Regina Richter

The mezzo-soprano Regina Richter completed her training at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich under Daphne Evangelatos. Early performances brought her to roles such as Ruggiero in Handel's „Alcina“, Dorabella in „Così fan tutte“, the Flowermaiden in „Parsifal“ under James Levine and Sesto in Handel's ‘Julius Caesar in Egypt’ under René Jacobs.

She has been a member of the Cologne Opera ensemble since 2002.03. She is well known to Cologne opera audiences for roles including Octavian in „Der Rosenkavalier“, Fragoletto in Offenbach's „Die Banditen“, in the title role of „La Cenerentola“, as Rosina in „Il barbiere di Siviglia“, Prince Orlofsky in „Die Fledermaus“ and as Hänsel in „Hänsel und Gretel“. As part of the Cologne Opera's tour of China in 2010, she appeared as Wellgunde in „Das Rheingold“ and „Götterdämmerung“ and as Waltraute in „Die Walküre“ at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.

In past seasons, she could be heard at the Cologne Opera in roles including Jenny in Kurt Weill's „Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny“, Adalgisa in „Norma“, the Composer in „Ariadne auf Naxos“, Cherubino in „Le nozze di Figaro“, Sesto in „La clemenza di Tito“, Ruggiero in „Alcina“, Giovanna Seymour in „Anna Bolena“, Donna Elvira in „Don Giovanni“, Siebel in Gounod's „Faust“, Lucienne in „Die tote Stadt“, Behemoth in „Meister und Margarita“, Second Elf in „Rusalka“ and Second Lady in „Die Zauberflöte“.

Regina Richter has made guest appearances with numerous orchestras, including the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Al Ayre Espagnol Orchestra and the WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Since the 2022.23 season, she has been appearing in Cologne as Nireno in „Giulio Cesare in Egitto“, Second Lady in „Die Zauberflöte“, Alisa in „Lucia di Lammermoor“, Gianetta in „L’elisir d’amore“, Margaret Hennessy in „The Strangers“, Marthe Schwerdtlein in „Faust“, Frau Gast in the children's opera „Pünktchen und Anton“, Second Maid in „Elektra“ and Mercédès in „Carmen“.

In the 2025.26 season, she will appear as the Second Lady in „Die Zauberflöte“, Wellgunde in „Das Rheingold“ and Waltraute in „Die Walküre“, among other roles.