{{Short description|German soprano|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Mojca Erdmann | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|12|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Hamburg, Germany | education = Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln | occupation = Operatic soprano | website = [https://www.mojcaerdmann.com/ mojcaerdmann.com] }}
'''Mojca Erdmann''' (born 29 December 1975) is a German soprano who is particularly associated with the Mozart operas.<ref name="ON">{{cite journal|url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2011/10/Departments/Sound_Bites__Mojca_Erdmann.html|title=Sound Bites: Mojca Erdmann|author=Louise T. Guinther|journal=Opera News|date=October 2011|volume=76|number=4}}</ref> She created the role of Ariadne in Rihm's ''Dionysos'' at the Salzburg Festival.
==Career== Born in Hamburg, Erdmann sang in the children's chorus of the Hamburg State Opera together with her brother.<ref name="ON" /> As a teenager she began studying singing seriously with soprano Evelyn Herlitzius before entering the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln where she was a pupil of Hans Sotin and studied with soprano Ingrid Figur. In 2002 she won first prize and the Special Prize for Contemporary Music at the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin (Federal Singing Competition), and in August 2005 she was awarded the Luitpold Prize at the {{Lang|de|Kissinger Sommer}} festival and the Norddeutscher Rundfunk Music Prize at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/artist/erdmann/biography|title=Mojca Erdmann – Biography|publisher=Deutsche Grammophon}}</ref> She appeared as Sempronia in the premiere of the critical edition of Jacques Offenbach's ''Apothicaire et perruquier'' at the Kurtheater Bad Ems on 1 June 2007, with the WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, directed by Helmuth Froschauer.<ref>[https://www.boosey.com/cr/calendar/perf_search "Performancec search: 'Apothicaire et perruquier', '01/01/2007', '31/12/2007', 'Submit{{'"}}], Boosey & Hawkes</ref>
In July 2010, she created the role of Ariadne in the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's ''Dionysos'' at the Salzburg Festival,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/arts/music/02dionysos.html|title=A Nietzschean Plunge Into Sensual Labyrinths|author=Anthony Tommasini|author-link=Anthony Tommasini|work=The New York Times|date=August 2010 }}</ref> repeated at the Berlin State Opera in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.operabase.com/listart.cgi?name=Mojca+Erdmann&acts=+Schedule+|title=Mojca Erdmann|publisher=Operabase}}</ref> In January 2011, she gave a lauded portrayal of Despina in Mozart's ''Così fan tutte'' at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kultiversum.de/Musik-Aktuell/Kritikerumfrage-Opernwelt-2010-2011-Die-neue-Bescheidenheit.html|title=Die neue Bescheidenheit oder: Was bleibt von 2010/2011?: Wichtige Sängerinnen und Sänger|work=Opernwelt|date=October 4, 2011}}</ref> In October 2011, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Zerlina in the company's new staging of Mozart's ''Don Giovanni''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/14/review-one-dull-don-giovanni-replaces-another/|title=Review: One dull ''Don Giovanni'' replaces another|author=Ronald Blum, Associated Press|work=The Washington Times|date=October 14, 2011}}</ref>
On 14 February 2013, Erdmann attempted to represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with {{Interlanguage link|Die Priester|de}} singing a revised version of Ave Maris Stella. She finished 10th place in the national final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.de/news/national/vorentscheid339.html|title=Die Showtreppe in Richtung Malmö|website=Eurovision.de (Norddeutscher Rundfunk)|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
==Discography== *''Mostly Mozart'' (2011, Deutsche Grammophon) with La Cetra and conductor Andrea Marcon<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2011/July11/Erdmann_Mozart_4778979.htm|title=A treasure trove from more than one point of view|author=Göran Forsling|website=Musicweb-international.com}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.mojcaerdmann.com/}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Erdmann, Mojca}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Singers from Hamburg Category:German operatic sopranos Category:Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln alumni Category:21st-century German women opera singers