Bettina Maria Bauer joined the solo ensemble of the Saarländisches Staatstheater in 2019/2020, where her roles have included Valencienne (The Merry Widow), Frasquita (Carmen), Adele (Die Fledermaus) and Blonde (The Abduction from the Seraglio).
Highlights of her 2024/2025 season include Pamina and Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute), Waldvogel (Siegfried) and Joanna (Sweeney Todd).
(Please see the calendar and repertoire for dates)
Guest appearances include the Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles (as Woglinde in Wagner's "Rheingold"), the Konzerthaus Berlin, where she debuted with the main role of Mouse in Ivan Fischer's children's opera "The Gruffalo" and, among other things, Frasquita at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and the Theater Hagen.
In the 2018/2019 season she was engaged at the Mainfrankentheater Würzburg.
Even before her studies, Bettina Maria Bauer was able to gain her first stage experience at the Landestheater Niederbayern, where, among other roles, she also played Barbarina in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro.
Bettina Maria Bauer studied musicology at the University of Würzburg from 2012, subsequently obtaining a Master of Music and Performance, which she completed with top grades. Alongside her training, Bettina participated in master classes with Juliane Banse, Camilla Nylund and Klesie Kelly-Moog, among others. She studied Daniela Sindram, Cheryl Studer and Julie Kaufmann.
Bettina has enjoyed notable success in international vocal competitions. She was awarded first prize (Opera) in Concerto Foundation Augsburg and was a prizewinner at Bremen Belcanto. She was also a multiple finalist in the Berlin Federal Singing Competition.
She was awarded a scholarship by the Richard Wagner Association.
In addition to her operatic experience, Bettina is also an active recitalist and concert singer. Her regular collaborators include Gerold Huber and Alexander Fleischer, among others, alongside studies with Irwin Gage.
Recent concerts have taken her to Germany, Austria, Italy and Southeast Asia.