In the season 2022/23 soprano Regine Hangler can be seen as Helmwige in Die Walküre and as Gutrune in Götterdämmerung with the Dresdner Philharmonie under the baton of Marek Janowski. She will also sing Helmwige in Teatro San Carlo in Napoli under the baton of Dan Ettinger.

Hangler has been an ensemble member of the Wiener Staatsoper since 2013/14, where she has sung many parts, such as Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Daphne (Daphne), Elsa (Lohengrin), Chrysothemis (Elektra), Gutrune (Götterdämmerung), Freia (Das Rheingold), Helmwige (Die Walküre) and the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos.

She was highly acclaimed for the title role of Daphne in Berlin under the baton of Marek Janowski and in New York and Cleveland under Franz Welser-Möst. She had a great success at Salzburg Festival for her interpretation of Xanthe in Die Liebe der Danae and as Gutrune at Springfestival Tokyo. In 2018 she gave her much acclaimed debut at the Harusai Spring Festival in Tokyo as Elsa, sang Helmwige at Bayreuth Festival and at Opéra National de Paris as well as Chrysothemis at Teatro alla Scala in Milano. In the summer of 2021, Regine Hangler participated in the Salzburg Festival’s production of Elektra.

Her engagements as a concert singer have taken her to Austria, Germany, Albany, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Hungary, Japan and Israel. Her discography and videography continue to grow steadily.

Regine Hangler started her musical career as violin and viola player, changed later to vocal studies thus making her childhood dreams a reality. She passed her studies at the Kärntner Landeskonservatorium and the Universität für Musik in Vienna with distinction. At the same time she worked with KS Mara Zampieri in Padua and concluded her education with numerous Masterclasses. She was awarded several scholarships for the exceptionally gifted, became finalist of the Italian Aslico competition and won the 2nd prize in the Birgit Nilsson competition.

September 2022 – For the most recent biography, please contact Iris Jedamski