Giulia Montanari

The German-Italian soprano Giulia Montanari studied musicology at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and singing at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar. During her studies, she appeared as Anna in ‘La dame blanche’, Mademoiselle Silberklang (‘Der Schauspieldirektor’) and in ‘L'Enfant et les Sortilèges’, among others. She made her debut at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar in the 2017.18 season as Papagena (‘Die Zauberflöte’). In the 2018.19 season, she appeared as Sandman and Taumännchen (‘Hansel and Gretel’) and in the world premiere of the children's opera ‘Der Eisblumenwald’ by Jörn Arnecke in the leading role. Following her passion for baroque music, she sang Salomé (‘San Giovanni Battista’ by Alessandro Stradella) and La bellezza (‘Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno’) at the Festival du Périgord Noir.
Giulia Montanari has worked with renowned conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Stefan Parkman, Anu Tali, Mariss Jansons, Ulf Schirmer and Peter Dijkstra. In the 2019.20 season, she was a member of the NRW Opera Studio and subsequently a permanent ensemble member of the Aalto Music Theatre for two seasons. Her roles there included Sandrina (‘La finta giardiniera’), Fiakermilli (‘Arabella’), Euridice (‘Orfeo|Euridice’, C. W. Gluck), Adele (‘Die Fledermaus’), Helga (‘Auf Ihr Wohl, Herr Blumenkohl!’, Jacques Offenbach) and Belinda (‘Dido and Aeneas’).
Giulia Montanari joined the Cologne Opera ensemble at the start of the 2022.23 season. Here she appeared as Ascagne in ‘Les Troyens’, Blonde in ‘Die Entführung aus dem Serail’, Clorinda in ‘La Cenerentola’, Cleopatra in ‘Giulio Cesare in Egitto’ and the Queen of the Night in ‘Die Zauberflöte’. 24.25 she sings Eva in ‘Die Schöpfung’, Angelica in ‘Orlando’, Zerlina in ‘Don Giovanni’, Lya in ‘Eine Frau von Format’ and again Cleopatra in ‘Giulio Cesare in Egitto’.