterfly>
SUZUKI
* Revival-Premiere
G. Verdi < Don Carlo >
EMILIA
* PREMIERE & Debut
S. Prokofkjev < Der feurige Engel>
WAHRSAGERIN & ÄBTISSIN
* PREMIERE & DEBUT
G. Rossini < Il Viaggio a Reims >
MARCHESA MELIBEA
Swiss born mezzo-soprano NATHALIE MITTELBACH, praised by the press for her „beautiful, warm, voluminous, heart-touching voice", her “Belcanto skills”, her „intense acting“, her „captivating stage-personality“, as well as for her „authentic interpretations“, „excellent diction“ and „perfect style“, but also for her “fantastic comic talent”, and from magazine OPERNWELT nominated as <Best female singer> for her interpretation of OCTAVIAN in R. Strauss' „Der Rosenkavalier", is a highly valued member of the ensemble at Theater Bremen, where she in the 2025/26 season will make her role-debuts MARCHESA MELIBEA in Rossini's "Il Viaggio a Reims", SUZUKI in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" and as FORTUNE TELLER & ABBESS in Prokofjew's "The Fiery Angel" and again embody EMILIA in Verdi's "Otello" .
Further more, she performed in Bremen the parts of EBOLI in Verdi's "Don Carlo" and MEG PAGE in "Falstaff", MARY in Wagner's „Der Fliegende Holländer“, OTTAVIA in Monteverdi's "L'incoronazione di Poppea", HANNAH / RABBI / HENRY in Peter Eötvös' "Angels in America" ISABELLA in Rossini's "L'Italianain Algeri" and BERTA in "ll Barbiere di Siviglia", GRÄFIN GESCHWITZ in Berg's „Lulu“, BABA THE TURK in Stravinsky's „Rake’s Progress“, NICKLAUSSE in Offenbach's „Les Contes d’Hoffmann“, ORLOFSKY in J. Strauß‘s „Die Fledermaus“, BRADAMANTE in Händel's "Alcina" KNUSPERHEXE in Humperdinck's „Hänsel & Gretel“, LA FRUGOLA in Puccini's „Il Tabarro“ and LA CIESCA in "Gianni Schicchi“, STAŘENKA BURYJOVKA in Janáček's "Jenufa" and Pi. REVIRNIKOVÁ in "The cunning littel Vixen", ANNA KENNEDY in Donizetti''s „Maria Stuarda“, DASHA in Kürstners „Anna Karenina“, 3. DAME in Mozart's „Die Zauberflöte“ and MARCELLINA in „Le Nozze di Figaro“, BRIGITTA & LUCIENNE in Korngold's „Die Tote Stadt“, MADDALENA & GIOVANNA in Verdi's „Rigoletto“ und FLORA in „La Traviata“, THE OLD LADY in Bernstein's „Candide“, KUCHTIK & 2. NYMPHE in Dvořák's „Rusalka“, MERCÉDES in Bizets „Carmen“, CHARLOTTE in Massenet’s „Werther“, PRINCESSE CLARISSA / LINETTA & EXZENTRIC WOMAN in Prokofjev's "L'Amour des 3 ORanges", URSULA in Berlioz's "Béatrice & Bénédict", MALWINE BORKWORLD-PREMIERE "Waves" by Elmar Lampson as well as AUNTIE in Britten's „Peter Grimes“, which also brought her, together with José Cura to the Oper Bonn. Further guest included an overwhelming and by the press highly celebrated debut as SESTO in Mozart’s „La Clemenza di Tito“ under the baton ofMichael Hofstetter at Theater Gießen, where she not less successfully sang OLGA in Tchaikovsky’s „Eugen Onegin“; DORABELLA in Mozart’s “Cosíifan tutte” brought her under the stage direction of Dieter Kaegi to the Murten Classics Festival, and ANNA REINHARD in an internationally widely acclaimed musical mystery play „Akte Zwingli“ to the Großmünster Zürich. Nathalie Mittelbach received her first musical education at the Musik Akademie Basel, before shestudied singing with Prof. Hans-Joachim Beyer at the Felix Mendelssohn Musikhochschule Leipzig and with Prof. Edith Wiens at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, and completed her studies at the Juilliard School New York; working in Masterclasses with famous singers, such as Joyce Di Donato, René Fleming, Ann Murray, and many others. In 2013/14, Mrs Mittelbach was chosen for the “Opera Avenir“, the Opernstudio of Theater Basel, where she appeared in many small parts, but also as HÄNSEL in Humperdinck’s “Hänsel & Gretel”, as L‘ENFANT in Ravel’s “L’enfant et les sortilèges”, in Calixto Bieto’s Concept “De rerum natura” and as F4 in Peter Ruzicka’s World-Premiere „Hölderlin“; and where she studied CHERUBINO in Mozart‘s “Le Nozze di Figaro”, AMORE in Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione die Poppea”, OREPHEUS in Gluck’s „Orpheus & Eurydice“ and DOCTOR in Peter Maxwell Davies "Young Blood". Besides her opera commitments, Nathalie Mittelbach is a sought after interpreter for oratorio-concerts and song-recitals, which led her to many renowned orchestras and concert halls throughout Europe and the USA. Among others, she sang Bach’s“h-moll-messe” under the baton of Helmuth Rilling with the Bach Collegium Stuttgart and with the BR Orchester under Michael Hofstetter; and the "Weihnachtsoratorium" in the Berliner Philharmonie. She regularly is guesting with the Collegium Musicum Luzern, the Baroque-Ensembles Capriccio Basel and La Banda, the Duisburger Philharmoniker or the NDR Orchester. Under Emanuel Villaume, she sang Berlioz “Nuits d`été” at the Avery Fisher Hall New York City; with Brian Zeger she gave a Brahms-Song-Recital at the Alice Tully Hall; together with Marcelo Amari she appeared at the Hugo Wolf Akademie Stuttgart, sang numerous concerts in St. Petersburg and the Cajkovsky Concert Hall Moscow, among others Wagner’s “Wesendonck-Lieder”; and together with Canadian accompanist Erica Switzer, performing at the“Musical Olympus Festival", Mrs. Mittelbach gave her debut at the Carnegie Hall New York. The Mezzo-soprano was awarded at many international competitions. Among others, she received the 3rd Prize at the renowned Song-Competition “Das Lied” in Berlin (2013), the 1st Prize and the Special-Prize at the “Concours International Ernst Haeflinger” in Gstaad (2012), and the 2nd Prize and Special-Prize at the “International Summeracademy Mozarteum Singing Competition” in Salzburg (2009) In addition, Nathalie Mittelbach is winner of the Trude Eipperle-Riege Prize, was a scholarship-holder of the Richard Wagner Foundation and the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation “Live Music Now”. Season 2025/26 |  |
