Alma Neuhaus
Mezzo-Soprano
Praised for a voice “that is as velvety as it is voluminous” (Salzburger Nachrichten) American Mezzo-Soprano Alma Neuhaus is a current member of the soloist ensemble at the Wiener Staatsoper
Alma Neuhaus | Cherubino | Le nozze di figaro | 2024
Alma Neuhaus | Ah, perdona al primo affetto | La Clemenza di Tito | Vienna Staatsoper 2025
Alma Neuhaus | Must the winter come so soon? | Vanessa | S. Barber
The 25/26 season includes her role debuts as Hansel Hansel und Gretel, Meg Page Falstaff, Annio La Clemenza di Titto, Dorabella Cosi fan tuttte, Krista Vec Makropulos, Zwiete Dame Die Zauberflöte, Siegrune Die Walküre, and Wellgunde in both Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung.
Her previous highlights in both opera and concert include Muse/Nicklausse Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Zweite Dame, Page Salome, Javotte Manon, Mercédès Carmen, Flora La traviata, Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia für Kinder, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Tisbe La Cenerentola, Waltraute Die Walküre, Wellgunde Das Rheingold, Kate Pinkerton Madama Butterfly, Die Schleppträgerin Elektra, Amore Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, Zweiter Knappe Parsifal, Zweite Magd Daphne, La Sorella Infermiera Sour Angelica and Soeur Mathilde Dialogues des Carmélites (Wiener Staatsoper); Zerlina Don Giovanni (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées); Page Salome (Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra); Filide Aminta e Filide (Les Arts Florissants); Seconda Cercatrice Suor Angelica and a Blümenmädchen Parsifal (Salzburger Festspiele/Wiener Philharmoniker); Arcane Teseo (Juilliard School of Music Opera); Jenny Reefer The Mother of Us All(New York Philharmonic Orchestra); SWR Junge Opernstars Concerts (Deutsche Radio Philharmonie); Debussy’s Nocturnes (New York Philharmonic Orchestra/David Geffen Hall); Alto soloist in JS Bach’s In allen meinen Taten and Magnificat in D, and Kuhnau’s Magnificat in C (Bach Roots Festival); Mussorgsky’s The Nursery (Julliard School of Music); and performed in recital at Alice Tully Hall and Damrosch Park as part of the Lincoln Center Restart Stages, Bethlehem Music Series, Minnesota and at the Gustav Mahler Saal, Wien with leading conductors such as Philippe Jordan, Franz Welser-Möst, Bertraud de Billy, Daniela Candillari, Marco Armilliato, Domingo Hindoyn, Emmanuel Villaume, Daniel Barenboim, William Christie, Alexander Soddy, Stefano Montanari, Pablo Heras-Casado, Sebastian Weigle, Pier Giorgio Morandi, and Louis Langrée.
Alma obtained her Bachelor of Music and Vocal Performance from St. Olaf College, Minnesota, and is an alumna of the Wiener Staatsoper Opernstudio, the Julliard School of Music, Salzburger Festspiele Young Singers Programme and the Music Academy of the West.