Regine Hangler has been a member of the ensemble at the Vienna State Opera since 2013/14. There, she has sung roles such as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Elsa in Lohengrin, Chrysothemis in Elektra, Freia in Das Rheingold, Helmwige in Die Walküre and Gutrune in Die Götterdämmerung, as well as the title roles in Ariadne auf Naxos and in Daphne.

Beyond her engagement in Vienna, she has performed at the world’s most important opera stages and festivals, including the Salzburg Festival, Bayreuth Festival, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Harusai Spring Festival Tokyo, Cleveland Orchestra, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Opéra National de Paris and Lincoln Center Festival New York. Additional projects have taken her to Austria, Germany, Italy, Albania, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Hungary, Israel, USA, Spain, Japan and Turkmenistan.

For her portrayal of Daphne, she was highly acclaimed in Berlin under the baton of Marek Janowski and in New York and Cleveland under Franz Welser-Möst. She will return to the role in the 2025/26 season with the Russian National Orchestra under Alexander Rudin. She also had great success at the Salzburg Festival with her interpretation of Xanthe in Die Liebe der Danae and as Gutrune at the Tokyo Spring Festival. She gave her celebrated debut at the Harusai Spring Festival in Tokyo as Elsa, and sang Helmwige at the Bayreuth Festival and at Opéra National de Paris, as well as Chrysothemis at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Regine Hangler also participated in the Salzburg Festival’s production of Elektra and could be seen as Helmwige in Die Walküre and as Gutrune in Götterdämmerung with the Dresdner Philharmonie under Marek Janowski. The role of Helmwige she also performed at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples under the baton of Dan Ettinger.

She has additionally collaborated with distinguished conductors such as Christian Thielemann, Adam Fischer, Christoph von Dohnányi, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Michael Schonwandt, Ulf Schirmer, Yaron Traub, Peter Schneider and Philipp Jordan.

Her artistry has been documented in numerous CD and DVD productions, as well as radio and television broadcasts.

Regine Hangler started her musical career as a violinist and violist, and transitioned to vocal studies later, thus fulfilling her childhood dream. She completed her studies at the Carinthia State Conservatory and the Vienna University of Music with distinction. At the same time, she worked with KS Mara Zampieri in Padua and furthered her education with numerous masterclasses. She has been awarded several scholarships for the gifted, became a finalist of the Italian Aslico competition and won the second prize in the Birgit Nilsson Competition.

September 2025 – For the most recent biography, please contact Iris Jedamski