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Alina
König Rannenberg

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Portrait of soprano Alina König Rannenberg against a light grey studio background. She is seated at a slight angle to the camera, resting her chin on her right hand and looking directly into the lens with a warm smile. She is wearing a semi-transparent, long-sleeved dress in muted shades of violet, brown, and rose. Her shoulder-length dark brown hair falls in soft waves. Her relaxed pose conveys elegance and confidence.
Soprano Alina König Rannenberg © Teresa Rothwangl

vita

Alina König Rannenberg studied for a Master's degree in Opera with Prof. Hendrikje Wangemann at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music Dresden after completing her Bachelor's degree with Elisabeth Kovacs at the Nuremberg University of Music. She received further musical inspiration through masterclasses with Klesie Kelly, Christoph Prégardien and Juliane Banse. She was awarded the Theo Adam Scholarship as part of the Deutschlandstipendium programme and was a scholarship holder of the Giovanni Omodeo Foundation in 2023.

While still completing her Master's degree in Dresden, she made both her house and role debut at the Musikalische Komödie of Leipzig Opera as Daisy Gray in Leo Fall's "Die Dollarprinzessin". Further guest engagements have taken her to the Staatstheater Meiningen and the Staatsoperette Dresden. Her operatic repertoire also includes Zerlina in Mozart's "Don Giovanni", Ännchen in Weber's "Der Freischütz", the Widow in Dominick Argento's "The Boor", Mrs Fiorentino in Kurt Weill's "Street Scene", and Cupid in Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld". As a concert soloist, the soprano has appeared in Joseph Haydn's "Stabat Mater", W. A. Mozart's "Exsultate, Jubilate", Saint-Saëns' "Oratorio de Noël", J. S. Bach's St John Passion, his Christmas Oratorio, and numerous cantatas, including BWV 51 ("Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen"). In 2025, she also performed with the Bach-Consort Wien at the Bach Festival Stuttgart.

From the 23/24 season, she was a member of the Kinderoper Köln ensemble and joins the Cologne Opera ensemble in the 26/27 season.

Her roles in Cologne have included the Rooster in "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten", Bertil in "Nils Karlsson Däumling", Fräulein Andacht in "Pünktchen und Anton", a Doppelgänger of E in the world premiere of Ondřej Adámek's "INES", and the Sandman/Dew Fairy in "Hänsel und Gretel". These were followed by Dorinda in Handel's "Orlando", Frasquita in "Carmen", and the Queen of the Night in "Die Zauberflöte für Jung und Alt".

During the 25/26 season, she appeared as Papagena in "Die Zauberflöte", Krista the Crow in Naske's "Der Wunschpunsch", Barbarina in "Le nozze di Figaro", Ännchen in "Freikugeln", and Giovanna in "Ernani".

In the 26/27 season, she will perform the role of Abel in Scarlatti's "Cain and Abel", Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady", the title role in Stravinsky's "The Nightingale", and will also appear in Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" and Smetana's "The Bartered Bride" at the reopened Cologne Opera.

current productions with Alina König Rannenberg

  • Festakt der Bühnen

    Blick von der Bühne in den Zuschauerraum der Oper am Offenbachplatz mit ansteigenden Sitzreihen mit hellblauen Bezügen, mehreren geschwungenen Balkonen und warmen Holzvertäfelungen.
    Detailaufnahme der markanten Holzvertäfelung im Saalinnenraum der Oper Köln am Offenbachplatz. Die Maserung des Holzes ist deutlich sichtbar und wirkt lebendig, während die warme Farbgebung dem Raum eine elegante und einladende Wirkung verleiht.

  • Kain und Abel

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Nahaufnahme eines jungen Mannes mit cineastischer Bildwirkung und warmer Lichtstimmung: Mit blondem, zerzaustem Haar und schmutzverschmierter Haut blickt er mit grün-blauen Augen intensiv nach vorn. Sein Ausdruck ist angespannt und innerlich aufgewühlt, die rechte Hand zur Faust geballt und nahe am Kinn. Er trägt ein weißes Langarmshirt. Die Szene evoziert die Figur des Kain aus Alessandro Scarlattis Oper Kain und Abel.
    Abstraktes, stimmungsvolles Bild in warmen Braun- und Grüntönen: Weiche Farbverläufe und unscharfe Formen erinnern an Moos und Naturstrukturen und evozieren die Atmosphäre der Oper Kain und Abel von Alessandro Scarlatti.

    Premiere | OPER on

  • My Fair Lady

    Frederick Loewe

    Scene from My Fair Lady by Frederick Loewe: On a Covent Garden flower market street set, three performers in period costume are surrounded by falling petals. An older man in coat, scarf, and cap tosses flowers into the air. In the foreground, Eliza Doolittle kneels in a long dress, holding white roses and looking up joyfully. Beside her, a young man in a dark coat and cap kneels with flowers in hand, gazing at her. The scene conveys the lively, festive atmosphere of a bustling flower market.

    Revival | MUSICAL on

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