Soprano
Julia
Sturzlbaum
Ensemble member of the Staatsoper Hannover
equally at home in opera, operetta and musical theatre
About
Julia Sturzlbaum is a soprano and, since the 2025/26 season, a member of the ensemble of the Staatsoper Hannover, where she appears as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni and as Hope Harcourt in Cole Porter's Anything Goes, among other roles.
What sets her apart is a rare fluency across genres: with a classically trained soprano voice and thorough training in dance and acting, she moves effortlessly between opera, operetta and musical theatre. From 2020 to 2025 she was a member of the ensemble of the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, singing roles such as Despina (Così fan tutte), Eliza Doolittle (My Fair Lady) and Cosette (Les Misérables).
She trained in her native Vienna: at the Musikgymnasium, in the children's chorus of the Volksoper, and at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK), where she graduated in musical theatre in 2020. She continues her vocal studies with soprano Daniela Fally.
Season 2025/26 · Staatsoper Hannover
Press
"… sang the lovelorn Hope with a clear, warm soprano."
Bühnenlichter · Anything Goes, Staatsoper Hannover (translated)
"… lends Hope Harcourt lyrical warmth and believable inner conflict."
Kulturfeder · Anything Goes, Staatsoper Hannover (translated)
"Her singing is a revelation: even the highest notes land crystal-clear."
Bayerische Staatszeitung · Der Vogelhändler, Gärtnerplatztheater (translated)
"… his Papagena, Julia Sturzlbaum, sings and acts enchantingly."
Online Merker · Die Zauberflöte, Gärtnerplatztheater (translated)
Repertoire
Opera & Operetta
- Zerlina · Don Giovanni
- Despina · Così fan tutte
- Papagena · Die Zauberflöte
- Barbarina · Le nozze di Figaro
- Gretel · Hänsel und Gretel
- Marzelline · Fidelio
- Sophie · Werther
- Mabel · The Pirates of Penzance
- Pepi · Wiener Blut
- Wanda · Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein
- Christel · Der Vogelhändler
- Chloé · Daphnis et Chloé
- Pauline · Pariser Leben (La Vie parisienne)
Musical Theatre
- Eliza Doolittle · My Fair Lady
- Cosette · Les Misérables
- Hope Harcourt · Anything Goes
- Sandy Lester · Tootsie
- Hilde · Drei Männer im Schnee
- Soloist · Not the Messiah (Monty Python)
Vita
- since 2025/26Ensemble member, Staatsoper Hannover
- 2020 – 2025Ensemble member, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich
- 2021Prize winner, Heinrich Strecker Singing Competition
- 2020Degree in musical theatre, MUK · Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna; young-talent award of the Proskenion Foundation for the Performing Arts
- 2019Lehár Festival Bad Ischl · Pauline in Pariser Leben
- 2018Prize winner, Walter Jurmann Singing Competition
- ConcertSoloist in Leonard Bernstein's Mass at the Vienna Musikverein
- TrainingMusikgymnasium Vienna (piano with Elisabeth Eschwé) · children's chorus of the Vienna Volksoper · dance training in jazz, ballet and tap · vocal studies with Daniela Fally
Contact & Links
Enquiries reach Julia Sturzlbaum via the Staatsoper Hannover and through her profiles: