Laura Richter
Interview
Where do I come from?
Aschaffenburg near Frankfurt
Why do I sing?
Because singing is a feeling of liberation and allows me and the listeners to experience the present moment in a special way, which in my opinion is particularly important in today's world with so many digital recordings.
And what do I like apart from singing?
Cooking, sewing, yoga, jogging and trying out good new restaurants in Munich with friends.
My own personal musical highlight?
My current engagement at the Residenztheater is a musical and performing fulfillment for me. You don't get to float across the stage as a mermaid in every production, making children's hearts beat faster in the audience and singing beautiful music with a late romantic touch.
My motto?
The journey is the destination
Biography
In January 2026, the young soprano Laura Richter sang the title role in the children’s opera „Der Kaiserin neue Kleider“ at the Bayerische Staatsoper. In April 2026, she will return there to perform the role of Aninka in „Brundibár“ under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski.
She made her debut at the Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden in March 2026 as Frasquita (Carmen) and will perform there from August 2026 on as Papagena (Die Zauberflöte).
Since the 2023/24 season, she has been engaged at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel and appears as the Sea Sister in the production “Andersens Erzählungen” (directed by Philipp Stölzl). With Kammeroper München, she sang Sandmann and Taumann (Hänsel und Gretel) at the Cuvilliés Theatre in December 2025.
She has received numerous awards, including first prize at the international “Duschek Competition” in Prague organised by the Mozart Society of the Czech Republic, the special prize for the best interpretation of an aria at the International Haydn Competition, and third prize and the audience prize at the Lions Musikpreis Deutschland. She was also a finalist in the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin, as well as a semi-finalist in the Concorso lirico Portofino and the Cascais Opera Competition.
Laura Richter is currently studying for a Master’s degree in Konzertgesang and in Musiktheater at the Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding in the class of Prof. Christiane Iven. Prior to this, she completed her Bachelor’s degree at HMT Munich under Prof. Lars Woldt and was a junior student at HfMDK Frankfurt.
Laura Richter gained further artistic inspiration from masterclasses, including those held as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, with Edda Moser, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hedwig Fassbender, Chen Reiss, Emma Kirkby, Julian Pregardien and Ian Bostridge.
She is a scholarship holder at the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, where she sang as a soloist under the baton of Hans-Christoph Rademann, and at the Clemens Brentano Akademie in Aschaffenburg. Furthermore, she was a selected participant at the Exzellenzlabor Oper 2023 and the Opern Campus of the Theatre St. Gallen. She was also awarded the Deutschlandstipendium.
As an oratorio soloist Laura Richter has performed at venues including the Isarphilharmonie in Munich, the Konzerthaus Blaibach, the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, the Goethe-Haus in Frankfurt and the Stadttheater in Aschaffenburg. She regularly performs works such as Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt, Bach’s St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Mass in B minor and Magnificat, Mozart’s Requiem, Exsultate jubilate and Vesperae solennes de confessore, Fauré’s Requiem, Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem and Saint-Saëns’s Oratorio de Noël.
Her operatic repertoire includes roles such as Belinda (Dido and Aeneas), Pamina and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Gretchen (Der Wildschütz) and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), which she has performed in various productions and festivals.
Media
Laura Richter (sopran) & Rebeka Stojkoska (piano)
Laura Richter (soprano) & Rebeka Stojkoska, (piano)