Juliane Banse

Juliane Banse (born 10 July 1969 in Tettnang, West Germany) is a German opera soprano and noted singer.

Banse received her vocal training at the Zürich Opera, and with Brigitte Fassbaender in Munich. She won first prize in the singing competition of the Kulturforum in Munich in 1989. She made her operatic debut that year as Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Komische Oper Berlin. In 1993, the International Franz Schubert Institute, whose jury that year included Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, awarded her first prize in the International Franz Schubert Competition.

Banse created the role of Schneewittchen in Heinz Holliger's 1998 opera Schneewittchen at the Zürich Opera House.

She has been a professor of singing at the Robert Schumann Hochschule since the 2016/17 winter semester. 2025 Hindemith Prize of the City of Hanau

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