Elsa Dreisig is rapidly establishing herself as one of today’s most captivating lyric sopranos.

Since joining the studio of the Berlin State Opera in 2015 and going on to become an ensemble member, she has made role debuts at leading houses across Europe, from Paris to Zurich, from Vienna to London. As an exclusive recording artist with the label Erato, Elsa in January 2022 released her third album, “Mozart x 3”, featuring arias from W.A. Mozart’s three Da Ponte operas and three opere serie and will release her album “Invocation” in May 2026.

Elsa Dreisig Soprano in gold top sitting on stairs

“My ultimate goal is to make the score heard: with a solid technique – that goes without saying – but also a body that can recreate the character in the flesh.”

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Recent season highlights include multiple appearances with the Bayerische Staatsoper including Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa), Il Trittico (Lauretta/Ein Liebespaar), and a European tour performing Mahler’s 4th Symphony. She also returned to Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin in Mitridate as Sifare, the Grand Theatre de Geneve for performances of Roberto Devereux, Maria Stuarda (Elisabetta) and Anna Bolena (title role), Wiener Staatsoper in Carmen (Micaëla), Aix-en-Provence Festival for Louise, Teatro Real Madrid and Salzburg Festival for Mitridate, re di Ponto (Sifare), Theater an der Wien in Das paradies und die Peri (Soprano -Peri), Hamburgische Staatsoper as Manon as well as a European tour with Il Pomo d’Oro as the title role in Alcina.

“It’s the modern blood that flows in my veins and should also flow into my singing”

Elsa’s 2025/26 season promises a variety of exciting operatic and recital engagements. She starts the season by taking on the role of Fiordiligi in a new production of Mozart's Così fan tutte at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Operatic highlights include performances as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, the title role in Louise at Opéra de Lyon and Mimi in La Bohème at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. In addition to her stage appearances, Elsa will be presenting a new recital programme based on Schumman’s Frauen-Liebe und Leben , with performances planned at Wigmore Hall in London, and the Grand Théâtre de Genève and will perform with Jonathan Ware and Nikola Nikolov at Bulgarian Concert Hall in Sofia.