Elza van den Heever and Tanja Ariane Baumgartner in Woman Without a Shadow conducted by Christian Thielemann at the Vienna State Opera
In October Elza van den Heever She returns to the Vienna State Opera and takes on one of her new signature roles: the Empress in Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten. This follows her overwhelming success in this role during the previous season's performances at the Baden-Baden Easter Festival.
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner will also be seen in the role of the Nurse under the direction of Christian Thielemann. Tanja Ariane Baumgartner is one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of our time. With her portrayals of Fricka (Rheingold/Walküre), her brilliant Cassandre (Les Troyens), her Clytemnestra (Elektra) and Nurse (Die Frau ohne Schatten), and her spectacular Ortrud (Lohengrin), she has sung her way to the top of the dramatic mezzo-sopranos at the most important international opera houses and festivals.