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Maike
Raschke

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Portrait of soprano Maike Raschke against a light grey studio background. She is seated on a stool, leaning slightly forward and smiling directly at the camera. She is wearing a light blue blouse with a distinctive brooch at the collar and wide beige trousers. Her shoulder-length dark hair falls loosely over her shoulders. Her open posture conveys friendliness and natural ease.
Soprano Maike Raschke © Teresa Rothwangl

vita

The Berlin-born soprano Maike Raschke studied in Hanover and in her hometown. As a member of the International Opera Studio at Cologne Opera (2009 to 2011), she made her debut at Cologne Opera in roles including Stella in Offenbach’s "The Tales of Hoffmann", Tebaldo in "Don Carlo", Amore/Valletto in "L’incoronazione di Poppea", Servilia in "La clemenza di Tito" and Papagena in "Die Zauberflöte". In the 10/11 season, she also appeared in the highly acclaimed stage premiere of Stockhausen’s "Sonntag" from the opera cycle "Licht". In the world premiere of Ingfried Hoffmann’s "Vom Fischer und seiner Frau", she played the fisherman’s wife.

Guest engagements have taken her to the Aalto-Musiktheater Essen, Theater Hagen, Theater Dortmund, Komische Oper Berlin, Ruhrtriennale, Wiener Festwochen and Potsdamer Winteroper, among others.

At the Cologne Opera, she sang Ida in "Die Fledermaus", Klärchen in "Im weißen Rössl", Papagena and the First Lady in "Die Zauberflöte für Kinder", the Second Nanny in Kurt Weill’s "Street Scene" and Olga in Jacques Offenbach’s "La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein", as well as the Second Elf in "Rusalka", Ascagne in "Les Troyens", the Sandman/Dew Fairy in "Hänsel und Gretel" and the Confidante in "Elektra".

She is also a member of the Cologne Children’s Opera ensemble, where she has appeared in various roles: in Wulff-Woesten’s "Die Geschichte vom Fuchs, der den Verstand verlor", as Fräulein Andacht in "Pünktchen und Anton", in "Marla, die Maifliege", as Wellgunde / Zweiter Nibelung in "Das Rheingold für Jung und Alt", as Zweite Norn / Wellgunde in "Götterdämmerung für Jung und Alt" and as Papagena in "Die Zauberflöte". Other roles in children’s opera include Bradamante in Marius Felix Lange’s "Der Gesang der Zauberinsel", the nasty little girl in Connor Mitchell’s "The Musician", the lucky child in "Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren", Hanna in "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten", Mercutio in Blacher’s "Romeo und Julia" and Bertil in "Nils Karlsson Däumling".

In the 26/27 season, she appears at the Opera House as Countess Ceprano in "Rigoletto", Papagena in "Die Zauberflöte", and the Mother in "Madama Butterfly". She also performs in the children's opera productions "Der König verschenkt was", "Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle", "Le Rossignol", and the opera for the very youngest audiences, "Alles, was klingt."

current productions with Maike Raschke

upcoming events with Maike Raschke

  • Alles, was klingt
    Oper für die Allerkleinsten
    10:00 AM to Glockengasse
    Premiere
    Für Kinder unter 3 Jahren mit Begleitung

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  • Alles, was klingt
    Oper für die Allerkleinsten
    11:30 AM to Glockengasse
    Für Kinder unter 3 Jahren mit Begleitung

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    Für Kinder unter 3 Jahren mit Begleitung

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