Clara Maria Kastenholz is a young lyric soprano based in Berlin.

Her latest stage experiences include the role of Eurydike2a in the contemporary piece NEUE SZENEN IV (Deutsche Oper Berlin) as well as the role of Susanna in Mozart’s FIGAROS HOCHZEIT as member of the Opernakademie Bad Orb. In 2021 she will return to the stage of Deutsche Oper for the world premiere of NEUE SZENEN V.

In other professional opera productions she could be seen as Romilda in Händel’s SERSE, as Gretel in Humperdinck’s HÄNSEL UND GRETEL and as Ännchen in Weber’s FREISCHÜTZ.

Clara also performs as a concert soloist throughout Germany. Originally born and raised in Freiburg im Breisgau she received her first musical education as a member of Mädchenkatorei am Freiburger Münster, where she also performed as a soloist. Concerts with the choir led her on numerous tours throughout the USA, Singapore, Hong Kong and Canada. After also having dedicated herself to playing the bassoon, she soon decided to make singing her first priority.

From 2014 to 2018 Clara Maria Kastenholz completed a Bachelor’s degree in classical voice at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. In 2016 she joined the class of Prof. Dr. KS Ewa Wolak and is about to complete a master’s degree in opera performance also at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler.

Clara received further valuable artistic and musical input from Sebastian Noack, Peter Berne, Sami Kustaloglu, Prof. Elisabeth Glauser, Prof. Ulrike Sonntag, Prof. Wolfram Rieger , Jeanette Favaro-Reuter, Sarah Maria Sun and many others.

As a versatile artist with a wide range of musical interests, Clara is also an avid performer of the German song repertoire, such as the works of both Clara and Robert Schumann.