Allison Oakes

Allison Oakes was recognized internationally when taking over at short notice the title role of Salome at Deutsche Oper Berlin with Stefan Blunier conducting and at Staatsoper Hamburg with Kent Nagano conducting and especially singing an outstanding Isolde in a new production of Tristan und Isolde at Teatro Giuseppe Verdi Trieste. At Bayreuth Festival 2017 she appeared as Gutrune in Götterdämmerung with Marek Janowski conducting. Her engagements in 2017/18 include her role debut as Walküre-Brünnhilde in a concert performance of the 3rd act at Berliner Philharmonie conducted by Donald Runnicles as well as her debut at Metropolitan Opera New York as Chrysothemis in Elektra. Future projects are Marietta in Die Tote Stadt, her role debut Bruennhilde, Siegfried as well as Venus and Elisabeth in