Anna Kissjudit

Kissjudit’s 2026/27 season includes her debut as Maddalena Rigoletto at Staatsoper unter den Linden; performances of Siegfried with Daniel Harding and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; and a new production of Das Rheingold by Tatjana Gurbaca, conducted by Edward Gardner at the Norwegian National Opera. She also performs as Third Lady Die Zauberflöte and Ottavia L’incoronazione di Poppea at Staatsoper unter den Linden. On the concert platform, Kissjudit marks another milestone, particularly as a Hungarian singer, with her debut in Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle as Judith at Hungarian State Opera. She also performs Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg and Teatr Studio and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis at the Bergen International Festival.

Last season, Kissjudit made f0ur notable debuts: Fricka in the new Ring Cycle production at Bayreuther Festspiele; Ulrica Un ballo in Maschera at Staatsoper unter den Linden; La Cieca La Gioconda at Gran Teatre del Liceu; and her company debut at Opéra national de Paris as Ježibaba Rusalka. She performed as Erda in Tcherniakov’s Ring Cycle at the Staatsoper unter den Linden, conducted by Thielemann. On the concert platform, Kissjudit joined the Munich Philharmonic for their New Year’s performances of Beethoven Symphony No.9 and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra for Mahler Symphony No.8.

Other recent engagements include Mistress Quickly Falstaff (Staatsoper Hamburg, Staatsoper unter den Linden); Erda Das Rheingold and Siegfried (Bayreuther Festspiele, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala); Mary Der fliegende Holländer (Norwegian National Opera, Staatsoper unter den Linden, Hungarian State Opera); Ježibaba Rusalka (Staatsoper unter den Linden); Gaea Daphne (Staatsoper unter den Linden). As part of the ensemble in Berlin, she has also performed as Annina Der Rosenkavalier, Margret Wozzeck and Third Lady Die Zauberflöte as well as other roles.

On the concert platform, Kissjudit repertoire includes Mahler’s Second Symphony (Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Szeged Symphony Orchestra); and Mahler’s Third Symphony (Frankfurt Opern & Museumsorchester, Orchestre Philarmonique de Strasbourg); Rossini’s Stabat Mater(Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt); Wesendonck Lieder (Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; St Catherine in Honegger’s dramatic oratorio Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher (Berlin Philharmonic); Beethoven Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Berlin); Bruckner’s Te Deum (Berlin Philharmonie under the musical direction of Daniel Barenboim); and appeared at the Wagner Days Festival at Müpa Budapest in Die Walküre under the direction of Ádám Fischer.

An alumna of the International Opera Studio of the Staatsoper Berlin, she has sung in previous seasons Tetka Jenůfa; Kate Pinkerton Madama Butterfly; and Chambermaid in Claus Guth’s new production of Janáček’s Die Sache Makropulos.