In a short space of time, Elsa Dreisig has established herself as one of the most fascinating lyric sopranos of her generation. In 2015 she joined the Opera Studio of the Berlin State Opera, and subsequently became a member of the ensemble there. Since then, she has made role debuts at leading international opera houses, including in Paris, Zurich, Vienna and London. As an exclusive artist with the label Erato, in January 2022 she released her third album, Mozart x 3, featuring arias from Mozart’s three Da Ponte operas and also from three of his opere serie.
Highlights of Elsa Dreisig’s career to date have included multiple appearances at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, including as Countess Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Sifare (Mitridate) at the Berlin State Opera, the Teatro Real in Madrid and in a semi-staged production at the 2025 Salzburg Festival, Elisabetta in both Roberto Devereux and Maria Stuarda and the title role of Anna Bolena at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Micaëla (Carmen) at the Vienna State Opera, the title role of Charpentier’s Louise at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the title role of Manon at the Hamburg State Opera. Concert appearances have included Mahler’s Fourth Symphony on a European tour with the Bavarian State Orchestra, the Peri in Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri at the Theater an der Wien and the title role of Alcina on a European tour with il Pomo d’Oro. She also made role debuts as Mimì (La bohème) at the Trondheim Opera and as Countess Madeleine in concert performances of Capriccio at the 2024 Salzburg Festival.
In the 2025/26 season Elsa Dreisig appeared as Fiordiligi in a new production of Così fan tutte at La Scala, Milan, as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) at the Bavarian State Opera, as Louise at the Opéra de Lyon and as Mimì at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.
Following her return to the Salzburg Festival as Fiordiligi, in the 2026/27 season she will sing Countess Almaviva at the Vienna State Opera and the Teatro Real, Mimì at the Berlin State Opera and Fiordiligi at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In addition, she will make her role debut as Elettra in a new production of Idomeneo at the Paris Opéra.
