Born in Germany, Charlotte Watzlawik had her first vocal lessons at the age of 14 and she quickly was given opportunities to perform on stage.
Starting in October 2014, she finished her Bachelor 2019 at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (Conservatoire for Music and Dance Cologne) with Prof. Claudia Kunz-Eisenlohr. From September 2016 to March 2017 she was enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music as an Erasmus-scholarship student.
In 2018 Charlotte Watzlawik succeeded with her final exam as “Pamina” in Mozarts Zauberflöte, a student project at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. She also took part in the opera production The cunning little vixen of Leos Janacek at the Theater Aix-La-Chapelle, a cooperative project with the Hfmt.
In Juli 2021 Charlotte finished her Opera Master degree at the Universität der Künste Berlin with Prof. Carola Höhn. Successfully she completed her studies by singing the role of Wendla in Bella Mátés Frühling, Erwachen, with which she was invited to the Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest for a guest performance in 2022.
Together as a Lied-Duo with pianist Lisa Ochsendorf she won several prizes. Charlotte is award winner of the vocal competition of the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg such as finalist in the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang in Berlin 2022.
In addition to her studies, she attended master classes with renowned artists such as Anne Schwanewilms, Peter Berne, Klesie Kelly-Moog, Christoph Prégardien, Ulrich Eisenlohr, Anne Le Bosec and Juliane Banse.
She is now a member of the solo ensemble at the Staatsoperette Dresden, where she made her debut as Johanna in Sweeney Todd in December 2023.
Repertoire
OPERA
Roles sung on stage:
HÄNDEL:
Iris / Apollo, Semele
JANACEK:
Frosch / Hahn, Das schlaue Füchslein
MONTEVERDI:
Fortuna, L’incoronazione di poppea
MOZART:
Pamina und 1. Knabe, Die Zauberflöte
BELA MATÈ:
Wendla, Frühling, Erwachen
VIKTOR ULLMANN:
Bubikopf, Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder die Todverweigerung
DONIZETTI:
Gianetta, L’elisir d’amore
Studied roles:
Benjamin Britten:
Titania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream*
Gaetano Donizetti:
Adina L’elisir d’amore,*
Norina, Don Pasquale *
G.F. Händel:
Morgana, Alcina*
Jules Massenet:
Sophie, Werther*
W.A. Mozart:
Papagena, Die Zauberflöte
Königin der Nacht, Die Zauberflöte
Blonde, Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Serviglia, La clemeza di Tito*
Ilia, Idomeneo*
Despina, Cosí fan tutte*
Zerlina, Don Giovanni*
Fauno, Ascanio in Alba*
Jacques Offenbach:
Olympia, Les contes d’Hoffmann*
Giacomo Puccini:
Musetta, La Bohéme *
Johann Strauss:
Adele, Die Fledermaus
Richard Strauss:
Zerbinetta, Ariadne auf Naxos
Ambroise Thomas:
Philine, Mignon*
C.M. Weber:
Ännchen, Der Freischütz
* in parts
ORATORIO
SONGS
Cycles
Claude Debussy
Ariettes Oublieés
Hugo Wolf
Italienisches Liederbuch (Auszüge)
Manuel De Falla
Siete canciones populares españolas
Joaquín Rodrigo
Tres canciones españolas
Leonard Berstein
Cycle of 5 kid songs
And many others from:
Franz Schubert
Johannes Brahms
Robert Schumann
Hugo Wolf
Richard Strauss
Felix Mendelssohn
Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Louis Spohr
Gabriel Fauré
Claude Debussy
Modest Mussorgsky
Antonín Dvorak
Hans Eisler
Wolfgang Rihm
Vincenzo Bellini
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