Laila Salome Fischer

Mezzo-soprano Laila Salome Fischer débuted at the Beethovenfest in Bonn and the Berlioz Festival in France in 2021 with performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony conducted by Jordi Savall. Further performances brought her to the Philharmonie de Paris and the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona. The following December, she performed in concerts of Mozart’s Requiem, also conducted by Jordi Savall, in Lyon, Paris, Barcelona and at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, among others. Fischer began her career in the children’s studio of the Komische Oper Berlin and began professional studies at the Julius-Stern-Institut der UdK Berlin at the age of eleven. She sang the role of Clothilde in the Echo Klassik-winning CD production of Hans Werner Henze’s opera Pollicino at age twelve. After completing her schooling, she studied singing at the UdK Berlin. She has won fellowships from the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb and the episcopal scholarship foundation Cusanuswerk.
Fischer sang her first opera roles at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, the Musikfestspiele Potsdam and other stages while still at university. She has appeared at the Bregenzer Festspiele and in concerts at the Staatsoper and Komische Oper Berlin, with the Dresdner Philharmoniker, at the Bachfest in Leipzig and the Händelfestspiele in Halle and Göttingen, and has worked with conductors Jacques Lacombe, Thomas Guggeis, Sergio Azzolini and Jordi Savall, among others. From 2019 to 2022 she was a soloist at the Staatsoperette Dresden, where she sang the roles of Hänsel, Fragoletto (Les Brigands) and Josepha Vogelhuber, among others. As of 2022/2023, she is engaged as a soloist at the Theater Lübeck, where she has sung roles such as Cherubino, Suzuki, Orlofsky and Nancy (Albert Herring). Upcoming appearances include concerts at the Herrenchiemsee Festival, with the Wiener Musikverein, Concerto Köln, ensemble reflektor and Il Giratempo.