Alice Lackner

Alice Lackner is an internationally acclaimed opera, concert and Lied singer.

She holds a close artistic relationship with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and its chief conductor Vladimir Jurowski, as well as with the lautten compagney Berlin under baton of Wolfgang Katschner. She has also worked with orchestras such as the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Essener Philharmoniker, the Russian National Orchestra of Kaliningrad, the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder), the Sinfonieorchester Aachen, as well as baroque ensembles such as Ensemble 1700 (under Dorothee Oberlinger), L‘Orfeo, La Banda, Concerto Theresia, le buisson prospérant or Stiftsmusik Stuttgart.

She has been invited to festivals and concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmonie and Konzerthaus, Aalto-Theater Essen, Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth, Musikfest Berlin, George-Enescu-Festival Bukarest, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Mosel Musikfestival, Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, Nikolaisaal Potsdam or Thomaskirche in Leipzig. Various recordings have been published for Deutschlandfunk, BR-Klassik, ARTE Concert, cpo, Sony and her Debut-CD “Ernsthaft?!” (GENUIN 2021).

As an opera singer, Alice Lackner made her debut in 2023 at the Aalto-Theater Essen, the Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth and Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci. Previously, she sang at the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik as “Olga” in Mattheson’s “Boris Goudenow”. This production was released in 2022 by the label cpo. In productions of the lautten compagney Berlin, she performed “Ruggiero” in Handel’s “Alcina” or “Volpino” in Haydn’s “Lo Speziale”. As a laureate of the Rheinsberg Kammeroper Festival 2019, she was invited to sing “Nancy” in Flotow’s “Martha”. While still in her studies, she performed various soloist parts at the Theater Aachen, in operas such as Rusalka (Antonín Dvořák), Les Brigands (Jacques Offenbach) or Jenufa (Leoš Janáček).

In September 2024, she will give her debut as a concert singer in the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. Previous highlights include Bach’s Mass in b minor and Mahler’s Symphony Nr. 4 with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, under baton of Vladimir Jurowski, or Mozarts Mass in c minor in the Berliner Philharmonie.

Her core repertoire on the concert stage includes alto parts in works by Bach, Händel, Mozart, and Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Recent performances have also included lesser known concert repertoire such as Requiems by Duruflé or Suppè, the “Membra Jesu Nostri” by Buxtehude or “Der Sieg des Glaubens” by Ries. Furthermore, she recently also performed soprano parts in works such as Dvorak’s “Stabat Mater”, Rossini’s “Petite Messe Solenelle” or Stravinsky’s “Les Noces”.

With respect to the art song, Alice Lackner works on a regular basis with the pianist Imke Lichtwark in Berlin. Their debut CD with songs by Zemlinsky, Schönberg and Daigger was released in 2021 with the label GENUIN, co-produced by Deutschlandfunk. In October 2023, Alice recorded – together with pianist Philip Mayers – the complete art songs by George Antheil for Deutschlandfunk; many of these songs were world premieres. As a chamber music partner, she will again perform together with musicians of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin in December 2024.

Alice Lackner is very passionate about contemporary music. In September 2024, she will perform  Ruth Zechlin’s “Frühe Kafka-Texte” in Berlin together with Zafraan Ensemble.

In 2023, she sang the role of “Martha” in the world premiere of Gordon Kampe’s opera “Dogville” at Aalto-Theater Essen. Furthermore,  she worked with composers such as Bernd Franke, Sven Daigger, Ruth Alon, Johannes X. Schachtner, Oscar Jockel, or Sabine Wüsthoff. She also sings in small ensembles such as the SWR Vokalensemble, and founded in 2019 the Berlin-based trio meZZZovoce, with which she has sung a great variety of world premieres.

Born in Munich, Alice Lackner studied with Prof. Kunz-Eisenlohr 2010-2015 at the HfMT Köln/Aachen and worked with teachers such as Brigitte Fassbaender, Gerd Uecker, Robert Holl, Ulrich Eisenlohr and Sami Kustaloglu. She received a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and won prizes at the “Podium junger Gesangssolisten” competition (Essen 2015 and Erfurt 2021), the “cantatebach!” competition in Greifswald (2017) as well as the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg (2019).

Alice Lackner is the designated artistic director of the festival “Gueldener Herbst” in Thuringia, starting 2025.

Furthermore, she holds a Master’s degree in sociology and works as a research assistant at the Berlin-based ZOiS (Centre for East European and International Studies).

Alice Lackner speaks German, English, Italian, French and Russian, and is currently studying Arabic.