Christina Gerstberger

Christina Gerstberger (born 1976) is a German operatic soprano. The award-winning singer has worked freelance and as a member of theatres such as the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, often in roles by Mozart such as Susanna. She has performed at international festivals such as the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, and in concert and recordings.

Career Born in Nuremberg, she finished gymnasium with the Abitur in 1995, specializing in music. The same year, she was awarded second prize in the Bavarian competition of Jugend musiziert. In 1996 she won second prize in the competition of the Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband in North Rhine-Westphalia. She studied voice from 1996 to 2000 at the Musikhochschule Detmold, with Ingeborg Ruß among others. She further studied operatic performance at the Musikhochschule Würzburg with Christel Gernot-Heindl. In 1998, she received second prize of the Robert-Saar-Wettbewerb. The same year, she won first prize at both the regional competition of North Rhine-Westphalia and the national competition of the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang in Berlin.