Hanna-Elisabeth Müller

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller studied under Rudolf Piernay at Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts, and still works just as closely with him now as she did before successfully passing her soloist exams. She later fine-tuned her skills in masterclasses held by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Julia Varady,

Elly Ameling and Thomas Hampson. Since her recital debut at the Heidelberger Frühling in 2011, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller has often performed with Juliane Ruf, her piano accompanist, in major venues including the Cologne Philharmonie, De Singel in Antwerp, and the Rheinvokal Festival.
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller had her international breakthrough at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2014 with a sensational debut as Zdenka alongside Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson in Richard Strauss’s Arabella conducted by Christian Thielemann and, shortly afterwards, was named Young Artist of the Year by Opernwelt magazine. After early guest appearances including Pamina at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller joined the ensemble of Bavarian State Opera in 2012/2013, where she was heard in many different roles, including Pamina (The Magic Flute), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Servilia (Titus), Marzelline (Fidelio), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), the Infanta Donna Clara in Zemlinsky’s The Dwarf, and Sophie in Massenet’s Werther.

In 2017, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller performed two important debuts. At the New York City Metropolitan Opera she sang Marzelline (Fidelio), and made her first appearance at the Scala in Milan, singing Donna Anna in a new production of Don Giovanni. Previously, at the 2016 Munich Opera Festival, she bid farewell to the ensemble of Bavarian State Opera with an acclaimed performance of Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier. Hanna-Elisabeth Müller’s versatility ensures that the young soprano is a regular guest on the recital and concert stage. Her concert repertoire ranges from Haydn’s Creation to Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and Beethoven’s Missa solemnis.