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First Lady

soprano

The Three Ladies serve the Queen of the Night, and it is they who save Tamino from the serpent in the very first scene. The First Lady sings the top line of their glittering trios. The part calls for a bright, agile soprano who blends as beautifully as she leads.

Who sings it in 2026/27

Barbara SenatorOper Leipzig, LeipzigAAnn-Kathrin NiemczykDeutsche Oper Berlin, BerlinAAnna KissjuditStaatsoper Unter den Linden, BerlinAAnna SamuilStaatsoper Unter den Linden, BerlinAAstrid KesslerNationaltheater Mannheim, MannheimCClaudia RohrbachOper Köln, KölnEEtīna Emīlija SaulīteStaatsoper Unter den Linden, BerlinHHannah EdmundsRoyal Opera House, LondonHHannah McKayOpernhaus Zürich, ZürichHHedwig RitterVolksoper Wien, WienJJenny StaffordRoyal Opera House, LondonJJihyun KangAllee Theater Hamburg, HamburgMMarina PrudenskayaStaatsoper Unter den Linden, BerlinMMirella HagenFestspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-BadenNNatalia SkryckaStaatsoper Unter den Linden, BerlinNNatasha GestoSemperoper Dresden, DresdenRRebecka WallrothStaatsoper Unter den Linden, BerlinUUte SelbigSemperoper Dresden, DresdenZZinzi FrohweinNationaltheater Mannheim, Mannheim

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