Maida Hundeling

A German soprano, she studied in Vienna and was a member of Eisenach Theater (2001–3) where roles included Agathe (Der Freischütz), Marta (Tiefland) and Venus and Elisabeth (Tannhäuser). Other appearances include Senta in Der fliegende holländer (Dortmund, Braunschweig, Prague, Lübeck, Montreal, Bari, Wiesbaden); Leonore in Fidelio (Edmonton, Bratislava); Salome (Edmonton, Vienna Volksoper); Tosca (Vienna Volksoper, Bratislava); Giorgetta in Il tabarro (Vienna Volksoper); Turandot (Brno, Regensburg, Bratislava, Trieste, Tokyo, Prague); Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Adriana Lecouvreur and Katharina in The Greek Passion (all Prague); Jenůfa (Prague, Ostrava); Ariadne (Bratislava, Nuremberg); Elsa in Lohengrin (Bratislava, Ostrava); Aida (Arena di Verona, Prague); Elektra (Brno); Foreign Princess in Rusalka (Houston Grand Opera); Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes (Hanover, Wuppertal); Elisabeth (Oldenburg); Marie in Wozzeck (Regensburg) and Desdemona in Otello (Ostrava). Concert repertory includes works by Beethoven, Wagner, Mahler, Verdi, Dvořák, Janáček and Richard Strauss. She won the 2017 Thalia Award. Her 2024/25 season engagements include Brünnhilde (Der Ring des Nibelungen) in Bejing and the title role of Šárka in Prague.