Young soprano Anne Wieben is rapidly gaining recognition for her captivating, authentic performances. Having started her career as a mezzo-soprano, she brings a burnished warmth and a soaring top register to the lyric soprano repertoire.

In the 2014/15 season, Ms. Wieben performs Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte on a tour of German concert halls, including Munich, Stuttgart, Ulm, and Berlin. Last year she sang Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos in a benefit production sponsored by Vienna Life Ball, and performed Dot Robinson in the Austrian premiere of Raymond Yiu’s chamber opera The Original Chinese Conjuror at the Vienna Musikverein. At the Teatro Barocco Fesitival in Stift Altenburg she sang the role of Dorinda in Michael Hayden’s Die Hochzeit auf der Alm. Read More

In recent seasons Anne Wieben has performed Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Kammeroper Weissenhorner and Pasinger Fabrik, Sandmännchen and Taumännchen in Hänsel und Gretel at the Einstein Cultural Center (Munich), and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi at Pfarrkirchen Theater. Championing many contemporary works, she has been seen as the Femme Fatale in the World Premiere of Clio Montrey’s Photo Socrates at Nikki Bogart Gallery (Vienna), the lead role of Diana in Anton Urpsruch’s Das Unmöglichste von Allem at Leverkusen Forum and Dolce Theater in Bad Nauheim (recorded and released by Marco Polo Records), and Avril in Michael Nyman’s minimalistic opera Love Counts at Metro Kino Theater (Vienna). She also created and starred in a German language cabaret titled Sopranos! at Theater Heppel and Ettlich (Munich).

On the concert stage Ms. Wieben has performed many of the Mozartean heroines: Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, as well as Musetta in La Bohème and Agathe in Der Freischütz. In 2010 she was invited to St. Mary’s Cathedral in Foxford, Ireland where she was the soprano soloist in performances of Mozart’s Mass in C minor and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. She has also been the soloist in Faure’s Requiem and Saint-Saens’ Christmas Oratorio in Minneapolis. Taking on contemporary art song in Vienna, she recently sang Otto M. Zykan’s 5 Lieder and 5 Haikus at Museum Währing and Clio Montrey’s 5 Mannequin Songs at OFF Theater.

Ms. Wieben began her career in Vienna as a mezzo soprano and performed Dorabella in Così fan tutte at the Odeon Theater, Niklausse in Les Contes d'Hoffmann at Theater Akzent, Frau Schuster-Bellheim in Die Drei Wünsche at Musiktheater Schönbrunn (and recorded for CPO Records), Vittoria in The Gondoliers at Kammeroper Wien, and she traveled to Poland to sing Frau Madaldrut in Siegfried Wagner’s Der Schmied von Marienburg with the Gdansk Philharmonic (and recorded for Marco Polo Records).

Anne Wieben holds a Masters degree in Opera Performance from the Vienna Konservatorium and a Bachelor of Music in Classical Vocal Performance, magna cum laude, from the University of Minnesota. Read Less

Bellini Elvira - I Puritani Bizet Micaëla - Carmen Donizetti Anna Bolena - Anna Bolena Gounod Marguerite - Faust Händel Galatea - Acis and Galatea Cleopatra - Giulio Cesare Janáček Karolka - Jenůfa Menotti Laetitia - The Old Maid and the Thief Mozart Fiordligi - Così fan tutte Vitellia - La Clemenza di Tito Donna Anna - Don Giovanni Konstanze - Die Entführung Pamina - Die Zauberflöte

Nicolai Frau Fluth - Die lustigen Weiber/Windsor Poulenc Blanche - Dialogues des Carmélites Puccini Musetta - La Bohème Liù - Turandot Smetana Marie - The Bartered Bride R. Strauss Echo - Ariadne auf Naxos Daphne - Daphne Stravinsky Anne - The Rake's Progress Urspruch Diana - Das Unmöglichste von Allem Wagner Wellgunde - Das Rheingold Zimmerman Sophie Scholl - Die Weiße Rose

This list represents recommended roles in the artist's operatic repertoire. For a list of performed repertoire, please refer to the artist's resume and biography listed in the downloadable materials on our Artist Roster Page.

“Anne Wieben as Fiordiligi delivered flawless vocals and beautiful decrescendos.”

Peter P. Pachl, WWW.NMZ.DE, 2015

“Anne Wieben singt die Koloratur der Fiordiligi, die wirklich atemberaubend von Mozart komponiert und man kann auch sagen eine Art Unverschämtheit für die Sopranistin komponiert, ganz grandios. (Anne Wieben marvelously sang Fiordiligi's breathtakingly yet brazenly composed coloratura).”

Rainer Zerbst, DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR FRÜHKRITIK, 2014

“Anne Wieben as Donna Anna brings a hint of femme fatale with her velvety soprano... a very enjoyable, artisticly rich interpretation, the finale of the first act shows how well the voices fit together.”

SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, 2011

“In her opera directing debut Julia Dippel and her theatrically enthusiastic singer ensemble present a clever and unhindered comedy with a dark undercurrent... Anne Wieben with a secure high register as Donna Anna... Ample, heartfelt applause.”

MÜNCHNER MERKUR, 2011

“The young singer ensemble loves and hates up-close... the scorned yet spellbound duo, Donna Elvira and Donna Anna (Anne Wieben sensual with bare shoulders, not the standard frigid ditz, loaded with vocal energy)... command the stage.”

MÜNCHNER MERKUR-WÜRMTAL, 2011

“The lead character Diana is played by the captivating Anne Wieben. It is not surprising that she not only has sung the [mezzo] roles of Nicklausse and the Composer but also the soprano roles of Fiordiligi, Contessa and Rosalinde. Her warm-sounding yet clear voice flourishes and leads the cast convincingly and with great impetus.”

DER NEUE MERKER, 2011

“Anne Wieben radiated lyric charm in the rich lead role of Diana (Anton Urspruch’s opera 'Das Unmöglichste von Allem').”

OPERNWELT, 2011

“A few singers in particular stood out : their beautiful, large and marvelously placed Wagnerian voices would be worthy of the Bayreuth stage… Anne Wieben (who played the Mother of the Schmied von Marienburg)… is a name to be noted.”

RUCH MUZYCZNE, 2008