Vera Schoenenberg is Senior Lecturer in Voice at Mozarteum University (Innsbruck campus). The soprano has performed internationally in opera and concert, with a repertoire ranging from Baroque and Classical works to bel canto and 20th-century opera. Her artistic experience informs her work as a teacher and vocal mentor.
The soprano Vera Schoenenberg received her first professional engagement at Theater Ulm after completing her studies at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf, where she made her stage debut as Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata. Since then, she has appeared at opera houses including Basel, Karlsruhe, Augsburg, Meiningen, Innsbruck and Cottbus.
Her repertoire encompasses roles from Baroque and Classical opera, including works by Handel, Gluck and Mozart, through to Romantic and modern repertoire. Particularly notable are her interpretations of bel canto roles by Donizetti, as well as challenging works such as Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, in which she performed all three female leads. She has also appeared regularly as a concert soloist in Austria and abroad, performing at venues including the Dortmund Konzerthaus, the Kölner Philharmonie and the Alte Oper Frankfurt.
Throughout her career, Schoenenberg has worked with renowned artists and mentors including Bernd Weikl, Charles Spencer, Tamar Rachum, Richard Miller and Brigitte Fassbaender. Her long-standing artistic collaboration with Edita Gruberova has been particularly influential in the development of her vocal technique and repertoire.
Her concert work includes performances with orchestras and ensembles in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Norway and Israel, as well as television productions and recordings, including the NDR series Musikkontakte with Gerd Albrecht.