Biography

Soprano Lydia Rathkolb studied vocal arts in Vienna and Milan. She studied media communiations and musicology at the Universität Wien. She for example performed at the opera house Rousse as Lucia di Lammermoor and Rosina in Rossini´s Barbiere di Siviglia, in Savonlinna as Königin der Nacht (Zauberflöte), at the opera house in Brno as Violetta, in Lisbon as Rosalinde, furthermore in Linz, Basel, Bregenz, Hagen and Heidelberg. Also, Lydia Rathkolb sang roles such as Konstanze (Entführung aus dem Serail), Pamina, Olympia and Antonia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Gilda (Rigoletto) as well as numerous roles from the operetta fach. In addition, she is an internationally successful concert singer. She made her debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in 1997 as 1. Dame in the Zauberflöte and has since then for example sung Najade, Marzellina, Ida, Poussette, Schopfhenne (Schlaues Füchslein), Sussanna (Chowanschtschina), Erste nackte Jungfer, Ada and Königin.   http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Rathkolb.en.php