Annabelle Kern, a young soprano born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has already achieved significant milestones in her career. Since the 25/26 season she’s part of the ensemble at Staatstheater Kassel. She made her debut as Fiakermilli in Richard Strauss’ opera ARABELLA at the Bühnen Bern in 2024, followed by Agnès in George Benjamin’s WRITTEN ON SKIN at the Prinzregententheater in Munich in 2025. Kern recently had her operatic debut as un cantore in Puccini’s LA RONDINE at the Zurich Opera House and also performed in the rediscovered opera ZANAIDA by Johann Christian Bach as Cisseo at the Prinzregententheater in Munich. She studied at the Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding under KS Prof. Christiane Iven and earned her Bachelor’s degree under Prof. Carola Höhn at the Berlin University of the Arts. She has been recognized with awards such as the 3rd prize opera / operetta at Bundeswettbewerb Gesang. Kern has collaborated with renowned conductors, including Marco Armiliato, Nicholas Carter and Oscar Jockel.
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La rondine, Opernhaus Zürich
“(…) Einmal mehr sind im Opernhaus Zürich die kleineren Rollen, die aber sehr wichtig sind für die Gesamtwirkung der Produktion, herausragend besetzt. Von der leicht unheimlichen Präsenz des Magdas sexuelle Dienste in Anspruch nehmenden Bankiers Rambaldo (Vladimir Stoyanov) über die differenziert gezeichneten und ganz herrlich singenden Freundinnen (Yuliia Zasimova, Meeta Raval, Siena Licht Miller) zu der Kellnerin von Annabelle Kern, die am Ende des zweiten Aktes eine bezaubernde Ariette gestaltet. (…)”