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.

She will open her 2024/25 season as the Fourth Maid in Elektra under the baton of Mark Elder at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. At the Vienna State Opera she will perform as Gertrud in Hänsel and Gretel, and as Freia, Helmwige, Gutrune and 3^rd Norn in Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelungs, amongst others.

For her portrayal of Daphne, she was highly acclaimed also in Berlin under the baton of Marek Janowski and in New York and Cleveland under Franz Welser-Möst. 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. In 2018, 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. In the summer of 2021, Regine Hangler participated in the Salzburg Festival’s production of Elektra. The following year, she could be seen as Helmwige in Die Walküre and as Gutrune in Götterdämmerung with the Dresdner Philharmonie under the baton of Marek Janowski. In 2023, Regine returned to the role of Helmwige, this time at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and under the baton of Dan Ettinger. She will return to Naples in 2024 for Elektra.

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

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 2024 – For the most recent biography, please contact Iris Jedamski