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The German contralto Simone Schröder studied singing at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin, the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden and privately with Irmgard Hartmann-Dressler. 

Having won the Francisco Viñas International Competition in Barcelona and the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, she made her début at the Bayreuth Festival in 1996, where she is a regular guest soloist. She sang various roles in Parsifal and Der Ring des Nibelungen with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Christoph Eschenbach, Adám Fischer, Pietari Inkinen, Marek Janowski, Kirill Petrenko, Giuseppe Sinopoli and Christian Thielemann.

Simone Schröder started a close collaboration with Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin in 1997, appearing in both Parsifal and Die Walküre under the direction of Daniel Barenboim. Further roles at Staatsoper Berlin include Mrs. Quickly (Falstaff), Larina (Eugen Onegin), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte) and Der fliegende Holländer under the baton of Daniel Harding.

A regular guest at Semperoper Dresden since 2014, she sang among other roles Floßhilde, Rossweisse and 2nd Norn in Wagners Der Ring des Nibelungen, Third maid/Elektra and Dryade/Ariadne auf Naxos under the musical direction of Christian Thielemann. 

Guest appearances led her to venues such as La Scala Milan, Washington Opera, New National Theatre Tokyo, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Deutsche Oper Berlin, BBC Proms and Salzburg Easter Festival in collaboration with Daniel Barenboim, Michael Boder, Ivor Bolton, Philippe Jordan, Fabio Luisi, Sir Donald Runnicles, Christian Thielemann and others.

Simone Schröder’s recordings include Mary in Der fliegende Holländer in the first recording of the original version on period instruments, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony under Pierre Boulez, Die Walküre with Sir Simon Rattle, Elektra with Christian Thielemann and concert works by Schumann and Mendelssohn Bartholdy with Kent Nagano.