Verena Keller (singer)

Verena Keller (8 September 1942 – 17 December 2025) was a German operatic mezzosoprano.[1]

Life

Keller, born in Schwerin, daughter of the Swiss opera singer Jakob Keller (1911–1992), studied at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien and was a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main and the Peter Cornelius Conservatory.[2] Among others, she played in the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hamburg State Opera, the Opernhaus Düsseldorf, at the Opera de Paris, the Teatro Massimo of Palermo, the Teatro San Carlo of Naples and at the Vancouver Opera.[2]

Keller was awarded the 2002 "Kulturförderpreis" 2002 for her Opernwerkstatt and took part in the documentary Opernfieber by Katharina Rupp (Hessian Film Prize 2005 as best documentary film).[3] Her opera studio took place in Stadtcasino Basel in 2015.[4]

Keller died on 17 December 2025, at the age of 83.[5]

Repertoire

Publications

  • Concerto no. 5 pour piano et orchestre. Ludwig van Beethoven. Berlin, Pool-Musikproduktion, 1998.
  • Lirica & l’intimiste. Xavier Delisle. Munich, Koka Media, 1998.
  • Messe D-dur op. 86. Antonín Dvořák. Stuttgart, Carus-Verlag, 1987.
  • Messe in D-dur Opus 86 für Soli, Chor und Orgel. Antonín Dvořák. Stuttgart, Carus-Verlag, 1976.

Further reading

  • Großes Sängerlexikon. Saur, Bern/München 1997, 3rd edition. ISBN 978-3-598-11250-8

References

  1. ^ Verena Keller on Ludwig Maximilien Universität Munich
  2. ^ a b Verena Keller Biografie
  3. ^ "Verena Keller - Home".
  4. ^ Elena Manuel, Nachwuchs-Opernsänger müssen sich im Stadtcasino beweisen In Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, 9 October 2015.
  5. ^ Death notice. opernwerkstatt.com (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2026.
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