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German mezzo-soprano Stefanie Irányi grew up in Bavaria. She studied at the University Music School (Musikhochschule) in Munich and was a prize-winner of many music competitions, including the International Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau and the National Song Competition in Berlin.
In 2006, during her studies, she had a successful debut at the opera house in Turin, Italy, in a new production of Giancarlo Menotti's The Consul. This was followed by engagements in leading Italian and European opera houses and concert stages.
She has performed with conductors Asher Fisch, Jakob Hrusa, Thomas Herrewege., Thomas Hengelbrock, Manfred Honeck, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Simon Rattle amongst others. This season Stefanie Irányi has made her critically acclaimed debuts in the role of Brangäne in a new production of Wagner‘s opera Tristan und Isolde at the Bari Opera House.
She also sang the role of Fricka in Das Rheingold in a concert performance under the baton of Kent Nagano, and Luciano Berio‘s Folk Songs in the chamber music series of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Other highlights included a concert performance of the first act of Wagner‘s Die Walküre with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Alexander Liebreich, where she has made her debut in the role of Sieglinde. She will return to sing this role with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. She will also perform the role of Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier in Bologna, a Verdi Requiem performance in Basel, Mahler‘s second symphony with the Israel Symphony Orchestra and Mahler‘s third symphony with the Madrid OSRTVE Orchestra. She is also engaged to sing in the world premiere of Nicola Campogrande‘s new symphony, to be featured in concerts in Milan, Rome, Turin, Paris and Warsaw.
