Michaela Kaune

Michaela Kaune (born 1968) is a German operatic soprano.

Life Born in Hamburg, Kaune initially sang privately in various choirs. She originally wanted to study law, but then decided to study singing. She received her vocal training at the Musikhochschule Hamburg, where Judith Beckmann and Annie Schoonus were her singing teachers. In 1995, she won first prize at the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang in Berlin; in 1998, she was a prizewinner of the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna. In 1999, she was awarded the Otto-Kasten-Preis of the Deutscher Bühnenverein.

Kaune received her first guest engagements at the , at Theater Lübeck and at Theater Bremen.

Since the 1997/1998 season, she has been a permanent ensemble member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She made her debut there with the role of Princess Natalie in the opera Der Prinz von Homburg.