Ivonne Fuchs

The German mezzo-soprano Ivonne Fuchs graduated from the University College of Opera in Stockholm in the spring of 2010. She has also studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold and at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. She continues her vocal training under the tutorage of Christa Ludwig.
The 2010/2011 season included Waltraute in Die Walküre at Teatro alla Scala and Staatsoper Berlin under the baton of Daniel Barenboim as well as her first Fricka in Das Rheingold and Die Walküre with the Wermland Opera, Sweden. Last season included Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at Folkoperan, Stockholm and Waltraute in Die Walküre at Berliner Festtage. She also covered for Waltraute in Götterdämmerung at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. The current season has included Federica in Luisa Miller at the Malmö Opera. She also returns to Berlin to sing Waltraute in Die Walküre.
During the summer of 2009 Ivonne Fuchs appeared in the title role of Ariodante at the Drottningholm Court Theatre. She has also sang Baba the Turk in scenes from The Rake’s Progress in Stockholm and Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi in Detmold. Her studied roles include Sesto (La clemenza di Tito), Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier), Komponist (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde).
On the concert platform Ivonne Fuchs has sung Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 in Tokyo, Bach’s Magnificat in Zürich and Munich with Philippe Herreweghe, St John Passion in Amsterdam with Frans Brüggen, St Matthew Passion in Stuttgart with Helmuth Rilling, Sven-David Sandström’s Ordet in Stockholm and Copenhagen under the baton of Manfred Honeck and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Copenhagen Philharmonic conducted by Peter Dijkstra.
Ivonne Fuchs has recorded Johann Ludwig Bach’s Trauermusik with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and RIAS Kammerchor under the baton of Hans-Christoph Rademann for Harmonia Mundi (released during the spring of 2011).
Ivonne Fuchs is a dedicated Lieder singer and won the first prize in the Swedish Ordet och tonen competition in 2006. She has received several scholarships, among them the 2012 Birgit Nilsson scholarship.