Annika Schlicht

Biography

Annika Schlicht was born in Stuttgart and studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. During her studies she joined the International Opera Studio of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and subsequently became a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she remained for ten years. Guest engagements have taken the mezzo-soprano to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Opéra Bastille in Paris, San Francisco Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, the Stuttgart State Opera, and the Bregenz Festival.
Her wide-ranging operatic repertoire includes roles such as Brangäne ("Tristan and Iseult"), Fricka and Waltraute ("The Ring of the Nibelung"), the Composer ("Ariadne auf Naxos"), Pauline ("The Queen of Spades"), Dorabella ("Così fan tutte"), Hänsel ("Hansel and Gretel"), and Mrs Quickly ("Falstaff"). In the 2024/25 season she made her United States debut with Mahler’s "Das Lied von der Erde" at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and appeared as Brangäne and as the alto soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at San Francisco Opera.
Equally in demand on the concert stage, Annika Schlicht has appeared with the Munich Radio Orchestra, Staatskapelle Weimar, Dresden Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and the UNESCO World Orchestra for Peace.
Since the 2025/26 season, Annika Schlicht has been a member of the ensemble of the Hamburg State Opera, where she opens the season as the alto soloist in Schumann’s "Paradise and the Peri", and will also be heard as the Composer ("Ariadne auf Naxos"), Pauline ("The Queen of Spades"), Brangäne ("Tristan and Iseult"), and Judith ("Bluebeard’s Castle").