Christina Gansch  

Born in Austria, Christina Gansch studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum and the RAM and won the 2014 Kathleen Ferrier Award. She is a former member of Hamburg State Opera where roles included Pamina, Marzelline, Gretchen in Schumann's  Faust-Szenen and Handel’s Almira, among others. Additional appearances include Zerlina (Don Giovanni) for The Royal Opera; Mélisande for the Glyndebourne Festival; Gretel for Bayerische Staatsoper; Servilia (La clemenza di Tito) for the Salzburg Festival and The Royal Opera; Zerlina for Paris Opera and San Francisco Opera; Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos) for La Scala, Milan and Woodbird (Siegfried) for Staatsoper Berlin. Concert appearances include Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem (Hamburg PO under Nagano), Mozart’s Mass in C minor (Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra under Fischer), Mahler’s Symphony no.9 at the BBC Proms and Edinburgh Festival (BBC Symphony Orchestra under Bychkov), Ilia in Idomeneo (Concerto Köln under Nagano) and Zerlina (concerts, Sony recording under Currentzis).