Biography
With her warmly coloured timbre, she captivates the audience from the very first moment. The transitions between chest voice and head voice are accomplished with effortless ease, and it is a genuine pleasure to listen to this dazzling display of vocal brilliance. Her vocal prowess is further heightened by an exceptional dramatic authority that lends her performances remarkable intensity. (Eboli)
Almerija Delic is, in the finest sense of the word, a singer of our time. Her warm, dark-hued voice brims with passion and is always deeply rooted in the character she portrays. Voice and acting merge seamlessly into an ideal unity, sustained by a singular stage presence that commands the space and causes everything around her to recede into the background—regardless of the role she embodies.
Her repertoire includes roles such as Amneris (Aida), Eboli (Don Carlos), Azucena (Il trovatore), Kundry (Parsifal), Ortrud (Lohengrin), Fricka (Die Walküre), Marie (Wozzeck), Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle), Carmen (Carmen), Preziosilla (La forza del destino), Adalgisa (Norma), Dalila (Samson et Dalila), Tereza (Innocence), Countess Geschwitz (Lulu), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Kate (Owen Wingrave) and Klementia (Sancta Susanna).
Following engagements at the Staatstheater Mainz, Theater Osnabrück and Theater Dortmund, Almerija Delic joined the ensemble of the Staatstheater Nürnberg for the 2018/2019 season. Guest appearances have since taken the mezzo-soprano to, among others, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Aalto Theater Essen, the Semperoper Dresden, Oper Leipzig, Staatstheater Kassel, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Staatstheater Meiningen, Luzerner Theater, Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Theater Heidelberg and Theater Magdeburg.
She has also appeared at the Schwetzinger Festspiele in Re:igen by Bernhard Lang, at the Eutin Festival, as Countess Geschwitz (Lulu) at Stadttheater Gießen, as Ottavia (L’incoronazione di Poppea) at the Ars & Musica Antiqua Festival.Further engagements have taken her to the NOW Festival of the Philharmonie Essen, Zeche Zollverein, the Mercatorhalle Duisburg, the Rheinsberg Chamber Opera and the Ludwigsburg Festival.
Her collaborations include work with conductors such as Joana Mallwitz, Valentin Uryupin, Michael Hofstetter, Patrik Ringborg, Roland Kluttig, Per-Otto Johansson, Anja Bihlmaier, Gabriel Venzago, Elias Grandy, Yura Yang, Enrico Calesso, Attilio Cremonesi, Wolfgang Katschner, Leo McFall, Srba Dinić, Valentin Engel, Clemens Fieguth, Jan Croonenbroeck, Roland Böer, Mino Marani, Dietger Holm, Kiril Stankow, Felice Venanzoni, Paul Taubitz, Yannis Pouspourikas, Thomas Dorsch, Catherine Rückwardt, Frank Cramer, Gabriel Feltz, HK Gruber, Rolf Gupta, Clemens Heil, Andreas Hotz, Björn Huestege, Daniel Inbal, Motonori Kobayashi, Wolfram Koloseus, Martin Lutz, Ralf Otto, Christian Rieger, Johannes Guido Rumstadt, Michael Schneider, Ingo Martin Stadtmüller, Joe Trafton, David de Villiers and Lutz de Veer.
She has worked with directors including David Hermann, Magdalena Fuchsberger, Ilaria Lanzino, Adriana Altaras, Jochen Biganzoli, Kay Voges, Hinrich Horstkotte, Anja Kühnhold, Florian Lutz, Vera Nemirova, Armin Petras, Immo Karaman, Marco Štorman, Annika Rutkofsky, Nina Russi, Otto Pichler, Sandra Leupold, Peer Boysen, Clara Deloeuil Le Lab, Georges Delnon, Matthias Fontheim, John Fulljames, Tatjana Gürbaca, Jens-Daniel Herzog, Stefan Huber, Bruno Klimek, Yona Kim, Tilmann Knabe, Tina Lanik, Robert Lehmeier, Bernd Mottl, Johannes Schmidt, Katharina Thoma, Floris Visser, Andrzej Woron, Laura Scozzi and Philipp Westerbarkei.
A particular artistic focus of her work lies in contemporary music. Among the composers with whom she has collaborated are Sidney Corbett, Karlheinz Essl, Gordon Kampe, Peter Kiefer, HK Gruber, Bernhard Lang, Marius Felix Lange, Dirk Reith, Gerald Resch, Wolfgang Rihm, Salvatore Sciarrino, Günter Steinke and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
A field to which she also devotes herself through numerous exceptionally conceived song programs. In addition, Almerija Delic develops versatile recital evenings featuring thematically innovative concepts.
The work of Gustav Mahler hold a special place in her song recitals.
She has been the recipient of several scholarships, including those awarded by Forum Tiberius, Villa Musica, the Richard Wagner Foundation and the Walter Kaminsky Foundation.
She has attended numerous masterclasses, among others with Marjana Lipovšek, Thomas Hampson, Christa Ludwig, David L. Jones, Dunja Vejzović and Kurt Widmer.
