Janina Schweitzer is a German mezzo-soprano from Bonn.

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Her artistic passion lies in the great romantic and late-romantic operatic repertoire as well as in the music of the 20th and 21st centuries – but also in the operas of Mozart. She possesses a broad song repertoire and remarkable vocal versatility.

In the 2024/25 season, she was a member of the Swiss Opera Studio, where she appeared as Sesto in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito with the Biel Solothurn Orchestra.

In 2025, she opened the French opera festival Musica Le Mans with a Wagner recital and participated in the Bayreuth Festival masterclass led by Tomasz Konieczny.

In 2024, she made her debut at the Staatstheater Darmstadt in the leading role of the experimental opera Freedom Collective by Davor Vincze. In 2023, she appeared in the title role of the world premiere of Daphnes Garten, a co-production between the Klagenfurter Ensemble and the Landestheater der Autor:innen Burgenland.

That same year, she performed as a performance artist in the exhibition 54 Hours Performances curated by Marina Abramović at the Folkwang Museum Essen, where she presented her solo performance Aspiration six hours a day for nine consecutive days. She has also appeared as a guest singer in several opera choruses.

During her studies, she performed in Ravels L’enfant et les sortilèges and portrayed Hippolyta in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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In 2024, Janina won the Grand Prix Opéra and the Audience Prize at the Concours International de Chant George Enesco in Paris, as well as the Talent Prize Musica Le Mans.

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Janina first studied physics before beginning her vocal studies at the Folkwang University of the Arts in 2017, where she was trained by Cynthia Jacoby-Deventer and KS Wolfgang Millgramm. She went on to complete the Specialized Master Opera at the Bern University of the Arts with distinction.

Her artistic development has been shaped by masterclasses and private studies with Caroline Merz, Kirsten Schötteldreier, and Gabriele Lechner. In 2023, she was a scholarship holder of the Lotte Lehmann Academy.