Irina Simmes (Sieglinde)
Clay Hilley (Siegmund)
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NEWS
This summer she will make her debut at the Bregenzer Festspiele and take over the role of Agathe in Der Freischütz.
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A. Reimann "L'invisible" at Oper Frankfurt
If you are looking for the singer of the season in the near future, you will hardly be able to avoid the fabulous Irina Simmes. As if in front of a gold background, the very slightly dark-grounded, youthful soprano soars upwards and shapes the complex part of the Ygraine with immense intensity as well as fascinating naturalness.
--Online Musik Magazin
Irina Simmes` most recent triumph was at the 2022-24 Tiroler Festspiele Erl where she debuted in the role of Sieglinde (Die Walküre). Summer 2023 she made another Wagner debut as Gutrune (Götterdämmerung), both staged by Brigitte Fassbaender.
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Götterdämmerung - Tiroler Festspiele Erl (tiroler-festspiele.at)
Simmes has been nominated as "Best Female Leading Role" at the Osterreichische Musiktheaterpreis 2023 with the role of Richard Wagner`s Sieglinde.
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