For her portrayal of Ännchen in Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz at the Bregenz Festival, soprano Katharina Ruckgaber is nominated for the Austrian Music Theater Prize 2025 for Best Supporting Role. This summer, there will be another opportunity to see her in this spectacular production by Philipp Stölzl.
Additionally, she will guest at the Klosters Music Festival alongside the Munich Chamber Orchestra under Enrico Onofri, Anna Stéphany, alto, Werker Güra, tenor, and James Atkinson, baritone, for the soprano part in Haydn’s Nelson Mass.
Bregenz Festival
Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz
Katharina Ruckgaber: Ännchen
Jul 17, 2025 (Premiere), Jul 20, 24, 27, 31, 2025; Aug 3, 7, 10, 15, 2025
Klosters Music Festival
Triumph and Tragedy
Joseph Haydn: Mass in Time of Peril in D minor (Nelson Mass), Hob. XXII:11
Katharina Ruckgaber, soprano
Jul 26, 2025
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