Annette Markert

Annette Markert (born in Kaltensundheim, Thuringia) is a German classical mezzo-soprano and contralalto.

Career Annette Markert studied voice at the Leipzig School of Music and was engaged at the Halle Opera House in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt from 1983 to 1990, when she moved to the Leipzig Opera.

Since 1996 she has worked as a free-lance artist in concert and opera. She appeared with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur, the Vienna Philharmonic with Philippe Herreweghe, and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart with Helmuth Rilling, among others. She sang Bach's Mass in B minor in London, conducted by Sir Roger Norrington, in memory of the 250th anniversary of the composer's death.

On the opera stage, she has interpreted the title roles of such Handel operas as Floridante, Rinaldo, Oreste, and Giulio Cesare.