Tanja Ariane Baumgartner is one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of our time. With her role portraits of Kundry (Parsifal), Fricka (Rheingold/ Walküre), her brilliant Cassandre (Les Troyens), her Clytemnestra (Elektra) and Nurse (Die Frau ohne Schatten) and her spectacular Ortrud (Lohengrin), she has sung herself to the forefront of the dramatic mezzo-sopranos at the most important international houses and festivals.

Tanja Ariane Baumgartner is Frankfurt's 'secret weapon when it comes to dramatic mezzo roles, her princess of Bouillon in 'Adriana Lecouvreur' was unforgettable, a dazzling figure whose extremely appealing voice, in all registers, draws the listener increasingly under the spell of this demonic role.

— Opernglas

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October 25 - November 13, 2025
San Francisco, US

Parsifal

San Francisco Opera

Role: Kundry
Conductor: Eun Sun Kim
Director: Matthew Ozawa

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January 25 - February 14, 2026
Chicago, US

Salome

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Role: Herodias
Conductor: Tomáš Netopil
Director: Sir David McVicar

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March 28 - April 5, 2026
Baden-Baden, DE

Lohengrin

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden Easter Festival

Role: Ortrud
Conductor: Joanna Mallwitz
Director: Johannes Erath

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Featured recording
24/11/2023

Franco Alfano: Complete Edition

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A company that has such an exciting and glamorous princess, and singer, on its roster as Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, a mezzo in this tricky soprano role, is lucky indeed.

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