Maria Weiss

Maria Weiss is an Austrian mezzo-soprano from Carinthia who sings classical music from the Baroque period as well as more recent compositions, including Spanish and Latin-American works. After completing her studies under at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz in 2003, she received further training from Angelika Kirchschlager and Teresa Berganza. In 2009, she made her début at the Konzerthaus in Vienna singing Bach cantatas. She released her first solo CD Favola in musica, alte neue musik together with a hardcover book in 2015 as part of her award-winning cultural project Favola in musica. In 2018, she participated in the DonauFestwochen at Schloss Greinburg, playing the role of Irene in Handel's rarely performed opera Atalanta.

Biography Educated in music from the age of five, Maria Weiss sang works by Heinrich Schütz and J. S. Bach as a 13-year-old soloist in various ensembles. After studying cultural history at the Sorbonne, she received training in voice at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence and at the Arts University in Graz under Joanna Borowska, graduating in 2003. She later trained under Jorge Sirena in Barcelona and attended master classes with Angelika Kirchschlager and Teresa Berganza.