Caroline Stein

Caroline Stein was born in Königstein/Taunus and studied singing with Prof. Claudio Nicolai at the Musikhochschule Köln. Her professional career began for the lyric-coloratura soprano at the Mainfranken-Theater Würzburg and at the Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden. From 1991 until 1999, she was a member of the ensemble of the Niedersächsische Staatsoper Hannover.

She sang several major roles in her “Fach” like Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte, Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail. For her outstanding interpretation of Venus/Gepopo in Le Grand Macabre she was nominated as singer of the year from the magazine Opernwelt, and guested in these Roles among others by the BBC Symphony Orchestra London and at the San Francisco Opera.

At the Staatsoper Berlin Stein performed in new productions with Michael Boder and Philippe Jordan as conductors. She guested further at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brüssel, Semperoper Dresden, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opera National de Paris and at Teatro Real Madrid.

Stein made her debut at the Bayreuther Festspielen in 1999 as a Blumenmädchen in Parsifal conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli and sang this role in the following years with Christoph Eschenbach and Christian Thielemann. In Der Ring staged by Jürgen Flimm 2002-2004, she sang Woglinde in Rheingold and Götterdämmerung conducted by Adam Fischer. In Paris at the Opera Bastille she did the same role in a new production staged by Günter Krämer, conducted by Philippe Jordan.

She has also performed numerous concerts and recitals. For instance with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin with Händel`s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno. With the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra she sang Requiem für einen jungen Dichter by Zimmermann conducted by Peter Eötvös and Mysteries of the Macabre by Ligeti with Simon Rattle as conductor at the Salzburger Festspiele and Lucerne Festival.

Recordings at WDR was made with pieces of Jacques Offenbach and Oscar Straus. She also made a cd production with the RIAS Kammerchor with pieces of Ernst Krenek.

Caroline Stein has worked with many widely known conductors, such as Michael Boder, Marcus Creed, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph Eschenbach, Peter Eötvös, Hartmut Haenchen, Philippe Jordan, Jonathan Nott, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Markus Stenz and Christian Thielemann among others. Her close work with Claudio Abbado, brought her as Blumenmädchen with the Berlin Philharmonic to Berlin, Salzburg and Edinburgh. To the Osterfestspielen Salzburg as Gretchen in Szenen aus Goethes Faust by Schumann and a european tour as 1.Dame in Die Zauberflöte with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. This production was recorded on CD by Deutsche Gramophon

Since 2007 Stein has worked close with choreographer and staging manager Sasha Waltz in the production of Medeamaterial composed by Pascal Dusapins. This opera was performed in Berlin, by the Hollandfestival Amsterdam, Melbourne International Festival, at the Paris Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels and at Theatre du Capitole in Toulouse.

Caroline Stein was appointed professor in Lübeck 2012. Since 2014 she is professor at the Hochschule für Musik Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig.