Elisabeth Freyhoff
Soprano
„Member of Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s ensemble, German-Georgian lyric soprano
Elisabeth Freyhoff, made the most of her secondary role of Barbarina, excelling
in her sole aria, “L’ho perduta”, instilling ample charm and panache into her delivery.
One can see her graduate to much bigger roles in the near future.“
– Ossama el Naggar | ConcertoNet
Biography
The German-Georgian soprano Elisabeth Freyhoff is a promising and versatile artist in the fields of opera, art song and concert performance.
She gained her first opera experiences as a guest artist with the Kammeroper München; followed – and in many respects complemented – by a wide-ranging master’s degree in ‘Opera Singing/Musical Theatre’ at the Theaterakademie August Everding and a position as a member of the international opera studio at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where she appeared in roles such as Anna (Nabucco), Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro) and Clorinda (La Cenerentola).
Next year, Elisabeth will return as a guest to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein as well as the Theatre Münster, and will also make her debut in Cologne – initially as Soprano 1 in C. Saint-Saëns’ ‘Oratorio de Noël’ at the Kölner Philharmonie under the baton of Christoph Poppen, and subsequently as the ‘Hotel Owner’ in a world premiere by the Kinderoper Köln of ‘Grand Hôtel der Gefühle’ (Katja Fischer/Natalija Stanković & Samuel Hogarth).
Further concert engagements in the coming season will lead the young soprano to perform J. Brahms’s “Requiem” with the Collegium Musicum Bruneck, conducted by Clau Scherrer, at the Brixner Dom, and F. Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” with the Münchener Bach-Chor, conducted by its principal conductor Howard Arman, at the Isarphilharmonie in Munich.

Calendar
Helsinki Festival
G. Ligeti’s „Le Grand Macabre“ | Amanda
24 Aug
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24th August 2026
07:00 – 09:30 pm (UTC+2)
Helsinki Music Centre
Concert Hall
Mannerheimintie 13 A
00100 Helsinki
Chief of the Gepopo/Venus
Sarah Aristidou
Nekrotzar
Leigh Melrose
Piet the Pot
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Mescalina
Heidi Melton
Astradamors
Karl Huml
Prince Go-Go
Andrew Watts
Minister, White Party
Tuomas Katajala
Minister, Black Party
Luke Terence Scott
Amanda
Elisabeth Freyhoff
Amando
Jingjing Xu
Schabernack
Jussi Merikanto
Schobiack
Tomi Punkeri
Ruffiack
Sakari Topi
Choir
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Choir direction
Nils Schweckendiek
Visualization
Sasha Balmazi-Owen
Direction
Frederic Wake-Walker
Orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony
Conductor
Nicholas Collon
Helsinki Festival
G. Ligeti’s „Le Grand Macabre“ | Amanda
25 Aug
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25th August 2026
07:00 – 09:30 pm (UTC+2)
Helsinki Music Centre
Concert Hall
Mannerheimintie 13 A
00100 Helsinki
Chief of the Gepopo/Venus
Sarah Aristidou
Nekrotzar
Leigh Melrose
Piet the Pot
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Mescalina
Heidi Melton
Astradamors
Karl Huml
Prince Go-Go
Andrew Watts
Minister, White Party
Tuomas Katajala
Minister, Black Party
Luke Terence Scott
Amanda
Elisabeth Freyhoff
Amando
Jingjing Xu
Schabernack
Jussi Merikanto
Schobiack
Tomi Punkeri
Ruffiack
Sakari Topi
Choir
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Choir direction
Nils Schweckendiek
Visualization
Sasha Balmazi-Owen
Direction
Frederic Wake-Walker
Orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony
Conductor
Nicholas Collon
Opening of the Musikfest Berlin
G. Ligeti’s „Le Grand Macabre“ | Amanda
26 Aug
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26th August 2026
07:00 – 09:30 pm
Berliner Philharmonie
Herbert-von-Karajan-Str. 1
10785 Berlin
Chief of the Gepopo/Venus
Sarah Aristidou
Nekrotzar
Leigh Melrose
Piet the Pot
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Mescalina
Heidi Melton
Astradamors
Karl Huml
Prince Go-Go
Andrew Watts
Minister, White Party
Tuomas Katajala
Minister, Black Party
Luke Terence Scott
Amanda
Elisabeth Freyhoff
Amando
Jingjing Xu
Schabernack
Jussi Merikanto
Schobiack
Tomi Punkeri
Ruffiack
Sakari Topi
Choir
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Choir direction
Nils Schweckendiek
Visualization
Sasha Balmazi-Owen
Direction
Frederic Wake-Walker
Orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony
Conductor
Nicholas Collon
Further Performances
J. Brahm’s „Ein deutsches Requiem“
17 Oct
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17th October 2026
06:00 – 07:30 pm
Brixner Dom
Albuingasse 2
39042 Brixen
Südtirol
Soloists
Elisabeth Freyhoff, Soprano
André Morsch, Baritone
Orchestra
Streicherakademie Bozen
Choir
Collegium Musicum Bruneck
Conductor
Clau Scherrer
J. Brahm’s „Ein deutsches Requiem“
18 Oct
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18th October 2026
18:00 – 19:30 pm
Pfarrkirche Bruneck
Oberragen 22
39031 Bruneck
Südtirol
Soloists
Elisabeth Freyhoff, Soprano
André Morsch, Baritone
Orchestra
Streicherakademie Bozen
Choir
Collegium Musicum Bruneck
Conductor
Clau Scherrer
J. Reynold’s „Die Mitternachtstür“ | Maisie
World Premiere
14 Nov
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14th November 2026
04:00 – 05:15 pm
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Heinrich-Heine-Allee 16A
40213 Düsseldorf
Gran
Jakob Kleinschrot
Vater
Thorsten Grümbel
El Duque
Ilya Lapich
Maisie
Elisabeth Freyhoff
Mutter
Katarzyna Kuncio
Catalina
Anna Sophia Theil
Chorus
Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
Director
Mizgîn Bilmen
Conductor
Patrick Francis Chestnut
Orchestra
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
J. Reynold’s „Die Mitternachtstür“ | Maisie
18 Nov
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18th November 2026
11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Heinrich-Heine-Allee 16A
40213 Düsseldorf
Gran
Jakob Kleinschrot
Vater
Thorsten Grümbel
El Duque
Ilya Lapich
Maisie
Elisabeth Freyhoff
Mutter
Katarzyna Kuncio
Catalina
Anna Sophia Theil
Chorus
Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
Director
Mizgîn Bilmen
Conductor
Patrick Francis Chestnut
Orchestra
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
J. Reynold’s „Die Mitternachtstür“ | Maisie
22 Nov
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22. November 2026
04:00 – 05:15 pm
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Heinrich-Heine-Allee 16A
40213 Düsseldorf
Gran
Jakob Kleinschrot
Vater
Thorsten Grümbel
El Duque
Ilya Lapich
Maisie
Elisabeth Freyhoff
Mutter
Katarzyna Kuncio
Catalina
Anna Sophia Theil
Chorus
Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
Director
Mizgîn Bilmen
Conductor
Patrick Francis Chestnut
Orchestra
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
J. Reynold’s „Die Mitternachtstür“ | Maisie
23 Nov
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Wer?
23rd November 2026
11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Heinrich-Heine-Allee 16A
40213 Düsseldorf
Gran
Jakob Kleinschrot
Vater
Thorsten Grümbel
El Duque
Ilya Lapich
Maisie
Elisabeth Freyhoff
Mutter
Katarzyna Kuncio
Catalina
Anna Sophia Theil
Chorus
Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
Director
Mizgîn Bilmen
Conductor
Patrick Francis Chestnut
Orchestra
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
J. Reynold’s „Die Mitternachtstür“ | Maisie
04 Dec
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04th December 2026
11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Heinrich-Heine-Allee 16A
40213 Düsseldorf
Gran
Jakob Kleinschrot
Vater
Thorsten Grümbel
El Duque
Ilya Lapich
Maisie
Elisabeth Freyhoff
Mutter
Katarzyna Kuncio
Catalina
Anna Sophia Theil
Chorus
Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
Director
Mizgîn Bilmen
Conductor
Patrick Francis Chestnut
Orchestra
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
J. Reynold’s „Die Mitternachtstür“ | Maisie
15 Dec
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15th December 2026
11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Heinrich-Heine-Allee 16A
40213 Düsseldorf
Gran
Jakob Kleinschrot
Vater
Thorsten Grümbel
El Duque
Ilya Lapich
Maisie
Elisabeth Freyhoff
Mutter
Katarzyna Kuncio
Catalina
Anna Sophia Theil
Chorus
Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
Director
Mizgîn Bilmen
Conductor
Patrick Francis Chestnut
Orchestra
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Christmas is just around the corner
Kölner Philharmonie
C. Saint-Saëns’s „Oratorio de Noël“
20 Dec
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20. December 2026
04:00 – 06:30 pm
Kölner Philharmonie
Bischofsgartenstraße 1
50667 Köln
Soloists
Elisabeth Freyhoff, Soprano
Teresa Sales Rebordão, Mezzosoprano
Constantin Zimmermann, Altus
Ju Hyeok Lee, Tenor
Äneas Humm, Bass
Choir
Kartäuserkantorei Köln
Choir direction
Paul Krämer
Orchestra
Kölner Kammerorchester
Conductor
Christoph Poppen
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s „Elijah“
Isarphilharmonie München
07 March
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07th March 2027
03:30 – 07:00 pm
Isarphilharmonie München
Gasteig HP8
Hans-Preißinger-Str. 8
81379 München
Soloists
Elisabeth Freyhoff, Soprano
Marie Seidler, Mezzosoprano
Martin Mitterrutzner, Tenor
Jonas Müller, Bass
Choir
Münchener Bach-Chor
Orchestra
Münchner Symphoniker
Conductor
Howard Arman
L. Branković’s „Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle“
Pasticcio-opera | Hotel director
World Premiere
03 April
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03rd April 2027
04:00 – 05:15 pm
Kinderoper Opernhaus Köln
Offenbachplatz
50667 Köln
Hotel Director
Elisabeth Freyhoff/
Maike Raschke
Joy
Laura Kriese/
Elena Plaza Cebrián
Sadness
Wesley Harrison/
Shunyao Li
Anger
Alina König Rannenberg/
Lana Sophie Westendorf
Gratitude
Tobias Lusser/
Frederik Schauhoff
Dramaturgy
Frederike Prick-Hoffmann
Stage & Costume design
Ute Lindenbeck
Lighting
Niklas Schmutzer
Orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor
Samuel Hogarth
Director
Katja Fischer u.
Natalija Stanković
L. Branković’s „Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle“
Hotel director
08 April
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08th April 2027
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Kinderoper Opernhaus Köln
Offenbachplatz
50667 Köln
Hotel Director
Elisabeth Freyhoff/
Maike Raschke
Joy
Laura Kriese/
Elena Plaza Cebrián
Sadness
Wesley Harrison/
Shunyao Li
Anger
Alina König Rannenberg/
Lana Sophie Westendorf
Gratitude
Tobias Lusser/
Frederik Schauhoff
Dramaturgy
Frederike Prick-Hoffmann
Stage & Costume design
Ute Lindenbeck
Lighting
Niklas Schmutzer
Orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor
Samuel Hogarth
Director
Katja Fischer u.
Natalija Stanković
L. Branković’s „Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle“
Hotel director
13 April
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13th April 2027
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Kinderoper Opernhaus Köln
Offenbachplatz
50667 Köln
Hotel Director
Elisabeth Freyhoff/
Maike Raschke
Joy
Laura Kriese/
Elena Plaza Cebrián
Sadness
Wesley Harrison/
Shunyao Li
Anger
Alina König Rannenberg/
Lana Sophie Westendorf
Gratitude
Tobias Lusser/
Frederik Schauhoff
Dramaturgy
Frederike Prick-Hoffmann
Stage & Costume design
Ute Lindenbeck
Lighting
Niklas Schmutzer
Orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor
Samuel Hogarth
Director
Katja Fischer u.
Natalija Stanković
L. Branković’s „Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle“
Hotel director
14 April
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Where?
Who?
14th April 2027
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Kinderoper Opernhaus Köln
Offenbachplatz
50667 Köln
Hotel Director
Elisabeth Freyhoff/
Maike Raschke
Joy
Laura Kriese/
Elena Plaza Cebrián
Sadness
Wesley Harrison/
Shunyao Li
Anger
Alina König Rannenberg/
Lana Sophie Westendorf
Gratitude
Tobias Lusser/
Frederik Schauhoff
Dramaturgy
Frederike Prick-Hoffmann
Stage & Costume design
Ute Lindenbeck
Lighting
Niklas Schmutzer
Orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor
Samuel Hogarth
Director
Katja Fischer u.
Natalija Stanković
L. Branković’s „Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle“
Hotel director
16 April
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Where?
Who?
16th April 2027
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Kinderoper Opernhaus Köln
Offenbachplatz
50667 Köln
Hotel Director
Elisabeth Freyhoff/
Maike Raschke
Joy
Laura Kriese/
Elena Plaza Cebrián
Sadness
Wesley Harrison/
Shunyao Li
Anger
Alina König Rannenberg/
Lana Sophie Westendorf
Gratitude
Tobias Lusser/
Frederik Schauhoff
Dramaturgy
Frederike Prick-Hoffmann
Stage & Costume design
Ute Lindenbeck
Lighting
Niklas Schmutzer
Orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor
Samuel Hogarth
Director
Katja Fischer u.
Natalija Stanković
L. Branković’s „Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle“
Hotel director
20 April
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Where?
Who?
20th April 2027
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Kinderoper Opernhaus Köln
Offenbachplatz
50667 Köln
Hotel Director
Elisabeth Freyhoff/
Maike Raschke
Joy
Laura Kriese/
Elena Plaza Cebrián
Sadness
Wesley Harrison/
Shunyao Li
Anger
Alina König Rannenberg/
Lana Sophie Westendorf
Gratitude
Tobias Lusser/
Frederik Schauhoff
Dramaturgy
Frederike Prick-Hoffmann
Stage & Costume design
Ute Lindenbeck
Lighting
Niklas Schmutzer
Orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor
Samuel Hogarth
Director
Katja Fischer u.
Natalija Stanković
L. Branković’s „Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle“
Hotel director
22 April
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Where?
Who?
22nd April 2027
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Kinderoper Opernhaus Köln
Offenbachplatz
50667 Köln
Hotel Director
Elisabeth Freyhoff/
Maike Raschke
Joy
Laura Kriese/
Elena Plaza Cebrián
Sadness
Wesley Harrison/
Shunyao Li
Anger
Alina König Rannenberg/
Lana Sophie Westendorf
Gratitude
Tobias Lusser/
Frederik Schauhoff
Dramaturgy
Frederike Prick-Hoffmann
Stage & Costume design
Ute Lindenbeck
Lighting
Niklas Schmutzer
Orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor
Samuel Hogarth
Director
Katja Fischer u.
Natalija Stanković
L. Branković’s „Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle“
Hotel director
25 April
Details
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Where?
Who?
25th April 2027
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Kinderoper Opernhaus Köln
Offenbachplatz
50667 Köln
Hotel Director
Elisabeth Freyhoff/
Maike Raschke
Joy
Laura Kriese/
Elena Plaza Cebrián
Sadness
Wesley Harrison/
Shunyao Li
Anger
Alina König Rannenberg/
Lana Sophie Westendorf
Gratitude
Tobias Lusser/
Frederik Schauhoff
Dramaturgy
Frederike Prick-Hoffmann
Stage & Costume design
Ute Lindenbeck
Lighting
Niklas Schmutzer
Orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor
Samuel Hogarth
Director
Katja Fischer u.
Natalija Stanković
L. Branković’s „Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle“
Hotel director
27 April
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Who?
27th April 2027
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Kinderoper Opernhaus Köln
Offenbachplatz
50667 Köln
Hotel Director
Elisabeth Freyhoff/
Maike Raschke
Joy
Laura Kriese/
Elena Plaza Cebrián
Sadness
Wesley Harrison/
Shunyao Li
Anger
Alina König Rannenberg/
Lana Sophie Westendorf
Gratitude
Tobias Lusser/
Frederik Schauhoff
Dramaturgy
Frederike Prick-Hoffmann
Stage & Costume design
Ute Lindenbeck
Lighting
Niklas Schmutzer
Orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor
Samuel Hogarth
Director
Katja Fischer u.
Natalija Stanković
L. Branković’s „Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle“
Hotel director
28 April
Details
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Where?
When?
28th April 2027
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Kinderoper Opernhaus Köln
Offenbachplatz
50667 Köln
Hotel Director
Elisabeth Freyhoff/
Maike Raschke
Joy
Laura Kriese/
Elena Plaza Cebrián
Sadness
Wesley Harrison/
Shunyao Li
Anger
Alina König Rannenberg/
Lana Sophie Westendorf
Gratitude
Tobias Lusser/
Frederik Schauhoff
Dramaturgy
Frederike Prick-Hoffmann
Stage & Costume design
Ute Lindenbeck
Lighting
Niklas Schmutzer
Orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor
Samuel Hogarth
Director
Katja Fischer u.
Natalija Stanković
L. Branković’s „Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle“
Hotel director
30 April
Details
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Where?
Who?
30th April 2027
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Kinderoper Opernhaus Köln
Offenbachplatz
50667 Köln
Hotel Director
Elisabeth Freyhoff/
Maike Raschke
Joy
Laura Kriese/
Elena Plaza Cebrián
Sadness
Wesley Harrison/
Shunyao Li
Anger
Alina König Rannenberg/
Lana Sophie Westendorf
Gratitude
Tobias Lusser/
Frederik Schauhoff
Dramaturgy
Frederike Prick-Hoffmann
Stage & Costume design
Ute Lindenbeck
Lighting
Niklas Schmutzer
Orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Conductor
Samuel Hogarth
Director
Katja Fischer u.
Natalija Stanković
Media
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Reviews
„A real highlight of the evening was the particularly sassy Serpetta, sung by the soprano Elisabeth Freyhoff. In every scene, Freyhoff was exceptionally committed and lively, with a bright soprano voice that was ideally suited to the coloratura and the cunning and shrewdness of this chambermaid […]“
Detlef Obens // Das Opernmagazin
„Johanna Beier (Countess): touching strength. Elisabeth Freyhoff (Susanna): hymn-like timbre.
Egbert Tholl // Süddeutsche Zeitung
The duet recitatives of the two are a harmonious wonder.“
„And then there’s Elisabeth Freyhoff, whos Susanna makes it clear why everyone wants this woman: enchanting, funny, with a powerful voice – you can only dream of a „Nozze“ with her.“
Anna Schürmer // Münchner Merkur

G. Rossini’s „La Cenerentola“ at the Deutschen Oper am Rhein
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W. A. Mozart’s „La finta giardiniera” at the chamber opera of the MusikTheater an der Wien
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