Maria Riccarda Wesseling

Maria Riccarda Wesseling’s current and recent engagements include KABANICHA Kát’a Kabanová Staatsoper Stuttgart, KITCHEN BOY Rusalka Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli, BEGBICK The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Antwerp, Berio Folk Songs philharmonie zuidnederland, and SOLOIST Wesendoncklieder Liszt Biennale Thüringen. She is also directing Carmen for Sommeroper Selzach and The Rake’s Progress Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn. Maria is a soloist on the recording of Martinu’s Les larmes du couteau, longlisted for the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 2023.

Previous engagements include LA PRINCIPESSA in Mascagni’s Il piccolo Marat Concertgebouw Amsterdam, AMNERIS Aida and JEZIBABA Rusalka Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, GERTRUD Hänsel und Gretel Staatsoper Hannover, HERODIAS Salome Staatsoper Stuttgart, ORFEO Orfeo and Eurydice (Pina Bausch) Opéra National de Paris, and MARCELLINA Le nozze di Figaro Gran Teatre del Liceu. Other past projects include the world premiere of David Philip Hefti’s Annas Maske (title role) Theater St. Gallen, Frank Martin’s The Cornet Musikkollegium Winterthur, and a song recital with works by Ethel Smyth, Lili Boulanger and Anna Cramer for Dutch Classical Radio.

Maria Riccarda sang leading roles at Teatro Real Madrid, Staatsoper Berlin, Opéra National de Lyon, National Opera Amsterdam, Finnish National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève and Lincoln Center New York. She sang concerts in venues such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Tonhalle Zürich, Palau Valencia, Barbican Hall London, Ruhrtriennale, Händelfestspiele Halle, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Athens Festival and Festival de la Radio France.

As a stage director, past productions include The Merry Widow Theater Nordhausen, The Rape of Lucretia DNOA Amsterdam, and Glanert’s Die drei Rätsel Basel Symphony Orchestra.