Ulrike Malotta
Ulrike Malotta’s uniquely warm vocal sound and her sensitive musicianship have made her an internationally sought-after mezzo-soprano in a short space of time. The young singer’s versatility allows her to perform a broad repertoire, ranging from the Renaissance, Handel and Bach to Romantic oratorios, Mahler, Wagner and contemporary music.
In the 2024/25 season, she is looking forward to a tour with Bach cantatas under Justin Doyle and his RIAS Chamber Choir, a St. Matthew Passion tour through the Netherlands under the direction of Peter Dijkstra and a concert tour with Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Paulus, among others in Canada. She will sing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in Munich’s Herkulessaal, Paul Jenkins’ The Armed Man in Zurich’s Tonhalle and Stanford’s Requiem in Cologne’s Philharmonie. In the coming months, she will also be devoting herself increasingly to the Romantic Lied repertoire and will be appearing with her piano partner Hedayet Djeddikar on Lied stages throughout Germany with various programs, including at the Knechtsteden Early Music Festival and at klangwerk Lied Freiburg.
Ulrike Malotta is at home on the major international concert stages, such as the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Luxembourg Philharmonic, the Zurich Tonhalle, the Bozar Brussels, De Singel Antwerp, the Rudolfinum Prague, the Palau de la Música Catalana Barcelona and the Maison Symphonique Montréal.
Highlights of the past season included a European tour with Wagner’s Die Walküre under Kent Nagano, in which she took on the role of Waltraute. She sang the Christmas Oratorio under Christoph Poppen in Hong Kong and Mendelssohn’s Elijah at the Rheingau Music Festival. She has also made her debut at the Hamburg International Music Festival, the Dresden Music Festival, the Lucerne Festival, the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and many more.
She has been invited to perform with orchestras such as the Nederlandse Bachvereniging, the Akademie für Alte Musik, the Basel Chamber Orchestra, Concerto Köln, the Dresden Festival Orchestra, the Gürzenich Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Choir, the WDR Choir and the NDR Choir. She has worked with conductors such as Kent Nagano, Vladimir Jurowski, Peter Dijkstra, Václav Luks, Thomas Hengelbrock, Philippe Herreweghe, Ulf Schirmer, Christoph Poppen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Ainars Rubikis, Alexander Liebreich and Klaas Stok.
She also knows how to impress on the musical theater stage. She has made guest appearances at the Staatstheater Darmstadt (Endimione in La Calisto), the Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Floßhilde and 2nd Norn in Wagner’s Ring) and appeared as Ursuline in Penderecki’s The Devils of Loudun at the Bavarian State Opera.
Ulrike Malotta’s artistic work has been captured on numerous recordings, including J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion with Concerto Köln and the Bavarian Radio Choir under Peter Dijkstra (BR Klassik) and C. Loewe’s Jan Hus (Oehms).
Ulrike Malotta studied singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich and at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt, where she graduated with a Master’s degree. She attended master classes with Christa Ludwig, Christian Gerhaher, Helmut Deutsch, Andreas Scholl, Angelika Kirchschlager, Rudolf Piernay, Helmuth Rilling and Margreet Honig.