Rotraud Hansmann

Rotraud Hansmann (born 1 March 1940) is an Austrian soprano in opera and concert. She was a singer in the recordings by Nikolaus Harnoncourt which began historically informed performances, such as Monteverdi's operas and works by Johann Sebastian Bach. She was a teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.

Career Born in Graz, Hansmann studied voice at the Graz Conservatory, also the piano, violin and guitar. She studied further in Amsterdam with Paula Salomon-Lindberg. She made her debut in 1958 at the Graz Opera as the 2nd Boy in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. In 1964 she joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.